NELSON HARBOUR BOARD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 84, 9 April 1919, Page 7

NELSON HARBOUR BOARD

MONTHLY MEET IN Cl, The monthly meeting of the Kelson Harbour Board wal* held ycuterday, Present : Messrs H t R- Duncan (Chairman), H. P. Wash bourn. T. S . Edwards, I. Tunuicliff, __W. W. Snodgrass, R- B. Jileksoit, CJi Macmahon, A. P. All port. Mr J, lu'gvatn was* •excused. * The bank pass-book showed, the fob loHiilg balanced: —Or., Gmaoral Acty, £359 13s 8d; fixed deposit, £4200. Receipts : Pilotage March, £203 13s 7d ,(coi-responding month. 1918, £lB7 16s 3d); since Ist April, £2248 3s 7d {corresponding period to Ist Ajiril, 1918, £3182 17s 8d); monthly average. £lB7 7s, as against £256 4s lOcl; other receipts, £294 9s 7d. HARBOURMASTER’S REPORT. The,' sHarbdnrniadter ((Captain Collins) reported that the trade of the port for the period ending 31st March ho we cl a decrease of 1506 tons on the total tonnage lor the month as (compared with the corresponding month last year. During the month 129 -vessels entered and left the port, made up as foilowd: —14 Union >atealraeifey 101 small steamers, and. 14 sailing vessels, having a total of 18,054 tons register. Work in connection with the repairs to the wharf at Mapiui were almost completed, with the exception for extra set of rails, which were now now being placed in posiion on the wharf for the purpose of using two trucks for facilitating the loading and unloading of cargo. This work would be finished within, the nlext few days. The derrick was also being remedied ~ as the bed. was considered! unsafe for the handling of heavy, cargo ; correspondence From t!ie Hastings Borough Council, asking for the. endorsement of a resolution that the Governor of the Dominion should be selected from the people of the Dominion, and suggesting General Sir Andrew Russell. —Re ceived. From the Town Clerk, Nelson, asking tha tthe Board take steps to stop people depositing rubbish over the seawall. Respired that if a,, ..nuisance occurred on the Board’s foreshore ’ it be remedied, the City Council to_ be informed that the Board had no juris diction over the foreshore between the city and Franzen’*? wharfFrom the Nelson Co-operative Fruit Company, suggesting the re-arrange-ineut of the tram hues atMapUA. wnaii to facilitate the, handling of cargo Retyped to Chairman and Harbourmaster V From the Marine Department, stating that the Government would Validate any reasonable expenditure the Board might make in connection with the peace celebrations- —Received From the Railway Department, stating* that arrangements have been made for the Lyttelton dredge .to do some dredging at- the wharf From the. Minister of Internal Affairs, enclosing suggested programme of peace ceelbvations.—ReceivedAn application was received ■ for. permission to enclose the wharf entrance on the occasion of the forthcoming regatta.— Granted. Mr Edwards moved that a winch he purchased and erected at the boat steps by the Harbourmaster, for, hand-' ling cargo from launches. The coat would .he about £ll.—Seconded by Mr Washboiirn and carried.