HARBOUR BOARD

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6088, 21 December 1906, Page 8

HARBOUR BOARD

The monthly meeting of tho Wellington Harbour Board was held yesterday. There were present—The Hon. T. K, Macdonald (chairman), and Messrs Jr. H, Fraser, H. Beauchamp, C. E, Daniell, G. Shirtcliffc, and U. Fletcher.

A letter was read from the Marine Department, notifying the reappointment of Messrs Macuonaki, Fraser, and Wilfofd as members of the Board.

_ Air Beauchamp expressed his satisfacj tion with tiro reappointments. The chairman expressed special gratification at tho reappointment ’of Mr Eraser, who had been a member of the Board for the last fourteen years, j The chairman reported that the Arbi--1 tration Court has dismissed the application of-the Shipmasters’ Association of New Zealand to have an award made ■ with the hoard m respect to the har- : bourmaster, pilots, and dre-ugemasters. Leave of absence was granted Air VV. ■.Wood, AI.H.E. 1 The bank pass-books showed:—Current account, credit balance, £2864 17s , 7d; imprest account, credit balance, £677 3s 3d; on fixed deposit, £26,179; payment for accounts and wages, £13,372 10s; for progress on contracts, £393 15s; for salaries for December, £BO2 17s 7d: total, ■ £14,509 2-s 7d. I Tho report of the Wharves and Ao- ’ counts Committee, as follows, was approved ; —To call for tenders closing at the Alarcb meeting, for 190 tons of hoop steel and for 2J tons of studs; to ac- ■ cede to the request of Air 0. H. Izard that his partner, Mr T. S. Weston, may bo joined with him as tho solicitors to the Board; to affix the seal of the Board to a lease from the Government of t-ne sites' of the low-lcvcl light and oi.-store at Pcncarrow for a term of twenty-one years at one shilling per annum rental; to reply to the Harbours’ Association that the Board do not think it necessary to convene a meet ng of the association this year, and that the existing executive should remain in office until the next meeting of the association.