CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 239, 25 September 1862, Page 4

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Port and HAtmoca Impeoteme^ © PAXAST.V iLut lioPTE. The committee of the Chamber of Conferee met at the Athemen* yestaday afternoon. M? W-. H. Reynolds presided, and there were also" present-Messrs. E. B. Car^U, John Car4l! B B. Mamn, A. W. Morris, and F Moss • *n i xr Martin Slioll, secretary ' ' d Mr" con Ti e m T d r v^of &c kst meeting *—* - IMPI.OOVKMEXr OF THE POET AKI> nAHBOCR munity of Daoediu-h, allSlei" o^f hs iK&ved that it^E tSH ! ,™ 4 to Ihe present «uta of the hi-w „?; reraoMotGotemmenTSS^??mSf^? 6 "^ Upon the wmution of the cSunS'htS £^"2 eS" oompeitat engineer, with 'a ?™£to th^i '• a of the requisite means for mnoTi^ tK ad«P^oa twns, and that a dreclginlSiael h th^°^ trQCI cared inthont delay for^rrS 1? 1 PF°" otherwnrksin^eharUoa?' "^ g °Ut that aad of t^^S^^^eering part Hod,, aa^ h;; e re^ dealt wUh near ihe be mostvaiaabteif «L me uWouWcertai^7

be reduced. If any j art was filled'up, it should be. with material .got tram the bottom at some other poiut. Ho did not like fo hear usad expressions about the harbor •' filling up." He did not r believe that there w.w a ton ot sand more in U c harbisr than t»;ere w;;s a thbu?and years ago but a« constantly oec-.irred in all tidal harbours there had been a-i 'alteration in thy channel. The different results arrived at by the Ac'itr.in sr.rvev and that for the Now Zealand Company, led to"a belief that a very great alteration had occurred in fear years, and that the harbor was filling up at an .alartninjj rate, fortunately,' however" MSS of the French survey, the first that wasuiudej turned up, and was found to agree exactly with' the Acheron survey--■ After some general conversition, the motion was unanimously adopted. Messrs. liuttray, (proUent) E. B. Cargill, and Martin, ivere appointed as the deputation. '