HARBOUR BOARD.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11342, 2 October 1888, Page 3

HARBOUR BOARD.

..■''« The usual monthly meeting of the Har- ' ' 'bowc Board took place yesterday, wlieu v-' tuere were present — Messrs Laird (in the *- v^ohiir), Spurdle, Blythe, ana ,B"orlase. MinutSb. — The'minutes/of the previous meeting Were read and confirmed. Haebodbmaster's Beport. — TheHavbour-.master's-report was read, and the recom--1 ; mendfttion to the upper, or Betts', rf'"'Wharffiwa? adopted. The Harbourmaster \ alsoi^borted the planting of Lundon Park ' •wittf'gtass, which t with slight exceptions, was doing well. -The trees were also thriv- •. ing, but'ft.;few had been blasted by the continual gale^. The northerly and easterly ; winds haißenuded the North Spit of sand \a^ the end 'of' the breakwater. A fortnight li&go there were from three, to four feet of ' water, where formerly it was dry. Attempts ■ hadbeenmad'eibyMr Thatcher to lay the fasoines ih'jtblstteptlC but the sea being too rough that could not 'properly be made fast and.were eventually washed aahore. jThe work had beferr/temporarily stopped for the hat fortmgho,6pt will be resumed within / tha /next, day 'V two, as the beach had foribed again tarough the aotion of the ' , lajy- westerly galJi. Nine piles have been ' Ldflffen, and have s.tood the force of the sea, ■ Tafia have nfcfr shown -any signs of breaking %>r; washing awa^.; ' .fv-fSINKINO OP PUNIP AT THE HEADS. — The 'W Harbourmaster rejSlDrted that he did not */ feoommen'd the sinKing of the old punts at ,/ the outer end of the' fascine work, as they / were'tdp rotten ancl would not stand the 1 aotion (S the sea. K "•> Pilot b Rbboet.—^The Pilot rnported that i ifae ohannel over the/bar had shifted a little north and' was' now, ' by compass from the 'flagstaff, S: by W. i-W. There was a. '■■■• depth, of lilt at' N,W. spring tides and .'ijL 10ft at N.wT neap tides. The sand bank [?,l*."betvveen the.bar and entrance to theriver still '!<'' opntinues in'l,the\same position, and the , -ofehnel is very on the Wobk at ;^he HfflDßgS-A copy of Mr J. T. Stewart's :' raJS^gj MySThatcher's proposes work at laid on ths table. The rewith, "Considering thecir- . ' ■fcumstahoe joflJihe exposure that the wall ■$w wo^d; be'' submitted to on the southern-side, ? '$&.' cannot anm do not recommend the plan ''/proposed (sh'6'wn by sketch plan) and.deslaribed "b$M4 Thatcher."— The report was •received. '■ *'\ *£ '■„■■ ' r MnDBANK^XIirHBWHABF.— ThoHarbourmaster.:>havin| reported the existence of a mqdbank alq^ ;side of- the wharf ; it was -„ resolved, "op ; : he motion of Mr Borlase, BeooKdefl-by.^l * Spurdle, That the Harbourmaster'^BjalfeJmquiries as to the approximate .. cost of tnefetsction of a groin under Shakev speare Cliffitq direct the current over to the - town sideTas' a means of shifting the said £. bank. < : ' "■', ' • ; Limits o^;Pobt. — In order to place the _J&bye-law respecting shifting drift' wood on ">%a satisfactory, footing, it was resolved to .'., aslf..the Governmantto define 1 the Wanga•/.^nu'i^Hftrbour as extending for two miles ■"'■j'fromjthe Heads Flagstaff and up the river i"to Bft'orikia. - . , ■ • 'V -V^canoy in Boabd.-— lt was resolved; '.on sfb.e r motion of Mr Borlase, Besonded by Mr; ' Spurdle, That Mr Hatriok be asked to fill ■ the "vacancy tin. the Board, and- if he was to do so, the Secretary to write'to' « f ('.Jhe Government and recommend him as a.*'""suitable member: ■ ■ BANfcBALANOE. — The bank books were produc&k and showed a credit balance of £1862 05%... Accounts'. — Several accounts were passed for payment, amounting in the aggregate to £1898. '„ ;