Fri 23 Apr 1858
General Half Yearly Meeting.
Tonnage since 1 October 1857 £2292 13s 5d. After wages, etc, £1847 16s 6d profit. Dividend of £9 declared.
Annual stoppage to begin on 4 May and end on 11 May.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Friday the 23^d day of April 1858
G C Harris Esq^r in the Chair.
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 2292^£..13^s,,5^d has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 1^st day of October last to the 1^st day of April 1858 part of which has been applied towards the payment of Wages Disbursements, etc, and then their remains in the hands of the Treasurer after paying the last Divident the sum of 1847^£..16^s..6^d.
Ordered that a Dividend of nine pounds on each Share shall be declared payable on the first day of May next.
Ordered that the Committee for the ensuing year do consist of ten members and the following Gentlemen were elected members of the Committee:
M^r Beard, M^r Fryer, M^r Eycott, M^r N S Marling, M^r Harris, M^r Warman, M^r Hawker, M^r Wilton, M^r Hooper, M^r Croome.
Ordered that the annual Stoppage of the Navigation for repairs do commence on Tuesday the 4^th May next & that the Navigation be again opened on the 11^th May.
