Wed 27 Oct 1847
General Half Yearly Meeting.
Tonnage since 31 March £3020 15s 1d. Profit after wages, etc, £2254 19s. Dividend of £11 declared.
Extra work and materials for the cranes at Dudbridge and Wallbridge - £24 9s 7d. Provided Messrs Waring made good 2 pair of dogs according to the order, the account was allowed.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 27th day of October 1847
M^r Tho^s C Croome Chairman.
The Minutes of the last General Half Yearly Meeting were read and confirmed.
The several Books and Accounts were produced as directed by the Act of Parliament and were examined and passed.
It appears that the sum of £3020..15..1 has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 31st day of March last to the 30th day of September last a part of which has been applied towards the payment of Wages, Disbursement, etc, and that there remains in the Treasurers hand after paying the last Dividend the sum of £2254..19..-,
Ordered that a Dividend of 11£ on each share be declared.
Mess^rs Warings account for Extra Work and materials for the Cranes at Dudbridge and Wallbridge Wharf amounting to £24..9..7 was produced and taken into consideration and it was Resolved that provided Mess^rs Warings make good the 2 pair of Dogs according to the order, the Accounts be allowed and paid without prejudice to the Agreement for reference already entered into.
