Wed 19 Apr 1826
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £3379 14s 6d. Balance after wages, etc, £2086 14s 3d. Dividend of £10 declared.
Committee for next year: Henry Eycott, Dr Darke, William Stanton, John Snowden, Thomas Holbrow, John Holbrow, John James, Grazebrook, Reverend Edward Mansfield, P.H. Fisher, George Wathen, Nathaniel Jones.
At a General half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn Stroud on Wednesday the 19^th day of April 1826
Geo Wathen Esq^r in the Chair.
The minutes of the last General Meeting were read & confirmed.
The several Books and Accounts were produced respecting the affairs of the Company (as directed by Act of Parliament) and were examined and confirmed.
It appears by the Accounts the sum of £3379..14..6 has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 13^th day of October 1825 to the 13^th day of April 1826, a part of which has been applied towards the payment of wages disbursments, etc, & that there remains in the Treasurers Hands (after paying the last dividend) the sum of £2086..14..3.
Ordered that a dividend of Ten Pounds be paid on each Share by the Treasurer on the 1^st day of May next, & 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.
The following Gentlemen are appointed a Committee for the ensuing Year, Viz:
M^r Hen^y Eycott, M^r Jn^o James, D^r Darke, M^r Jos Grazebrook, M^r W^m Stanton, Rev^d Ed^d Mansfield. M^r Jn^o Snowden, M^r P H Fisher, M^r Tho Holbrow, M^r Sam^l Fisher, M^r John Holbrow, M^r Geo Wathen, M^r Nath^l Jones.
