HARBOR BOARD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1316, 25 June 1880, Page 2

HARBOR BOARD.

The fortnightly mooting of the Board was held to-day, when there were present —Messrs. Sumpter (Chairman), Aitkon, Duncan, Gibbs, Borrie, and HasseU, The minutes of the last meeting wer« read and confirmed, and the respondence r-eac\ and approved, A letter was wad from Mr. Shrimski, M.H.8., intimating his entire approval of the report of the Board for the construction of the north wall, having been always of opinion that this work should be flrat undertaken, and the basin oompletod before proceeding with interior works. Regarding the harhor light, he was sorry to say that he had not succeeded in ob* tainirig one without payment, He oould advise the Board to obtain one of these lights, as they were really first-class. ' A letter was read from the Marino Department, intimating that tho Board could obtain one of the port lights ou paying the sum of LGS into pwWie account. It was to purchase who of the lights

Some aocounts for arrears of rent were referred to the solicitors for collection.

Accounts to the amount of LlO5 5s 114 were passed for payment. The Chairman said very strong representations hftd bean made to him that the present railway tariff waß handicapping the port, and proving detrimental to the welfare of the district. In so faf as the Board was concerned the required its tjon regards * minal ohapges, He was .not sure that K ' would be out of plaoe for the Board to draw the attention of the members for the district in Parliament to the disproportionate rates charged. He d$ W°t wish the Board to ftpytfvjng hastily, but thought iflftttpr be to the Standing Committee' for inveatifift' tion; Timber wag now being Qttrrtad from Jnveroargill to Ohristohuroh at » rate that he was confident would be evident to any thinking mind must bo exceedingly unprofitable to the denarii ment. This was manifeptfy the' taxpayer iq were ppqn t'p, pi\y additional taxation to iqkke up for th? loss, on the railways... It would be w$U ibftt l}iQ matte* should be with wh'le P»rli»« %,eus sitting, and. he would therefore move that the matter bo referred to tho Standing Committee for report, A short discussion followed, during which"!'sfr. -Borrie remarked that the advantage derived by the public from low railway rates came baclc, to them in the shape of a property tax, costing from 3.Q to 40 per cent, for collestfan v _ QHef}tjp,n oimlwaylariffli was ro* ferred to the Standing Committee, witfl po.wer to act,

i telegram was read from Mr. WcregorTsUting that the plana for the Srthwall would be ready by Friday fort"ila the motion of Mr. Aitken it was solved "That the Engineer be renested to prepare before next meeting a return showing the exact coat of the breakwater per foot, taking the comXted portion of the present contract as the basis of the calculation, the return I, include engineering and inspection harees ; also, the exact amount per foot that the protecting block will cost." The Board then rose.