THE HARBOR BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3793, 21 April 1875, Page 2

THE HARBOR BOARD.

At a special meeting of this] body, held yesterday, there were present Captain M‘Kinnon (in the chair), Messrs Reeves, M'Neil, Mercer, Tewsley, Ramsay, and Cargill.

A communication from Mr Cannon, local for the New Zeeland Steam Shippine Company proposing to bring the company’! steamers to Dunedin, and asking when thev could be brought up, was received. The matter had been referred to Captain Thomson, and the reply received was to the effect that all the boats, except the Phoshe, might be brought to f ® rt i tligh , t or three weeks, a! the point oft Macandrew’g Jetty, which the bTthTt 6 imr W ° rkil,Sat ’ *° Uld be got thto^h 11 T T 0 t P I nde , rs bad been ’ eoeiv ed for a new turnWer for the dredge New Fra, and that of Measni Kmoaid, M Queen, and Co., for L 46 Is, accepted. Messrs Davidson and Conyers’ prfce S F°- 14 was , mentioned that a telegram had been received from the Commissioner of Customa.«t3tini that the Governor had signed the warrant aefining the limits of the Port of Dunedin. [ This matter was referred to at considerable length at the la«t meeting of the fcoard. The proclamation under the Marine Act o! 1867 defiuS the boundary of the Port of Dunedin as a circle of fire miles radii*, and does not i elude Port hj Dl \ nediu * proclamation dehamg the boundanes-and now referred to-of DunS.f ” “ nt t0 the h6ad ° f the <>t A lengthy report from the Finance Committee on the Treasurer’s statement of accounts mad! up to March 31 was submitted. The flowing is the concluding part of the report:—“Suiyi mmg up the past in a general way, matters amount to much as follows ;-The Board W been in existence for a period of about ten months, but of that period only three or fou? months have been available for the work propel for which the Board was constituted. WuchS the outlay of the past was putdiminarv to the Board commencing harbor e Sn7 and your committee, without in the least wish’ing to institute unfavorable comparisons tbint t will be admitted that their exs2 S this head has been unusually small ReferS ordinary revenS to meet the departmental expenses, it might be urged that the Board should make penses meet its income, and this would be true if it could be done and yet not impair the -fflcienoy of its working. It must, however. b ® P ?^ n j t° the Board that the wor£ committed to its care is of a nature that will not brook being dealt with in an energetic m Av n *£ Jour committee think that this work of the Harbor Board ef Otago is snob, and it has the great recommendation that if •• dealt with it eannot but eventuate in an immense gain to the Province, both as regards preventing loss and acquiring an enlarged trade, with its eon. sequent profits.* The follomng communication from Captain I homson, Harbor-master, was; read: notice, in the business before the" City Council on the 14th mat,, their Surveyor reports that there is no longer any necessity to prevent night-soil from being discharged into the fr f m A be pU xl lc B T ewers at Rattray street W^J\ th *A matter I cannot agr *« withSe ’ b * fc to me . lt a PP %Rrß that then exists a greater necessity than ever to prevent the discharge of any solid matter into that arb D or . wber#the »® w er referred to empties itself. Before, no vessels lay across the mouth of the sewer; now they do. I need mot say the result of such discharge will be the formation of a bank across which a vessel might break her back, unless that particular berth was carefully attended to by the dredge; in such csss the cost of same should fall to the City Corporation to meet. Hopeful that the Board may cause the necessary steps to be taken to prevent any silting up (of the. berths at Rattray street jetty) by the public sewer.” In accordance with clause 8 of the Harbor Board Ordinance, the Board proceeded to ballot out one of the mem bars elected by each constituent body. For the Chamber of Com* merce, Messrs M'Nsil and ' ewsley expressed great anxiety to be relieved of the Board membership, and the former was, by the ousting vote of the chairman (Mr M‘Neil), balloted out. Mr M'Dermid was unanimously balloted out for Fort Chalmers, and for the City Council, Mr Mercer, having been appointed to a va* cancy during the year by the Superintendent retires acconimg to the Act. The retiring mem-’ bars hold office till June 30, and are eligible for re-election.