Tue 26 Apr 1859
General Half Yearly Meeting.
Tonnage since 1 October 1858 £2178 9s 4d. After wages, etc, £1806 12s profit. Dividend of £9 declared.
Mr Ford’s request acceded to.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Tuesday the 26^th day of April 1859
W W Kearsey 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 the the sum of 2178..9..4 has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 1^st day of October 1858 to the 1^st day of April 1859 part of which has been applied towards the payment of Wages Disbursements, etc, and then there remains in the hands of the Treasurer after paying the last Dividend the sum of 1846^£..12^s.
Ordered that a Dividend of Nine pounds on each Share be declared payable on the first day of May next.
Ordered that the Committee of the ensuing year do consist of nine Members and the following Gentlemen were Elected Members of the Committee:
M^r Beard, M^r N S Marling, M^r Eycott, M^r Warman, M^r Harris, M^r Wilton, M^r Hawker, M^r Croome, M^r Hooper.
That the proposition of Mess^rs Ford mentioned in the Minutes of the Committee meeting held today be acceded to.
