Mon 12 Apr 1790
Mr Bigland having not given up the Island at Easton same could not be let to Thomas Banks. Mr Bigland to pay £1 10s per annum for Island in future.
Clerk would not settle bill of Mr Clowes who had left the country.
Clerk waited on Mr Keck with account for repair of Double Lock. Received letter from him for General Meeting. No answer received by Committee.
Company's boats to be taken to Broad Oak to be repaired.
Copies of orders made concerning Mr Samuel King's damages given to Mr Cambridge at his request.
Canal at Framilode to be cleaned.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn in Stroud on Monday the 12^th April 1790
Present: Nathaniel Winchcombe, Benj^n Grazebrook, John Hollings, Jos^h Grazebrook, Henry Burgh.
M^r Bigland not having given up the Island at Easton the same could not be let to Tho^s Banks agreeable to the Order of the last Meeting.
Ordered that Notice be given to M^r Bigland to pay £1..10 per Ann^m for the said Island in future.
Our Clerk reported that M^r Clews having left the Country he had no Opportunity of settling with him.
Our Clerk reported that he has waited on M^r Keck with the Account of the Repair of the Double Lock and has since rec^d a Letter which M^r Keck desires to be laid before the General Meeting but that the Committee have rec^d no answer.
Ordered that the Companys Boats be taken as soon as convenient to Broad Oak to be repair'd.
Ordered a Bill to be drawn upon the Treasurer for the Sum of One Hundred & thirteen Pounds, twelve Shillings & ten pence halfpenny for the Use of the Navigation.
M^r Winchcombe having laid before this Committee a Letter from M^r Cambridge relative to M^r Sam^l Kings Damages Resoled that the Company are & always have been desirous to give him every reasonable Satisfaction, and that our Clerk do furnish M^r Winchcombe with Copies of the Respective Orders made concerning the same, so as to enable him to give M^r Cambridge every information on the Business.
Ordered that the Canal at Framiload be cleaned of the Mud the first Opportunity.
Adjourn'd this Meeting to Tuesday the 13^th Ins^t at Ten o'Clock in the forenoon at the George Inn in Stroud.
