TIMARU HARBOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 30, 1 March 1909, Page 2

TIMARU HARBOR.

By relegrapli.-Press Association. „„ 'l'uuaru, February 20. ilaibour Board was held to-day The chairman's report on the thirtv-second year of the board slated' that contrary to anticipation that the unfavourable season would affect detrimentally trade and revenue, 1008 had been i better year than 1007. The imports and exports showed an heron se of .Wo tons, the value of the foreign and intercolonial trade being CI 217.in while the total revenue increased by C 442 j„ addition to Which remissions 'were made in charges for hawsers and fenders lutallmg jcii'JO. shippbg M ""ranted 4J4,202 tons, which was 37.002 in excess of that of 1007. Comparing the figures lor 1808 and 1008, it was seen that shipping increased 12:1 per cent, the volume of trade 100 per c . e .,|:., „„,, „ K , rm , lui , apart from the Jiarbour rate 108 not cent. The total amount „f direct in,'"IU landed at Timavn was 44 880 tons, compared will, 34,721* in 1007- iVit consequent on the drought, the export «t frozen mutton decreased 104,071 carTwV Tl "; j , t0,:,! expenditure was ■130,000, and the total revenue t;)4.J00 Kefernng. to the ~iiea t i(>n of Lvttelton versus l.maru, the report denied that the board adopted an ajrgr.saiv(. poliev. »it desired onl.y ,„ gH ~„ I]|( , ( ~a (j J [ "Inch egitimatcl.y belonged (u the port

rem the law fertile districts which it served. During tl, e year a tender was accepted for a new wharf provi,li„ R for 200 loot ~[ herthagc. n lO ,„J lrd .J bucket f dredge lifted tons at a cost of (i.30,1 per t o;i, «„,1 the «rab dredge 14.3b tons at a cost of 10.0-kl. I