Thu 23 Apr 1829
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £3556 12s 10d. Balance after wages, etc, £2950 11s 2d. Dividend of £14 declared.
At a General half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn, Stroud on Thursday the 23rd Day of April 1829
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 Act of Parliament) and were examined & confirmed.
It appears by the accounts that the sum of £3556..12..10 has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 15^th day of October 1828 to the 15^th day of April 1829, a part of which has been applied towards the payment of wages disbursments, etc, and that there remains in the Treasurers Hands (after paying the last dividend) the Sum of £2950..11..2.
Ordered that a dividend of fourteen 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 of apply to him for payment of the same.
The following Gentlemen are appointed a Committee for the ensuing Year, Viz:
D^r Darke, M^r Jn^o Holbrow, M^r Eycott, M^r N Jones, M^r P H Fisher, M^r H Wyatt, M^r Jos Grazebrook, M^r Jn^o Morgan., M^r Tho Holbrow, M^r Jn^o Snowden, M^r W^m Stanton.
