AUCKLAND HARBOUR WORKS.
« : i £1,000,000 TO BE BORROWED. > . ' : ' (BY IKLIiRArit—PKES3 ASSOCIATION .V i Auckland, March 17. The Harbour; Board to-day. adopted : the recommendation of its Special Committeo to barrow a -million sterling • for the extension of the ■ scheme for harbour improvements. Tho details of . the works . recommended aro:-j7- , - \ Tho. oastern breakwater- ■ ■/.- ...'£150,000 Quay eastward of Freozing Co.'s reclamation,; extending to King's ■Drive, as per plan ... 63,000 Four sheds on north and cast sides' J of: proposed' reclamation : ... 23,000 Railway- Wharf,- 1200 ft. 1 long ... :... ... 144,000 Four sheds on eastern. Railway Wharf v ; ... ■_ . .... ... ' 17,000 Railway lines, on one side of wharf 1 2,00.0 Reclamation of 30 acres eastern, ' .j as per plan ... 35,000 Jetty No. 4, Northern ,C 0.,. 'and'"■ shods ■>'■..'■ ... 40,000 Constructing and completion- of , Quoen' Street Wharf, 2nd con"tract,... ... ... 91,000 Shods on Queen Street Wharf ... ' 40,000 Cranos, olectric, and rails for Queen Street and Railway Wharyes ... 50,000 Wator and gas pipes '" ... 2,000 Froeman's Bay wall, northern, six berths 30,000 Freeman's Bay wall,'west and boatbuilders' slips 10 000 ,'Freeman's .Bay . reclamation, 6" '" ' acres „. ' ... . ' ..., .' ... 43,000 Birkenhead ' Wharf, with counter- .. poise, stage ... - ... <, ... ... 9,000 Jetty at Calliope Dook ... '... 6,000 Steam tug ...' 13,500 Ferry ; offices and buildings ... : 50,000 Floating crane , ... . ... 30,000 Dredging appliances, very urgent 58,000 Hopper- punts ... ." ... ... 16,000 Contingencies ...'■ ... '77,500 1 £1,000,000 Tho. attached approximate estimate of iricomo and oxpendituro from 1908 to 1919 has been submitted by the Board's secretary and treasurer (Mr. J. M. Brigham). For 1908 tho balanco at tho opening of the year is .shown at £35,230. Tho revenue is estimated at £98,000, an increaso of . £5000 ovor 1007, making a total under income of £133,230; against an estimated expenditure of £94,890, leaving a credit balanco' of £38,340. For- succeeding years the estimated figures are:—. . Kxpon- Credit . Year. RovOnue. diture. Balance. 1909' ... £141,340 £101,625 £39,715 1910 : ..i- 149,715 ' 109,625 40,090 1917 185,477 , 152,000 ; -3.3.477 1918 ... 183,477 159,125. 24,352 1919 ... 179,352 106,625 12,727
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 149, 18 March 1908, Page 7
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313AUCKLAND HARBOUR WORKS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 149, 18 March 1908, Page 7
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