WAIMAKARIRI HARBOUR BOAUD.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14659, 7 May 1913, Page 4

WAIMAKARIRI HARBOUR BOAUD.

At the monthly meeting of the Waimakariri Harbour Board, held at Kaiapoi on Monday, there were prej sent: —Messrs B. Lissaman (chairman), f 'L. Edmondsj J. W. Barnard, J. ■ j Wright, T. Keetley, W. J. Marsden, ! and Chambeliain. The Shipping ComI pany wrote drawing attention to the , ; urgent need for an otlicial report ou ; ! tho question of a deeper channel over ' j the bar. Telegrams were received from j the Marine Department in reference jto an engineer visiting and reporting ion tho bar. The Harbourmaster's rei port on the question, referred to the , silting up of tho old bar, and that in consequeuco of the stormy seas ho had ■ not been able to go out to take sound- ; ings, but so far as he could ascertain there was a depth of"" only oft in the channel. It was decided to reply to the Shipping Company that tho Board j was doing its utmost to obtain a re- i port, anti was communicating further with the Marino Department. The! i Finance Committee recommended that' : a by-law bo made empowering the Board to charge Id per ton on coal and merchandise, and Id per 1000 ft on timber, loaded or unloaded at the public wharf. Adopted. A recommendation to charge Id per • 1000 ft! stacked on the wharf was amended to 1 4d, and tho question of a charge on timber left on the wharf longer than 48 hours was deferred for consideration. Tho need for the charges was explained to be due to the cost of maintaining the wharf, on which recently about £300 had been expended. Attention _ was also called to the need for a sinking fund on the loans raised. The report of the Works Committee in selling surplus timber and rc-eenring part for a fence on property along Charles street was agreed to. At the annual meeting of the Board, the F£me members being present, Mr B. Lissaman was unanimously reelected chairman. Messrs Iveetleyj Wright, Barnard, Mclntosh and Marsden were appointed a Works and Dredge Committee, Messrs Edmonds, Barnard and Chamberlain a Finance Committee, and all the Board to form tho Reserves Committee.