Tue 14 Apr 1807
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £1855 14s 9d. Balance after wages, etc, £1999 8s 7½. Dividend of £8 declared.
Committee to pursue negotiations with Thames & Severn Canal Company over culvert at Wallbridge.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn in Stroud on Tuesday the 14^th April 1807
Samuel Wathen in the Chair.
The Minutes of the last General Meeting were Read and Confirmed.
The several Books and Accounts were produced respecting the Affairs of the Company as directed by the Act of Parliament, examined and confirmed.
It appears by the Accounts that the Sum of £1855..14^s..9^d has been received for Tonnage etc from the 14^th of October last to this day, 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, and the Sum of £50 for Income tax the Sum of £1999..8^s..7½.
Ordered that a Dividend of £8 on each Share be paid by the Treasurer on the first day of May next, and that our Clerk do transmit Circular Letters to all the Proprietors to inform them they may draw upon the Treasurer or apply to him for payment of the same.
The Committee reported that they had not yet succeeded in bringing the negociation with the Thames and Severn Canal respecting the Culvert at Walbridge to a favourable issue. Resolved that they be directed to pursue such measured on this subject as they may find necessary.
The following Gentlemen are appointed a Committee for the ensuing Year Viz:
Samuel Wathen, Nath^l Wathen, Sir Samuel Wathen, Nath^l Jones, John Allaway, Henry Burgh, Benj^n Grazebrook, Ja^s Tyers, Rev^d J Colborne, Jn^o Hawker, Rowles Scudamore, Will^m Stanton, Jos^h Grazebrooke
