Wed 12 Jan 1853
Unanimous opinion of Committee to obtain a lease of the tolls on the Thames & Severn Canal Co in respect of coals, goods and merchandise carried into the T&S Canal and landed between Wallbridge and Brimscombe.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 12th day of January 1853
Present: M^r Tho^s C Croome, M^r G H A Beard Chairman, Jn^o H Warman, Cha^s H Fisher, Hen^y Harris, Fred^k Eycott, Will^m Fryer, Cha^s Hooper.
The Report of the Interview between M^r Richards and M^r Croome was taken into consideration and it was the unanimous opinion of this Committee that it is the most expedient course for this Company to obtain a Lease of the Tolls on the Thames & Severn Canal with respect of Coals, Goods and Merchandise carried into the Thames & Severn Canal and landed between Wallbridge and Brimscombe and that M^r Coombe be authorised to communicated with M^r Richards with a view to effecting such an arrangement.
Resolved that the following Bills and Accounts be paid:
Income Tax: 75..2..9
Jn^o Burbidge 2 mos Sal^y: 10..-..-
T & J Budding Sundries: 8..4..1
Oliver Cam Masonry: 8..15..11
