NELSON HARBOUR BOARD.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14130, 5 July 1916, Page 2

NELSON HARBOUR BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING

Tne monthly meeting of the Nelson Harbour Board was held yesterday •'resent: Messrs. H. R. Duncan (chairman), I. Tunnicliffe, G. Macmahon T :>ell, R B. Jackson J( W. W. Snodgrass .. o. Mercer, A. P. Allport, J IT Harrison, and H. P. Washbourn

FINANCE

. The bank pass book showed the following balances:—Cr.: General ac~ 22S?' p6U- ,18s T 7d; fixed deposit, £900. Receipts: June, 1916, £368 17s od a S against £295 19s 6d for June, 1915; since Ist April. £976 18s sd, as .against £1064 8s lid; monthly aver■af' ,f 32b I2s 10<*> as against £354 lbs 4d.

Accounts arnountir^j to £145 9 S 8d were passed for payment.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Amongst the letters dealt with were the following:—

• x? 1^ 16 Minister of Railways, stating that he would give a reply in a day or two to the Board's request to extend the .Board's option to purchase the N P i. son wharves.

Mr Jackson said that the'deputation consisting of Mr. Allport am/himself,' was favourably received by the Minis' ter for Railways., who stated that the government was quite willing to sell the wharves, but the Minister pointed out that the. revenue had increased considerably since the offer was made Mr. Homes promised to either facilitate the passage of'a Bill through tho House this session or to extend tho ?E I°^ Mhlister : fnrther SJed that if a Bill was put though this session ample time would be allowed for the.taking of a poll before the option

W m,M f hai- man xdid not think there would be time to get a Bill through tins session.

From the county clerk, Murchison. btating that members of the Murchison Council would he prepared to meet representatives of the Board in Murchison about July 11th, for the purpose of assisting in obtaining signatures to the petition to have Murchison Counts Sril- 13!^ NelEon--harbour *U? tnct. _ Slight alterations in the wordm.° tile-P etition. were suggested Iho- alterations were accepted and ft wa S resolved that Messrs. Bell' Macir.ahon and Snodgrass visit Mur' efiison on the date suggested .liie Board then went into committee while the report of the .arbitrators iv tfie disputo between the Nelson"-an'} Motueka Boards in regard to the. of the dredge John Graham was read Ihe report has not yet been considered by the Moteuka Board, and therefore cannot bo^nade public

HARBOURMASTER'S REPORT

The Harbourmaster (Captain H. Collins) reported that the trad« of th* porfr for the month of June had" been well maintained for the period of the season During the month 139 vessel entered and left the port, including one ocean-going steamer, 93 Vm^n boats 9 9small steamers, 16 sailinr97S2n*' vin S a total tonnnge of -/,oUo. lhis. was an incroase of IHS^ tons over- the corresponding month" of lost year. , The report was adopted.

; . GENERAL.

_ It was resolvod to e;ivo a ppv-on ]-:-. mjron oho Umildor Bark <?p V oii doys' notice to quit, otherwise proceedings to be taken for trespass. On the notion of Mr. Be]], it was resolved to donate £5 5s to the N-vy League for the relief of the wid-ivv and dependents of the sailors who lost their lives in the Jutland battle