LYTTELTON HARBOR BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 9125, 4 May 1893, Page 4

LYTTELTON HARBOR BOARD.

Railway Commisimfirs BtatjMp woidd give wMKllona|Bthe Board preventi2gfwie landing of ballast other than'stone rubble. TMresolution is designed to prevent thfl;introduction of various noxious weeds and reptiles. A report was presented showing the financial result of storage for one month in the Board’s cool chamber of absut;s,ooo carcasses of sheep, and at the rate of $d per lb a profit was ihade’on the transaction. With reference to the resolution passed by the Board at Ahe? last meeting granting a bonus equal to one month’s salary to all employes, a letter was read from the Board’s solicitor expressing an opinion that the Board had no power, to give gratuities in addition to salaries hr allowances previously fixed. Mr King, the Government auditor, wrote stating that he was clearly of opinion that the resolution was strictly within the law, and that he would pass the account when it came before him. It was decided to send both letters to the Auditor-General and ask his opinion thereon. A motion proposing a reduction in charges to an aggregate amount of over £3OO, calculated on the basis of last year’s receipts, was referred to the Finance Committee. ’