HARBOUR BOARD.
The monthly meeting of the Harbour ■* ! toard was held yesterday afternoon. Present -Messrs. T. J. Gale (Chairman), W. Booth '•!. Pearoe, J. H. Heaton, J. Jack, C.W. Brown, F. H. Frasor, Cuptain Rose, and the F Mayor (Jlr. Luke). The orodit balance on current account was £>ted to be 4e 4d, and the amount, on uxed deposit [,360. The Wharveß and Accounts Committee ro- 2; cc n t i. m J? le i lded :-1 - ahat tho n * e <* deposit of n . falling due on the 28th inst. be placed ** with interest to tho credit of the ourren? account. 2 That the amount written down annually for depreciation on dredging plant « 3. That & Ihe wharfage on guano and other like Booda where the Board does not supply labdur « tallying, be reduoed from 2s to Is per 'JF. B 4. That an extension of time for six «wks ■ f , r , om the 31at nlt - be granted to Measrs J ' M'Lean .ad Sons in whioh to complete conWharf extensions to Queen's The same Committee reported that freights were charged higher rates from -New fork ~ to Wellington (18 cents), than $j- Dunedin, f Lyttelton, or Auoklund (17 The -»- Committee was of opinion that if taere was any ] differenoe it ought to be L favour of , WeUmgton, and the Board ought to taka « some action ifi the matter.' A CommiftS C< consisting of the Chairman, and "Saroa? ' Beauoliamp, Heaton, and Captain RoTe. B^ «*up t? oonsider^thequestion. The CbaS man said that -the Wellington merchants - were most disadvantageous^ planed in regard to the San Francisco ierSw. The
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 41, 16 August 1895, Page 4
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263HARBOUR BOARD. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 41, 16 August 1895, Page 4
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