Sun 17 Apr 1887
General Half Yearly Meeting. Tonnage since 1 October 1886 £1087 13s 5d. After wages, etc, profit £467 14s 2d. Dividend of £2 5s declared.
Committee for next year: E C Little, G H A Beard, C H Hooper, H H Mills, E F Gyde, A J M Ball, E P Little, Sir W H Marling, William Davies Junior, John Howard, Major Fisher.
(?)General Half-Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at Wallbridge on Tuesday the 19^th day of April 1887 @ 3.30 pm
E C Little Esq Chairman.
The Minutes of the Committee since the last General Meeting were approved and confirmed.
[1] It appears that the sum of £1087..15..5 has been received from the 1^st day of October 1886 to the 1^st day of April 1887 and a balance brought forward of (?) £23..12..8 from last Half Year (after payment of Dividend) making a total of £1111-8-1 of which (?) £643..1..11 has been applied towards payment of wages, disbursements, etc, (including a sum of £145..12..6 tonnage paid to the Thames & Severn Canal Co) and there remains the sum of £467..14..2 available for dividend.
[13] Ordered that a dividend of £2..5..- on each share be declared payable on the 1^st day of May next free of Income Tax carrying forward a balance of £17..14..2 to the next Half-Years account.
[55] The sum of £246..10..6 in the hand of the Treasurer stands to the Credit of the "Reserve Fund" being £243..10..6 in the Bank on the 24^th day of June 1886 and £3..-..- ½ yrs Interest to the 25^th day of December 1886.
[9] Resolved that the following Gentlemen form the Committee for the year next following or until another Committee shall be appointed viz:
Chairman
E Carruthers Little
'See over'
[9] Resolved that the following Gentlemen form the Committee for the year next following or until another Committee shall be appointed viz:
Chairman Mr E C Little, Mr G H A Beard, Mr C H Hooper, Mr H H Mills, Mr E F Gyde, Mr A J M Ball, Mr E P Little, Sir W H Marling Bart, Mr W Davies junr, Mr J Howard, Major Fisher
