COASTAL SURVEYS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 221, 16 August 1927, Page 6

COASTAL SURVEYS.

SOME A CENTURY OLD.

NEED FOR RENEWAL.

DUNEDIN, Aug. 15. At the annual meeting of the Cham« ber of Commerce, Mr H. C. Campbell, president, said wonderful progress had been made in many directions in New Zealand, but it could not be said that the interests of shipping had received the attention due, especially as New Zealand markets were all oversea.

Since 1850 the Government had established about 64 lighthouses and coastal beagons on the coasts of both islands. That in itself must be looked upon as a very good achievement during the period with the resources at the Government’s disposal, but it was to be regretted that some attention had not been given to the important matter of having the coast properly and carefully surveyed. The best part of the coast of New Zealand, especially the west coast of both islands and the east coast of the South Island had not been surveyed for nearly a hundred years. It was to be hoped that pressure would bo brought to bear on those responsible so that a complete survey would be carried out, which would prove beneficial to shipping interests. The West Coast Sounds of New Zealand had been so imperfectly surveyed that shipping companies were actually afraid to let their ships enter all the Sounds. If the Sounds were properly and carefully surveyed, which could be done at a very moderate cost, he was satisfied that they would become very popular with Australian people.