HARBOR CHARGES WELLINGTON.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11559, 21 February 1906, Page 4

HARBOR CHARGES WELLINGTON.

The New Zealand Skippingpom-* pany has addressed a letter & the . Harbor Board, stating that J the) , latter appears to be under t\ im-1 j pressiou that Wellington 1/ the! 3 cheapest port in the Color for shipping, they desire to reino/ that impression from . their miiß by giving a statement of the {argos | payable for tho same service and the samo quantity of cargo 6 the . present voyage of the Turakia and r IvAipara These are given as uter: — Turakina : Wellington, £33l luckland, £209; Lyttelton, £218 {Dun - cdin, £240. Kaipara: Wellfcton, . £2GS; Auckland, *£187; Lyljkton. } £190; Dunedin, £240. r ' i The excess here is apparertl) accounted for by the harbor irpbveuients nito being charged igdnst ships instead of goods, as elswhW and because tit ether portsehafres for a second visit on the saiuvoyige aro roducod. Other points if difflr- , ence are mentioned which tol agaiibt Wellington, and a table isattacmd showing that tho percentage halbor revenue contributed bj ihips r only P> and 8 respectively at Bydne} I aud Melbourne, whereas at^olling\ ton it runs to 5o per cent, f \