Tue 13 Apr 1813
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £2247 5s. Balance after wages, etc, £1777 16s 9d. Dividend of £8 declared.
The application made the 24 November 1812 by Mr Peter Smith for the purchase of a piece of land adjoining the wharf was negatived.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn in Stroud on Tuesday the 13^th of April 1813
Henry Eycott Esq^r 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 £2247..5^s has been received for Tonnage from the 13^th of October last to this day, a part of which has been applied towards the payment of Wages, Disburstments, etc, there remains in the Treasurers hands after paying the last Dividend and the sum of £124..17^s for Property Tax the Sum of £1777..16..9.
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 following Gentlemenr are appointed a Committee for the following Year, Viz:
Joseph Grazebrook, John Holbrow, Henry Eycott, Jn^o Morgan, William Stanton, Nath^l. Jones, Tho^s Holbrow, Tho^s Carruthers, James Tyers, Jn^o Snowden, P H Fisher, Alex^r Townsend, Rowles Scudamore.
The application med the 24^th Nov^r 1812 by M^r Peter Smith for the purchase of a piece of land adjoining the Wharf was negatived. Ordered that our Clerk be directed to inform him of it.
