A DRY DOCK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1124, 21 June 1867, Page 4

A DRY DOCK.

We would call the attention of our readers to the letter of "A "Well-wisher to Auckland," which appears in our correspondence columns. The site which he points out, namely, that at the foot of Hobson-street possesses, we believe, all the advantages which he claims for it. It is possible that a very large portion of the dock, th§ land end of it, might be excavated whilst dry, and the stone, though solid enough,is still so soft in its nature as to be easily worked. The " Solid Eock Bathing Company " could give us some reliable information on titiis matter. We cannot, writing at the present moment, without a chart beforeus, say what depth of water can be obtained at the foot of Hobson-street, without resorting to- the deepening of a lengthy channel,

as an entrance to the dock. Our correspondent, however, is scarcely likely to have overlooked this matter—but this we do say, that if the spot he practicable for a dock, with an entrance of only twenty feet of water, such a dock would be more value to us than one coming under the Admiralty's conditions, if on the North Shore. We invite public attention to the subject, and are glad to find that the question of dock accommodation is being ventilated thoroughly in our columns.