Thu 26 Oct 1837
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £2835 10s 5d. Balance after wages, etc, £2445 15s 10d. Dividend of £12 declared.
At a General half Yearly Meeting of the proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the George Inn Stroud on Wednesday the 26^th day of October 1837
T C Croome Esq^r in the Chair.
The minutes of the last General Meeting were Read and confirmed. The Several Books & Accounts of the Company were produced (as directed by Act of Parliament) and were examined and confirmed. It appears by the Accounts that the Sumof £1835..10..5 has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the 12^th day of April last to the 12^th day of October Instant, 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 £2445..15..10.
Ordered that a Dividend of Twelve Pounds be paid on each Share by the Treasurers on the 1^st day of November next; and that our Clerk do transmit circular Letters, to all the proprietors to inform them that they ma draw upon the Treasurers or apply to them for payment of the same.
