THE HARBOR BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 4307, 15 December 1876, Page 2

THE HARBOR BOARD.

:•:(• .!'■•'/■! ■■ ' - ;■• }*f'»irs t' * ' ,b 4 snexnaj meeting tfJto Board; to daf was attended by Messrs Beeves (in the-iohair), v!^:.'i-"r.(' niJ;;viiro r:i [■■■ ;< -•;'*;< I M i In reference to the tenders for addiftpnkl -wharfage, David Proudf amounting to L 2,950 is correct! considerably below the estimated, cost, -viz.,, L3,sXK>, s the. conditions have been complied with.' iiGkpt. M'Kinnon raovedjfljat Mr tender be accepted.—Mr great fearwas litigation op arbitration. So tar as the tender was concerned it was considerably less than any of the others—it. was sa low that it made him rather Mr M'NeiiJ : Yon think it is too cheap to • be'good.—Mr TEWStEY : 1 have a great fear of this "Board, getting. into trouble like ; other coroorAte bodies have done.—Mr' M'Neu. saidine believed the explanation of the lowness tender was that Mr Proudfodt had. a lbt-df. timber on hand; andCapt. that Mr Proudfodt had .his own ships, ehabletThimto tender lower than !; else. , r The tender was.acqepted. Ji * !& -* i „, The Finance Committee's recommendation' that the Secretary and Treasurer be iaf , struotedto prepare at. his earliest convenience debentures for the balance of ths soan (L100,0(K>), so that they may be iareaditfesfe < to be placed upoU the market **wjien: any favorable opportunity presents itself; "'and market such balances when deemed adjvisable, was carried. { Mr iU aWUt hak been objected that the Board's, Engineer lias been constiTOted,sble' arbiter ! in', case cjf £iny dispute that may; during; tha carrying out,of, the proposed dredging contract „n is ■ .the Colonial Marme Engineer such arbiter," said that while in Lyttelton ' he! had . been: informed by 'Hawkins and Cd. wftuld not tehderif the' Board's Engineer was to r be sole arbiter. The ntotibh.' was Cjwrftd)'Caps dissenting. J : This 1 Board their went into committe, andl. on resigning, they adopted the following : resolution :-j-< ; «'. That, a sum pfj L2SQ be }pat<3Ut» >tr-GilMe4 the secretary to; the Board, for tional serviceshehas rendered as ; tyeasurel ,: for the past two years, for the special' aer|mwes:. rendered in securing thei board's present endowment,- and generally for the efficient and zealous manner in which he hak discharged the duties of his office:* 5 / ': j ..."■■' jft ,jKii: j-fll'