HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 597, 27 August 1909, Page 8

HARBOUR BOARD.

I ■/ MONTHLY MEETING. I LIGHTING,. PLANT FOR THE .WHARVES. .of the Wellington Harbour.Board was held yesterday afternoon. Pre.'sent:. Mr.\ T. M. l .Wilford r (eUairman), i ;-Messrs. R. Fletcher, J. W. M'Ewan, J. G. Burliness, C. E. Darnell, M. Cohen, ami F. G. Bolton. I.eavo of absence was granted to Mr. C. W. i Jones." 1 .'■ < ■' . ■ •,• , • .- FINANCE. - -'V : The following credit bank balances were reported:—Current -account, ,£21,42(1 11?-'. Tel.; imprest account, «£O3S. 16s: lOd.; : on: fixed • deposit, jeto.OOO; J - v ' 7 ; Payments were authorised as follow;— Accounts and wages, .£13,985 7s. Gd.i progress payments on contracts, .£5071 35.; salaries for, /'August, ..£9OO ■ 175.,-' lid.; .total, Bs. sd. ■ The Wharves and Accounts Committee rccommeiided the board- to redepqsit with tho, National Bank of Now Zealand,-Ltd., for two years, lit, 4 ,per cent), .per annum .26000,' maturing -August- '28* ana >£8000,."-maturing September 21. - '•'■ ■ ' - ■ : C ' : *• . The chairman explained that these sums were part of the Harbour Fund Account, and could only.be deposited in the.bank, nor could such . deposits • earn more than 4 per .cent, interest., ' The recommendation was adopted. . , CHAIRM VN'S REPORT '- The chairman' reported that as' a result of a course of ambulance lectures given for a' class; .'composed of. Harbour.Board .employees, thirtytwo men had passed, tho first-aid .elimination, making upwards, of; eighty .who -'have: received.: ambulance instruction; also that twelve ,mem-l.'bers-.of -.thefpernianent.-staff' had been' sworn-in i ns .-'special, constables; /in accordance with /resolution passed .at July meeting. . • • . /-; ... The report was adopted. ! t IN COMMITTEE I,M The board in committee decided ,to appoint I--Mr Oswald Watkins, sinkmfe fund ■; commis-. '6loncr, in succession to, Mr. 1).; T. Stuart,, iefpned ' i. The-board, also approved of by-laws deal: 'ing : ,with^'i\esponsibi.lity-'for' hiring -.cranes . 'and wharfagb;on goods,- andi imp'osing';aiberthage",rate' on, ferry .steamers ;iind I launches in" the torm 'of • a . call fee for .-.the I use fof -suburban"-whaiTesj.t. such., by-laws -- to I como up -for adoptionat a special meeting of .the 'Ijoartl .-on;• Tuesday, September. 14. '' - The-engineer's. plans ..for-:, a. buck store on l ! the M shed site, .Quay, .were approved, rind" it- decided/.tcf/cinjior/'ten^ I. -it was -resolved to arrange ifor. the sale of I tho FeatJierston Street sections by- public ancI "tioii- by'.Msssrs. TurnbuU and Sons',' by the end -of ;Se'ptembeMf..'possiblo: ',/;'S;/:it WP-lans extension,'. "o! ; - the ';:Miramar,; wharf .were also/approved, and tenders are |.to. ,bo:invitcd^^^^ ; •'i'^ '^ ; ■; :V" LIGHTING THE WHARVES. "Tho-board, (also' ■in Vcommittee) decided Ho instali an electrical plant of. its own i'. ing: the wharves.- -IJtiiSvas,jrcsolyed to > thanks th'e- ; and; the''.Electrical,- Depart-' .ment'lof "tliei-City ; ' f C6rp,bTatipnV foi; tKe trouble ;.taken. ih' : 'furhishin^;the;'bqard' with.; repdrts on.' the: lighting of.the •. V':,/;' ■