HARBOR BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3923, 20 September 1875, Page 2

HARBOR BOARD.

A spe ial meeting of this body was held t his afternoon. Present—th« Deputy-Sup rtb® (hair), Messrs MT\eil, M'Kiunou, Reeves, Cargill, Tewsley, and Davie,

Messrs Hawkins and Co. wrote in reply to to t e Board’s letter of the B.h inst., drawing attention to the rate of progress of fitti ay street wharf, stating that the delay bad been caused through nen-de ivery of sawn timbrr. The difficulty having now been overcome, and as they were daily expectin,: the arrival of a vessel at Port 'vhalici.rr w hj tr>e balance of timber, no Tnm.us would be warning to complete the work in the shortest linn, possible. An extcii...)U c.f tiin: for tin completion of the wo kr as asked for. The letter was read. i he fallowing u emoiial, signed by eleven owners of l.gi icrs at Port, i halmers was read

, T he Harbor Boa dnf Otago. Oentlemen.— the undersigned, request that the Board wid Im ple,.sed to remit the bei t age rates, as . t present charged on the bah.ft li: ,;l:te: H. We .'.re quite willing to pay some rati s, or even double, ns outside vessels, and it will be found on inquiry that the cargoes wo are in Mre habit of carrying are not more injurious to the jetties than the general run of ordinal y cm. o. We would farther ■i roci your attention to the fact that some of one craft, i j evi r visit the jetties, ad we cannot tlunk that the Board int. nd to make u pay for what we never use. These new rates we feel particularly grievous ■if pre-ent, owing to tin competition whica the Bov* rnirent fo-ters per rail, actually c&rryiov ■cone from iai.in.’s potnt to the ships here at Isbd ..er .on. while they are in the habit of charging 3s from this to Bum dm. We would icqu st you tc consider the facts as staged •loove. and be pleaM dto gimp whatever rent the circumstances or the cast demand. ; he le ler was ,etene i to the Pinanca

Oinonireo. , 0 ej-o t ‘h Bum lebo.vcd iisoit inr« committee •aicu s the ccictarv’s mission to Weingtou.