BLUFF HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2369, 27 January 1915, Page 7

BLUFF HARBOUR BOARD.

A-c SATISFACTORY POSITION. (By Telegraph .—Press AssociatianJ Invercargill, January 26. The preliminary statement of accounts for tho year ending December 31, 1914, presented to the Bluff Harbour Board, 'discloses a very satisfactory position. ' In his comments upon the statement, "the chairman, Mr. A. F. Hawke, said {that considering the effects of the general! strike in the early part of the year and the European War, in the ktter '"part, the figures could be considered ~very satisfactory to the board, an opinion .in, which the members of tie %card concurred. The total receipts amounted to £23,811, and the ordinary revenue, to ,*■£23,503. Notwithstanding the adverse influences referred to,' the ordinary 'revenue was only £200 less than that of the preceding year. The expenditure iwas £19,749, as compared with £25,383 jfor 1913, 60 that tno board's account ■went £4000 to the "good during the year, land its financial position is very strong. The 6hipping return stows that 397 'ivessels, aggregating 501,283 ton's, ]visited the port, the figures for 1913 «being 352 vessels of 523,150 tons; the ■volume of business was 118,294 tons, as tagainst 120,000 tons for 1913. The {figures are a reflex of the sound condiItion'of the district's trade.