MEETINGS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 770, 3 December 1886, Page 23

MEETINGS.

WELLIHGrTON HARBOR BOARD.

An ordinary meeting of the Board was held yesterday week. Present—Messrs Pearce -/chairman), Duthie, Petherick, Chew, Dransfield, and Booth, Captains Williams and Bose, and the Mayor. accounts. The Chairman reported that the bank ac--count was in debit £3273. (allowed to aecumulate against the deposit) ; and authority ■was asked for payment of accounts amount- : ing to £1548,

WORKS. It was decided, on the recommendation of fche Wharves and Accounts Committee, to ..have sheds G and E painted. endowment committee. The report of the Endowment Committee noon the recent deputation to the Govern- - ment was read. A letter from the Premier s office was read as follows November 15. The Secretary Wellington Harbor Board.— Sir,— Referring to the interview the deputa--fcion from the Harbor Board had with the Premier on Saturday, I h * v ® no Jf be ®P -directed to inform you that the Hon Sir Robert Stout has made inquiry respecting the sections on the reclaimed land still at the disposal of the Government, and finds there Kta five. As, however, these sections aie all the available land the Government has at its disposal in Wellington and looking at -the probable requirements for Government nurno3es In view of tbe extension of the -fityiu the future, Sir Robert Stout desires me to say that he cannot recommend they should be handed over to the Harbor Board. I have, &c., A. D. Wildis, Secretary to -the Cabinet.” . ... «• The question of tne adoption of the ■report was left over for next meeting. FINANCE. The Finance Committee recommended, in connection with the Binlung fund, that Mr J Rees George be appointed a Commissioner in conjunction with Mr Ferguson, instead of the Wellington Trust, Loan, &nd InvestSent Company. Agreed to. The Committee 2so recommended that an agreement entered fnto between the Committee and the Company should be approved. Agreed to.

. RAISING THE TGI. _ Mr Charles Seager applied for the use of the Board’s dredge punts, to assist la raising the steamer Tui. He offered £2O and ingr.at U» application, ■ubject to a £IOOO bond being entered into. Mr Petherick intimated hia intention of morina that the £2O be remitted if the punts were returned in good order and condition. W Mr Dr&nßfield thought tho money ought to be refunded— that the should not make capital out of a man’s, misrorfcuns. The Mayor pointed out that it was a question of accepting an offer made. Mr Dransfield moved that the request be granted, and that no charge should be rnado [f the punts were returned m good order. This was agreed to after some further discussion It was also decided to extend for another month th.e time allowed to Mr Seager in which to remove tho steamer. Captain Williams asked why tho eteamer need be removed. She was out of the way of all traffic. RAILWAY WHARF RATES. The following letter wan read from the Secretary of the Wellington - Manawatu Railway Company —“ Sir, —I am directed to request that you will put before your Board, for its consideration, an amendment upon the present scale of charges for wharf rates on the ohipment of horses, cattle, and sheep on the Railway Wharf from trucks. You are aware that appliances are now m nse at the Railway Wharf for discharging sattle and sheep from trucks direct into the vessels without their being landed on the wharf, and that practically there is little or no interruption to traffic mso doing. The amendment of the rates is asked for as the present rates for cattle and Bheep are excesaive as compared with Government rates for such at Poxton —viz., 6d each for cattle and horces, and Id each for sheep, with which this Company is brought into competition, the effect of which fs likely to act prohibitively. It is unnecessary I should aid yon to point out to your Board, as it must be apparent to all commercial men, that if the shipment of stock from this port, which is now developing, is properly fostered by economic arrangements, it is more than probable it will increase to large dimensions, and add greatly to its revenue. Will you kindly advise as to the result, so that I may be able to inform the Government as to the amount of your rates in arrangements which are now being completed for interchange of traffic between this Company and its railways. —I have, &c., James Wallace, Secretary.” The Mayor moved that the matter be referred to the Wharves and Accounts Com™Mr°bransfield moved that the charge be reduced to Is for cattle and Id for sheep, *nd that the Secretary be instructed to take the necessary steps to bring tho alteration m Petherick expressed a hope that the Wharves and Accounts Committee would also so into the question of the treatment of cattle, etc., which he heard were sometimes ° r Mr Duthfe thought that Mr Dransfield had . made a haphazard motion, without considering the matter. He (Mr Duthie) thought the beat plan would be to let the matter go to the Committee. Mr Dransfield retorted that he perfectly understood what he was talking about, and the motion to refer the matter to the Wharves and Accounts Committee was carried.

THE CITY COUNCIL. AGREEMENT. A letter was received from the Town Clerk

covering copy of the draft agreement to be made between the two bodies regarding the Te Aro reclamation. It was decided to consider the matter in committee. The agreement was then considered in committee. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to, subject to a new clause being inserted giving the Board power to dredge outside the face line, and providing that thero should be no restriction on the Board in the construction of any necessary wharf structures. Clausa 4 waaf agreed to subject to a proviso that the payment of £39,000 should be made on th 4 first of the following dates, that is >to say, on the 28th of August or th<J 28th February, whichever may first sudceed the day on which the necessary legislative authority is obtained, and that such sum chall be expended _by the Corporation on that part of the reclamation lying between the Queen s Wharf and Cuba-street, and that that portion shall be completed before the commencement ef any portion to the eastward of the Cuba-street extension to be produced. Clause 5 was agreed to subject to a verbal amendment. Claus® 6 relates to the boatsheds’ sites. The Engineer recommended that 50ft eastward of Cuba-street extension should bo reserved for a landing stage. It was therefore decided that the boatsheda site should commence 50ffc eastward of Cuba-street; and that no reclamation should be dona for the boatsheds, which must be built on piles. In clause 7 a verbal amendment was raado, r.nd the provision that all plans for quays, stages and Bheds should bn submitted to the Corporation struck out, as waa also the proviso that should the Board create any tenancies half the amount of rent should be payable to the Corporation. Clause 8, concerning the power of the Board to reolaim between the inner I and the face-line to be ogreed upon, was approved by the Board, subject to the valuation for purchase being determined by two valuers, one to be appointed by each side, only for such ground as is used for building purposes. Clause 9 had been struck out by the Corporation, and the Board decided te re-insert it. Clauses 10, 11, end 12 agreed to. The Committee then reported, ond it was decided that tho Secretary ehould prepare a draft of the alterations made by the Board, and forward it after it had been submitted to the chairman.