Tue 5 Jan 1813
All sums of money received by Mr Hains on account of the proprietors shall be paid into the bank of Messrs. Grazebrook, Wathen and Co as soon as possible. All payments to be made by cheques on them except for trifling debts, for which purpose £20 or thereabouts be drawn by Mr Hains as occasion may require.
In future all sellers of coals shall make a Bill of Parcels with receipts thereon (stamps) to be laid before the subsequent committee and examined as the Lockage Account.
Two letters were received from coal proprietors containing a proposal to supply the Company with coals, to which replies were ordered to be made.
The committee reconsidered the application of Messrs. Smiths for the purchase of part of the wharf, which they thought of too much consequence to determine and have therefore referred it to a general meeting.
Mr Hains to give in a statement of the quantity of each boat of coals he has bought during the last year at the next committee meeting.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee room at Walbridge on Tuesday the fifth of January 1813
Present: James Tyers, Jn^o Holbrow, Henry Eycott, Will^m Stanton, Tho^s Holbrow, Rowles Scudamore, John Snowden.
Read the Minutes of the last Meeting.
Ordered that all sums of Money received by M^r Hains on account of the Proprietors shall be paid into the Bank of Mess^rs Grazebrook Wathen & Co as soon as possible after they are received, and all payments to be made by Checks on them except for trifling Debts, for which purpose Twenty Pounds or thereabouts be drawn by M^r Hains as occasion may require. That in future the Sellers of Coals shall make out a Bill of Parcels with receipts thereon (Stamps) to be laid before the subsequent Committee and to be examined by them as the Lockage account.
Two Letters were received from Coal Proprietors containing a proposal to supply the Company with Coals, to which replies were ordered to be made. The Committee reconsidered the appliction of Mess^rs Smiths for the purchase of part of the Wharf, in which they thought of too much consequence to determine & have therefore referred it to a General Meeting, desiring M^r Hains politely to inform the Gentlemen thereof. Ordered that M^r Hains do give in a Statement of the quantity of each boat of Coals he has bought during the last year at the next Committee Meeting.
Adjourned this Meeting to Tuesday the sixteenth day of February next at one o'Clock in the Afternoon at the Committee room at Walbridge.
