PORT CHARGES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19770, 7 November 1929, Page 16

PORT CHARGES.

j * I LYTTBLTOX HARBOUR BOARD'S REDUCTIONS. A iVMre to make the graving dock charge* at th* Port of Lyttclton as retuonabtp as possibk. and to bring the charges into lm«« with those operating at Port Chairnvrs. led to the Harrxinr Board, at a special meeting vest«rdsiy. deciding to amend its bylaws to provide for a sliding s*~aie of dork charges in accordance with tonnage. "That the proposed by-laws be amended by deleting from the by-law relating to gravinc dock the words 'For all reswels up to 900 tons . £3.V and snbstitatintc For vessels up to 300 tons for four days or less, £lB : for »essK>!s *>l to 400 tons for fonr days or less, i' 22: /or ressels 401 to «399 tons for fo-ir days or less. £2O: for vessels 7t» to ■><:») tons for four dav§ or Jpss. j £3O: for res.***ls mi to 000 tons lor i four day* or ks.s, I C'Apta'in Monro was the mover, and I the seer*tan, Mr C 11. Clihborn. ndTisetl that the loss to the Board last 1 year, on the supers! t ton that the j, anw;n«twi charge had been in operation i then, wouM have h4-sen onlv £77. The I Bn«rd would s«w>n make that up. he thought, because the port wonfd be j visited hr more smaller vessel* that i now stent to the Otago port. [ TK> resolution was carried unanimously. [ >lr riibborn e\plain«l that there j had formerly been no proper basis ot I ctmiparisW hecanw the Otago neal* w»s j ha«e«f ou net tonnage, while Lyttelton | h»*ed its charge* noon arvm tonnage i The cr-mparisoti of charges a* at 1 f!<-tob«'r ;'l«t tatt was shown to be n« foilows for the fir*t four days in • lock - I.St'elton Of ago .t.-ale on St.-»t* on ; ricoos lennage Net tontjage ] T'ian.»x- of V»«*e:». * • 1 I .. IS <> 30 | lot *no . . .15 <* ™* • *o t r»nii . . r.z a rsa | r,nt~nn .. n* n 4: ret »m .. ?. m * n *n f an|.9nn ~ 7.S n *.o J <iO|.JO»O .. JO .14 i tool 1100 .. 40 0 ."* I ItOI-lSftO . . 4% O K." 1 tint-isno .. so o wi t3ftt-t4OO .. 50 f> TO J ttet-ITOo .. 30 n T4 I !T0!-?o«o ~ SO 0 T* "iini «sno .. s.» o «? .toon .. S.jo sfi I ".W)|.3.VO *SO O !»0 tint, won ~ an n f»S j 4001.3000 ~ «So ion ".onl-itlMvn .. 70 o 105 *<>ol TOoo . . T3 " 110