Fri 2 Apr 1869
Mr Kearsey produced a Petition to the House of Lords against the Severn & Wye Railway Bill. The Seal of the Company to be affixed and it shall be duly presented. It was considered desirable that a Petition should also be presented by the Millowners. It was also resolved that a moiety (one half) of the expense of such should be borne by this Company on the Thames & Severn Canal Co bearing the other moiety.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Tuesday April 2^d 1869
Present: M^r J C Hallewell, T M Croome Chairman, G H A Beard, J T Fisher, F S Thornton, W W Kearsey, S Phipps.
M^r Kearsey produced a Petition to the House of Lords against the Severn & Wye Bill.
Resolved that the Seal of the Company be affixed to it & that the same be duly presented, and as it was considered desirable that a Petition should also be presented by the Millowners it was also Resolved that a moiety of the expense of such should be borne by this Company on the Thames & Severn Canal C^o bearing the other moiety.
Bill ordered to be paid: £ s d
Income Tax: 13..6..4
