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London, England, 1809-07-07 00:00:00

',ADA , JUIN 7, 1809

KENNET AND AVON CANAL NAVIGATION.
AT a Special Meeting of the Proprietors of blurts;
and Half Slam in the Keittret and Awns Canal Naviga-
tion, held at the Bear frit at Devizes in the County of Wihs, on ,
Monday the 3d day of July, 18o9;pu{suant ;o Public Advertise-
ment,
CHARLLI'DUNEMS, Esq. M.P. le the Chair,
Reio!wed unalisnottslys that the Sum of E9OOOO shall be raised
by the Creation of New' ter Adclttirmai Shares in the said Under- -
taklng,' to be taxa and subscribed for by the -Proprietors of
Shares therein, oft the Terms and Conditions and• in manner
after mentioned, that is to say, the Shares to be "created shall be
at the. Rate or Price of..tin each, and the 'Rigid of Stihscribirg
thereto shell be sold at At per share,ro tlte Proprietors of biomes
or their Nominees, itt proportion to their fell Vomiter of Shares
in the said Undertaking: And thatiladis eif Subscription be
immediately open for receiving Subscipsiolts.-
It appearing to this. Meeting that the McWilliams will be in
proportion to the Old or present Shares,-.lts 6ne to four; Re-
solved,Unaninsously, That as many Of such Now Shares as shall
be necessary; shall be first allowed to theAnbieribertin that pro.
go ton ty, one New Share for eiferursur Olt ones, and
afteftwalida, 'k there shall be a.seiltelesti kftftber of New Mares
left, one New Share shall be allowed to each Subscriber, or No-
minee, for any fractional number of Old Shaies fewer than four ;
and if there shallhe any residue of New Shires, after the Sub.-
scribers shall have been supplied in manner aforesaid, the same
shall be distributed among such Proprietors or Nominees as shall
have subscribed for a greater 'timber of Shares than their Jur
proportion, in proporuon to the extra number of Shares, which
{ such Proprietors or Nominees shall have subscribed for, as neaey
1 as the same can be efll.cted.

Resolved unanimously, That the said sum of 41. per Share, shall
he paid by the Subscribers to the Treasurers,Messrs.Harford, t)•av s
And Co. Bankers, Lristol; cr their Agents, Messrs. Whit,head,
Howard and Co. Bankers, Cateaton-street, London ; within 14
days after the next Meeting of Proprietors (which is intended to be
held on the Ist day of August next) snider the penalty of a furfci-
' tare ofthe liubscription in default thereof, and that the said
•,rr Share shall be paid by the Subscribers to the Treasurers or
their Agents, by five Instalments of 41. per Share e ach, on the
15th of Dec. next, and the 15th of March, the 15th of June, the
15rh of Sept. and the 15th of Dec. in the year 1810.
Resolved, That any Subcrilx.rs may be at liberty to pay all or
any of their Instalments in advance to the Treasurers, and be al-
lowed a Discount of 51. per Cent. on such forward payments, cal-
:ulated from the day of payment to the several days when the
Instalments would become due.

Resolved, That the principal Clerk prepare Subscription Books
and Instructiqns, and that the same be opened at his Office, in
Marlborough; at Messrs. Haribrd, Davis. and Co.'s, in Bristol ;
: Messrs. Whitehead, Howard and Co's. London at. Messrs.
Hobliause and Co's. Bath ; at Messrs. Tyke, Salmon and Cu'..
Devizes; and at Messrs. Toomer. Bunny and Co's. Newbury;
..ad such Books shall remain open 'till two o'clock on Thursday,'
he 27th of July inst. after which time no Subscription shall be ;v..
ceived. CHARLES DUNDAS, Chairman.

The Chairman having.kft the Chair, Resclveci unaninsondy,
Thdt the thanks of this Meeting be given to C. Dundas, Esq. for
his zealous and wareznitdng attention to the concerns of this tn.-
del taking, and for his able conduct in the Chair this day.

KENNET AND AVON CANAL NAVIGATION.
TN pursuance of an Order of the Committee of Ma-
nagement of the Affairs of the Kennet and Avon Canal Com-
pany, made at a General Meethat held this day at Devizes, in the
County of Wilts, I do hercby give notice,that a Special Meeting
.of the Preprie:oni of Shares and Half Shares in the said Canal,
will be hen at t he Town Hail at Marlhorougn, Mahe said county,
en Tuesday, tp,e ,1at..414.44,41ingu5t next, at *Twelve o'clock at
neism, t,, -.amine the Subscription Looks, for new Shares
f..r in pursuance of the Resolutions of a Meeting of the
said ..'ampany of Proprietors held this day; and to t:Lke stv:ll fur-
ther measures far the Admission of the. Substribers, and the ar-
ranging and settling the. Subscriptions, as may appear necessary.
Dated the 3d day of July, 1809.
JOHN WARD,
Principal Clerk to the said Company of Proprietors.