NAPIER HARBOR STATISTICS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10894, 20 April 1898, Page 2

NAPIER HARBOR STATISTICS.

Mr j, T. Care, aeoretary of the Harbor Board, laid before the meeting of members yenterday some figures of Interest to ratepa;er0 t bearing on the receipts and expenditure of the Board dmtng the year ending Deoember, 1697. Leaving oat shilling* and penoe, the ordinary revenue showed that rentt realised £1485, pllotege, port charges, and harbormaster's fees £3388 The wharfage Imports totalled £14.371, asd with minor feea, the total ordinary revenue was brought op to £19,599, Extraordinary revenue, nolnding £313 from the sale of old dredging plant, and £1212 back interest, teaohed £1539. The amonnC of the 1897 rate collected wai £13.122, to whloh is added £5005 representing the prevlone year 1 * rate* and Goes reoelved, bringing the total revenue np to £39,219. Turning to the ordinary expenditure we find that the total was £6265. Of this amount the pilot tervloe coat the Board £1033, and duricg the year £1341 wai spent in dredging. In repairs and maintenanoa of the Spit harbor £786 was expended, while the labor on cargo and luggage and olnlms for cargo ooab £889, and salarlet £098. The water (apply to the shipping Involved an outlay of £165 ; repdrs to mooring buoys, hawser*, &0., £119 ; repairs to breakwater wharves and sheds £ID6 ; and harbor lighting, £101. Amongit the extraordinary expenditure Inleraefc on loses swallowed np £2-1,995, »nd interest on oveidraf t £103, leavlDß a balanoe in rxoen of revenue over expenditure of £4901,

Oa the loatth page will bo found a repott cl the meeting of the Hawke'a Bay Ednoitlon Board yesterday, Bath news, and onr Hastings and Watpawa conei* pondents 1 letteta. A meetiog of the Hawke'B Bay Kagby Union will ba held at the Criterion Hotel to night, at 7 30, The many filendi of Mr W. Donglaa, of Xc MohßDga, will regret to learn that be la veiy eeuouaiy ill. Mr W, L, Dean, who has been noting an leoond olerk of the Ctuistchrjioh MftKlatsrate'i Court, has been transferred to Naplet. Mr X, 8. Florence, of WoodvllJe, has received orders to take np the dmlea of Stipendiary- Maglatrate at Oamarn, to which place he proceeds to-morrow. Me R. G. Btuoa has announced his Intention of again contesting the Mana> watu seas with Mr Stevens, M.H.K,, consequently Mr J, G. Wilson will not be a candidate. Onlnpr to an alteration In the steamer Bervloe, the Manaponri having been taken off, the Frank Thornton Company will be uuablo to Visit Napier or Haatinga thle tiip, bo wiltes Mr L. t. Lobr. Mlbs fteftth sononnoea In another column that her danolng olaaaea will be reiamed about 25th May. Miaa Heath Intends going to Wellington to take lessons in the newest danoes from an expert who haa lately come over from Melbrmrne. The chrysanthemum snow will be opoued In the Theatre lioyal to-day, at 2 p.m, The entrleo are large and the blooms of splendid quality, so that the efforts of the Soolety to brlcg together an attractive display should be rewarded by extemive patronage. The Gieenmeadows residents desire a Eohool in tbelr locality, believing that there are snfHolenti children to jnetlfy the Edaoatlon Boßtd in granting tbelr request. This, If carried out, wonld of course matetislly effect the attendance at the Taradale lohool, and the opinion of the latter committee U to be Bought on matter, The statntory meeting of the Napkr Haibor Boaid was to have baen held yesterday to paeß the annual bnlaocesheet. The aoooaoti were taken by the Government) auditor, Mr Oarlyle, to Giaborne, where be la laid np in the hospital with fever, A special meeting of the Board will be held as soon aa the aooonnts are returned. The Napier Reoreation Gronnd Com* rany met yesterday, when proposals were comldered from the Hawke'i Bay Bngby Uuli)n for a lease ot the ground for the season, After consideration it vrai decided to let the Union have the ground nntll September 17th for the sum of £75. Ihe Union will oonilder the matter at their meeting thta evening. Tbe 8,8. Kawathl, by tnnnlog Into the western pier head, caused damage to the extent oi over £500 It n ill alao take over £64 to tepalr the damage to the breastwork by tbe s.s. Om&peie. A olalm for the latter amount hos been made on the Union Steamship Company by tbe Napier Harbor Baord, and tbe Collector of Cuetoma la to be asked to bold an inquiry Into tbe Kawatlrl's colllolon with the pier. The Umntaoroa settlers are at present doing a thriving trade in bacon, The tnpply Is being gradually worked np, and the prlcee are repotted to be very tails* factory (writes onr Bash correspondent). Quite a large number of pigs were forwarded by rail from Tomoana on Monday to a Maaterton firm. - They were all Berkßblrei, and appeared to be in splendid condition, Mr A. J. Daly, the representative of the Austral Cycle Agency, Is at present in town with aamplea of Baoaton, Wolverhsmptoiie, Hnmber?, Dnnlops, Swifts, and Atlantas (New Zealand make). From an ndvertlaement elsewhere 16 will be eeen that these mtehlnes oan be Inspected at the local depot, Mr A. King's, Emerson-street, and Mt Daly will be on tbe promiiea to give all Information and explain tbe very latest in oyoles, Tbe annual tea and public meeting of the Napier Correlational Chnlohwillbe held this evenlm? in tbe Foresters- Hal), Dlokens- street. Tea will be on tbe tablea at 6 SO, and the after meeting, at whloh the pastor, Rev, H. W, J. Miller presides, will oommenoe at 745 sharp. Addreaees will be delivered by the Revs, .J. G. Pateraon and O, D. Cox, the annual report of the ohurch will be read, and a musical programme oi antherxn, solos, &s., will be rendered. Some speoimena of basket-work, whloh have been made by the younger pnpils attending tbe Waerenga-a-hlka dlatilot lohool, were placed on tbe table at the Education Board's meeting yesterday, by tbe Inspector of Soboole. For tome years past tbia sohool has been doing oreditable work la elementary kindergarten, the Inapeotor reported, and this year an odvanoe had been madej as the specimens Bbowed. Mr Hill anggeßted that tbls kind of work might easily be lntrodnced into the tohools at little cost, The Board, while pleased with the specimens, raferred the recommendation to the Apparatus Committee. Tbe Aaaeasment Court far the borough of Napier and Hawke'a Bay county returned ita ilttlogs yesterday afternoon, Mr Turn ball, Judge, presiding, Various objections were heard, The objection lodged by the Hon. J. D, Ormond, represented by Mr P. S. M'Lean, in reapcob to lot 3, Heretanogs, 1270 acres (Karamu), ocoaplod some time. The Government aasessmeni was— Capital value £23,210, unimproved value £16,600, Improvements £6610. After evidence had been taken, and counsel heard, tbe capital value was rednced to £21.840, unimproved value to £15,040, and ibe Improvements were increased to £6800. At the Maglatrate's Court) yeaterday, before Mr Turnboli, S.M., plaintiff* scoured judgment in the following civil oases :— Napier Harbor Board v. John Hawkins, £1 lOi, costa sa ; Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society and George Rymer v. Phillip Scullion, order for immediate possession of aeotton 20, block VII,, Heretannga, with coats £1 15a. A second action was brought In the latter oase, In whloh plaintiff* sought to recover £21 for nse and occupation. The olalm waa oontested *fc the ground that It was exceed ve. The S.M. gave judgment for £6, with £3 18s costs. Mr Cotterill appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Lask for the defendant. The reports of the sohool oommittees who came within the two truant oißoers' district were plaoed before the Edncation Board yesterday. The oonntry schools generally showed no material increase, but in Napier the eifaot of *be iuspaotor'a visits was most marked. The Board resolved to oonllnne the r llioeia' appointments for another two months, and then decldn oo the qaeptlon finally, Aa application from Glibnrne for the appointment of a truant officer was deferred, the committee to be informed that the experiment) was ntlll being tried, and as [ soon aa the rosnlts were to hand tbe Board would determine whether the Bystemßhonld be extended or not, A school teacher living away la the back blocks applied yeitarday to the Education Board for three months' leave of abience, owing to suffering from a sore throat. There was no dlllioulty la acceding to that rrquesf, but tbe rub came in atklDg him to keep bis mouth ehnt dnrlog that period, to that tbe tohool wonld uot enffar when he came back to duty. Ad present be has got a "clergyman's throat, '' and he is to bo requested during bla temporary retirement to " preserve his voice for the better discharge of his duties. " Id waa considered that the unnecessary exerolie of bis voloe was detrimental to his vooal powers. One member of tbe Board said he was not In tbe least Burprieed at some of the teachers' throats going, judging by tbe way the; ahonted at tbe oblldren. la the coarse of his »peeoh at Rlcoarton tbe Hon. W. Kolleaton said :— With regard to onr industries, what was the Dotation? They were worse off than a few years baok. Our exports decreased from £15 to £13 per head. Taxation on the necessaries of life in the oountry had Increased from £2 3a 2d in 1890 to £2 13b 6d In 1897. In 1896, when the centua waa taken, we bad 17,496 breadwlnoera out of work on that day. He did not say that was the fault of the Ministry ; but don't let tbe Ministry aay they have brought about, or were responsible /or bringing abont, a better state ,'ot thlnga when a better state of things did not exist. As a farrger, be muso aay that the present condition of the farming Interest, under tbe pretent Increase of taxation and with tbe difficulties whloh aurrounded it, waa not aa lively ac It might be. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday Mr Gilberd brought np a matter which, be said, though 16 waa not forma?, might be considered by the Board. He had observed In b olronlar aent to other sohool committees by tbe Walpawa oom* mittee that the requirements of the country sohools would "receive greater attention if a vaoant teat were filled by a member frcm the country." SeelDg that tbe conatry eohools were receiving every consideration, and tbai It was the desire of the members to deal with them /airly, tuoh a statement circulated did not show muoh appreciation of tbe labors of the members who were striving to mete oat justice all round.— Mr Williams said the country schools, as oompared with tbe town, reoelved greater consideration in many oases. There waa certainly no reason for complaint.— Mr Taoaer nald it seemed to ba entirely forgotten that members of the Board had an interest in theooantry dlitrlots, all of whiob reoelved the greatest possible attention from the Bjard The matter dropped alter tb^ Oualrmau had itated that theooantry eohoolß got thelt fall ahate and oooaalonally a great deal more of the /and* «t the dlepoial of the Board,