HARBOR MATTERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16975, 5 March 1926, Page 9

HARBOR MATTERS.

BOARDS' DELEGATES CONFER

(Per Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, last night. Remits dealt with at the conference of th* New Zealand Harbors' Association to-day were Dumping of refuse, etc. (Auckland) : That sections 276 and 239 of the Harbors Act be amended to provide for the master or owner of the ship being responsible for the action of any member of the crew.—Adopted. Garbage- chutes on vessels (Auckland): That section 226 (7i of the Harbors Act be amended to provide for tho sealing up of garbage chutes on vessels as well as of ash ejectors.—Adopted. Regulations' regarding .accidents and collisions (Auckland): "That the word* "must sound steam whistle frequently" be deleted in clause 32. page. 13, of the general harbor regulations. —Adopted. Regulations regarding accidents and collisions (Auckland): That the words "licensed ferry" in the second line and "ferry" hi the fourth line of clause 34, page 13, of the general harbors regulations be deleted. —Adopted. Regulations regarding accidents and collisions (Auckland): That clause 35. page 3, oi' the general harbor regulations be deleted.—Adopted. Regulations regarding accidents .and collisions (Auckland): That the words "or owner" be added to the words "master" in clause 36, page 3, of the gcueraJ harbor Regulations.—Adopted. Regulations regarding motor and olha boat:; (Auckland): That the clause be deleted on page 25 of general harbor regulations;.—Adopted. Inspection an J survey of hulks, lighters, etc. (Wanganui): That in the opinion of this conference the Government should undertake the duty of inspection and survey of boats, tank boats, cargo buats, store balks used within the limits of a»y hai; bor. a»d all barges ••used in roadstead ports for the purpose of convoyuig cargo' to and from vcssel.s lying in the roadstead. —Adopted. .MODERNISING REGULATIONS/

Harbor regulations (U'etlington): That the' time lias arrived when tho general harbor regulations) tnd tlie Various, - Government regidations referring to petroleum, explosives, etc , on wharves should ho modernised and consolidated, a "d that the "Minister of Murine be urged to have this work put in in hand.—Adopted. • -JJifcs and jjart- charges (Auckland).: ■That section fO (2) of the Harbors lAjjl be amended to provide that vessels .laiJ up or out of eoiumidsion are free "of port charges, but not of berthage, dock, dues, etc —'Adopted. - : ■ Kaijage on goods (Auckland) : 'ilia* provision be made in section 226 of the Harbors Act empowering harbor boards! to make charges for tho haulage or. carvla&s of goods by rail.—Adopted. Computation of dues on shipu (Napier): That section 6 of the/Harbors Act, 1«23. be amended so as to make it clear that the charges imposed on vessels may be. computed on tlie net or gross register tonnage;at the option of the Harbor Board, arid it is-suggested tliat the following, words be added to clause-6'(l.)—' "and it shall'bo at the option of the. harbor board to levy under the) by-law; 1 ap dues on ships under the net or gross ■regfetor tonnage," making the section .then read thus: "Where any ,ship is, registered at a port in the United fciilg; (loin or any British possession the amount of tonnage speciJied in the certificate of such registry shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the tonnage, of such ship, and it shall be at the option df tlie harbor board to levy under bylaw all dues pu ships vnder the net or gross .register tonnage."—Rejected. '.-..:.\ ■ '■ dues on bini's: ■ . : Computation of duets on ships (Napier),,: That the harbor boards of New Zealand lake into consideration the question of all of them adapting t!:e gross tonnage as the basis upon which tu compute i.'harges on ships.—Adopted. , . ' Dues on billing vessels (Napier): .That section 78 (E) of the" Harbors Act, .1923, be repealed. The section referred to is us follows: "Any vessel employed in .fishing, sealing, or oyster dredging, and not conveying goods for hire."—Adopted. Collection 'of harbor rates (Napier); Tliat- after the,word ."collected", in,the second, line'of section 87 of-the Harbors Act tlie'following words be added : "or in 12' equal monthly instalments of .-the total levy or claim made under clause 85 (e) of the Act; the first instalment to bo paid over to the Board' within 20 '/ays of tho da,lc of the- ;claim above rei'erred to."—Withdrawn.- ■ '. ■•■'..

■ .Collection 'of harbor . ratep (Napier): TJjict-all the wordsi after "retain'" lii.'the fourth line of section 87 of the Harbors Act be deleted, and the-foil owing words substituted therefor.: "A sum.not■-.Ifcc'cd-ing two and one-half per centum, only 'from each monthly instalment of. the levy or claim made under clause 85 (1). — Adopted. ;. - Limitation of dues on ships (Napier).: Tbal.Uip iil'th schedule to the ( Harbors Act, 1923, be amended by increasing, tlie limits to which' h'krboimasters': foes,'port

charges, and pilotage may be raised. — Adopted. ... Regarding the Customs Act, 1913, and labor on under-board cargo (Napier) : That section 22 (I 1 ) of the Customs Act, 1913, be amended by striking out the fir.it three words in.the third line, the weirds Deferred to being "the reception or."—Withdrawn.

Dues, on Government goods (Tauranga): That this Association considers that all Government departments should be required to pay a. portion of harbor dues on goods passed over the wharves of harbor boards, and especially good<s passing over wharves which have not been subsidised to any material extent by Government funds, and that the Harbors Act be amended accordingly.—Withdrawn.

Declaration re exemptions from dues (Wellington):, That the proviso to t>ubsection (a)'of suction 78 of the Harbors Act, 1923, providing that statutory declarations where exemptions are claimed from harbor dues under this sub-section be made to apply generally to the exemption provisions of this section. —Adopted.