Wed 15 Oct 1817
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £2131 11s 11d. Balance after wages, etc, £1649 7s 3d. Dividend of £8 declared.
At a General Half Yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn in Stroud on Wednesday the 15^th day of October 1817.
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 Act of Parliament examined and confirmed.
It appears by the accounts that the Sum of _£2131..11.11_ has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 8^th day of April last to the 8^th Instant; a part of which has been applied towards the payment of wages, disbursments, etc, & that there remains in the Treasurer's hands after paying the last dividend the Sum of _£1649..7..3_.
Ordered that a dividend of £8..-..- each Share be paid by the Treasurer on the first day of November next and that our Clerk do transmit circular Letters to all the proprietors to inform them that they may draw upon the Treasurer or apply to him for payment of the same.
