Tue 26 Oct 1869
General Half Yearly Meeting. Tonnage since 1 April £1233 6s 9d. After wages, etc, profit £579 3s 5d. Dividend of £2 15s declared.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Tuesday the 16^th day of October 1869
M^r R Lacey in the Chair.
The Minutes of the Committee since the last General Assembly were read approved and confirmed.
The several books and Accounts were produced as directed by the Act of Parliament and were examined and passed.
It appears that the sum of 1233..6..9 has been received from the 1^st day of April to the 1^st day of October part of which been applied toward the payment of Wages Disbursements, etc, and there remains in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of 579..3..5 after paying the last Dividend.
Ordered that a Dividend of £2..15..0 on each Share be declared payable on the 1^st day of November next free of Income Tax.
