Wed 27 Apr 1853
Tonnage since 1 October 1852 £2676 10s 7d. After wages, etc, £2235 17s 14d profit. Dividend of £11 declared.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at their Committee Room at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 27th day of April 1853
The Rev^nd Frederick Morgan Chairman
The Minutes of the last General Assembly were read approved 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 2676^£..10^s..7^d has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the first day of October 1852 to the first day of April 1853 a part of which has been applied towards the payment of Wages, Disbursements, etc, and that there remains in the Treasurers hands after paying the last Dividend the sum of £2235..17..4.
Ordered that a Dividend of 11^£..0^s..0^d on each Share be declared payable on the first day of May next.
Ordered that the Committee for the ensuing year do consist of the following nine Gentlemen Viz:
M^r G H A Beard, M^r J H Warman, Fred^k Eycott, Will^m Fryer, Richard Martin, C H Fisher, Cha^s Hooper, T C Croome, H^y Harris.
Ordered that the next monthly meeting of the Committee do take place on Wednesday the 11 May next.
