HARBOUR BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16309, 16 August 1916, Page 12

HARBOUR BOARD.

FISH MARKET JETTY. AGREEMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL. I I A\- ordinary meeting of the Auckland, Harbour Board was held yesterday after- j n-jon. The chairman of the board. Mr. j H. D. Heather, presided, and there were • also present: Messrs. J. S. Bond. W. E. i Hutchison, A. J. Entrican. F. Quin. W. ■ Wallace. W. B. Leyland, P. T. Nerher.y, : H. P.. Mackenzie, and T. Arthur. j A letter from the Auckland City Conn-; ..: requested the board to extend the , h,hmarkei landing 100 ft by 27ft, and to j diedee an approach to the wharf, at an i e.t.mated cost of £600, such iw to he I j.a.d by the council. It was agreed that; tne work be authorised, in accordance with the engineer's plansOne condition requested by the City j Council in- that the'approach to th*- pro-! posed jetty be dredged to a depth of 10ft. . ]■: answer to a question the chairman explained that the dredging would cost Is 6d per yard. I his. however, was covered ('V the "fa* t that as scon as the opeiauons now in hand at St. George's Bay were completed, it was intended to carry on dredging work opposite the north wall, and funds were already set aside for the purpose. MISCELLANEOUS. An intimation was received from the Marine Department that the Minister for Minns had approved of the board setting a-ide a certain' area in Manuka Harbour as a protected anchorage for yachts and launches. As it was considered that there are already too many " boxes " on the Queen's Wharf to admit of the richt to use another bains granted to the Railway De partment, as "requested, it was; decided to offer the Department an opportunity to rent room No. 9 in the Police and Customs bail dins. Messrs. Quin. Wynyard, and Leyland were appointed .3 Works Committee for the next three months.