TRADE OF THE PORT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1664, 20 January 1904, Page 31

TRADE OF THE PORT.

WA'NIIED—MODE! i^UOMMQDA- . He© ®-: ■ * THo. rapid; and! cmrtdiLuat increase- ofF trades ten the; Wellington, port; keeps, tlio Harbour Board in a. constant!, state • of alextuessr to 1 cope* with, it. A sooner: i& nmsusimn madelmrextrai acoamanodatibn: ship'! and! Car@p> thamsfiilLfurthec- aov cSaSaidom ikrequM', and .at. the, present* time; the, insufficiency? is, very/ -.acute; . '.a- w : Jjj,. 3SF, Heidi. chairman,, sard*. at Monr feJs, meeting of the; . Board. that, there was not; nearly enough accommodation for. vessels. The the parte was, mar,easing; every? quarter,, and iff it went? oar. ass, ifc was? doing; now Jfypfc jyqsjJ .vviiHxfev would? dlhthisfyear- ; t®*® ycra^befete-^hß-*-^^ pietedl audf' thfe new wliarfr' alongside v the Glasgow Wharf andl another- at thaend of Taranaki street would' not be

completed for* a* long; time; In addition: to? tliat,.. th© steanEsrs: were today drawing, miuehi more- water than., a, few years; ago*,, fiend’ tliat added to* the* difficulty. A very great amount of" dredging v would have- to- be done;;

p v Mr D. J. Nathan, spoke; about the ! lack .of? accommodation for dairy prof duoes. He- regretted; that the growth hrifi the; trade? off the* port had- not. Been fforeseen; by previous! members off the

- Board-. He. thought, the present mem- | hers, had? done their, duty well, but I there had. been, too much, extravagance | indulged* in,, and. in. a short, time Wel- \ ling-ton*. instead: off having: the-cheapest i port, ill: the* colony/, as it was. two or ] three l years, ago/ would: have the I dearest.

Mr Eriuicliamp- differed. His opinion, was that,ever-since the wharf: had been fbrmedi extraordinary foresight had been shown. The trouble had been an insufficiency of money. The following comparison shows the growth in the shipping:— Twelve months ending Sept. 30. 1903. 190:1. Number off vessels 2,876 2,563 Tonnage; off vessels- 2;122,229 : 1,838,572'