THE OAMARU HARBOR WORKS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3514, 12 October 1882, Page 4

THE OAMARU HARBOR WORKS.

The Daily Times, in referring to ' the Oamaru Harbor works, says; —The Oamaru Harbor works are now approaching completion. Only one more section requires to be completed "to finish the main breakwater, and caissons have been prepared to form a semi-circular head with solid masses of concrete. Tho present length of this breakwater i 3 1820 ft. The mole which is being formed seaward from the beach, to form the northern boundary of the harbor, is now out 550 ft, and is being extendod at the rate of 60ft a month. It will probably be completed within eighteen months. The dredge ordered from home is now being erected at Port Chalmers, and should bo ready in three months, when operations will be begun to dredge a channel and basin near the inner wharf to a depth of 22ft at low ■water. Additional wharfage accommodation ■will also be erected. The Board has borrowed in all £200,000, and last session an Act was passed to enable the Board with the consent of the ratepayers within a district to be defined by proclamation to borrow £50,000 more, and to rate up to 6d in the pound. r Jhe present revenue ot the Board from all sources is £13,000 per annum, of •which about £7000 is from dues. The endowments are very valuable, and a large amount of reclamation has lately been effected. The works are most subtantial, and reflect great credit on tho engineer (Mr McGregor, C.E.) and the clerk of the works (Mr Forrester). Except a few cracks in the surface of tho breakwater from settlement, which are of no consequence, there is not a sign of any injury from the many heavy seas which have broken over it. A vessel is shortly expected with a full cargo for Oamaru direct from London, the pioneer of a regular trade.