HARBOR BOARD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 706, 21 June 1878, Page 2

HARBOR BOARD.

••-.,. ' • to- lay a .■■'!■ .->- ' n'-- r?. : ".n w re. pi'- 1 -.- •;:.:■-- ; • '. -■-■u.iio'-- v (: ,:-.»ir ! .). S e.v.rd, ,s. ri;.,,, i; Lemon. " i". ore.r sof tneh.Ame-Liiie; of (he ;?..:r.-d. '.".re -e«d rind -iiitv.':o 1 correspondence was re.il an-' a'e>roved. '.•[■ve. .Tack. S'ee: and Bomb-. :r ■- ple:fi '■■■ pnt'en'e-e a p'eee of oe.,- of tec o; pile-, at the wmirf. Tne application wa'AL. .Tames Mills, Manager of the Ciiio.-i shipping Company, wrote iipph--iug for a reduction of thj charges on the i'e_;ul::r steamers for berthage and wharf duos, and pointing out that tile charges wta- inequitably levied, the steamers pay Ll 18s fur wharf dues on eaeii visit, while oteer vessels which lay at the Breakwater over a week only pay lGs 81.

It was pointed out that the Board had already reduced it as low a.s v.-os-iiblo, and ihat it would Hot be >t-..lvia:ii/ie' to make any further reductions. It was .•' e, pointi d out that sK ae.iers liad gve;it, ail-

\-:.'.iir'jtiS, as sailing voss is had to reniov • from tiie wharf at all eues to allow i -,i.steamers to heve berths, tome discus:. ;i took nhtee 1100" : l.j subj-.ct, dnring wiiiclj it was sueecsied liiat tee wh-iesuj e might be gone into when the second wharf was completed.

On the motion of Mr. B'irimski, it was resolved, " That the Bowl regrets that :;:ero is .not sniri ■!-. Nt margin between revenue and expenditure to admit of any reduction being made tit present. Tho jliiuiciiiiii Engineer wrote bringbig under notice of the Board the fact

that the Municipal Council was going to foi-iii a footpath along tho north side, or J;chen-s!reet by junction with tin- eas: sid.' of Tyne-strect, and that it would be neces- ry for tho Board to form a pitched crossing opposite the railway ci' issing at tiia.t point. —it was decided to carry out the work. A letter was read from Ciptain Johnson, the oiiicer in charge of the Marine .Department, enclosing a memorandum

i';om Sir John Oo.de as to the information required to be sent to him in England, to enable him to frame his report en the harbor. —lt was decided that the Engineer should be requested to supp!\ tho information to the Board as soon a . Possible.

Mr. Burnett, the Assistant Engineer to the Railways, wrote pointing out that '.be

">■!>_;• nearest the turntable hetweon Air. •"-uuiptor'3 and Messrs. AiHi-raou and {J :'s srj.res is l\y no moans in good order. Ho r.bo said that if the B urd won!- 1 supply the frog with necessary wing-mils, &c. , tliu department would cany on' the- work. Mr. Lemon moved, ami Mr. Me'.-k seconded, "That the ivork shmil t ')•■ Mi-. Shrimski. protested sixains 1 . work l''.-i;i::; done by the Board, snyiii . th::t it .s:.•>«1 11 1 lie performed by the tenants. Tl '.: motion was <V',!T'i d. '■;.-. oioward ti.ea proposed, "Th;str t n ■ee -.tint >f tli ■Xo -::s ■of maintaining the J', r'or Board Hi etrs a:.d nainwavs be reeee up half-yearly, naoi !v ~n the'3oth June and the 31st Dec. .;i'oer in cue:: year, with a view to charging the same proportionately to the levees in terms of their leases."

The motion was seconded by Mr. Shrimski, and carried.

A letter from Mr. Herdman, Manager of the Union Bank, with reference to the repayment of debentures, &c., was referred to the Standing Committee wi:h Dower to act.

Some dissatisfaction was expressed that no information had been received from the Engineer with reference to the fender piling ordered to be carried. It was decided to forward a telegram to the Engineer urging him to push on the work.

Accounts to the amount of L 915 lis. sd. were passed for payment, and the Board rose.