PORT OF MEW PLYMOUTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 296, 24 January 1910, Page 2

PORT OF MEW PLYMOUTH.

CHAIRMAN'S ANNUAL REVIEW. ■ At the annual meeting o: the New I'lymoutli Harbor Board on Friday Mr. J. l'>. Connett (chairman) presented tin: following report. in placing before you the annual statement of accounts. 1 regret in having to point out the decrease in the receipts in the general account of nearly • £501)0. '1 he cnief cause of this is, of course, m the berthage charge on missonsrers. owing to the opening of the Main Trunk railway in February last, conseijuentiy most of Hi.' passengers <joing by rail direct instead of by sea. I'mler most of the headings there is also a !aiiing-oi!. although' slight in Connmisou iVitli tile beniiage. This is due to the small number o! vessels arriving :n consequence failing-oil' in the passenger trade. All receipts from endowments since May I have, owing to the passage oi ihe new Act, been paid direct into the trust account. Tue general account suiters to that extent. j | The working account shows a net proli't of .C4S2/ 17s lid for tile \ ear. I I Owing to the linancial stringency during J '.)():_) this Board, in common witii j numbers other boards of the Dominion, lias suffered somewhat in trade, and thure lias been a falling-oil' o: 382 i tons in imports and exports. Total ordinary revenue received in the (lenerai Account by the Board sini e 1890: Amount.

BREAKWATER PROTECTION. The sum of £lO5 18s 4d has bjeii ■spent on this work during the yea l '. This is the first money spent on the protection since 1906. One thousand five hundred and sixty-six ■tons of stone have been u-ed in the protection. BREAKWATER EXTENSION. The sum of £7433 4s lOd has been expended under this heading during the .year, and a length of 06 feet has been completed. From this sum must, be ■deducted ,£378 10s, being the cost of 23 blocks at £l6 10s each on hand at the end of the year. This leaves the cost of the 90 feet at £7054 14s lOd, or ,£73 lis Sd per foot. This is £l9 13s .Gd per foot in excess of last year, .which will he accounted for by the greate r depth of water, requiring more stone, increased number of blocks owing to the insufficiency of large stone, and owing to this Boarfi having now stopped this work .the final sections had to be made of greater strength, and with additional protection. The total cost to the Board of the extension work has been £31,823 Gs 2d for a total length of 000 feet, averaging • £53 Qs !)d per foot. . The total length of the breakwater is now 2512 feet, or 192 feet past Y.Y. There are 100 concrete blocks on ■hand, valued at £1779. The total quantity of stone used in the 000 feet of extension was 74,634 tons, and the number of blocks used was GSS. DREDGE. . The sum of £lB4 3s 5d has bsen expended on repairs to the dredge during the year, principally on a. new I trunk pipes, repairs to hull, etc.; £1358 8s 5d has been expended on working expenses, making a total of £1512 lis lOd; 87,840 yards of spoil have been removed at a cost oi 4.10 d per yard. Particulars of sand removed from the harbor from 1592 as under:' —

QUAUUY. Tlie quantity of stone quarried anil |ippeii during the year was 15.2-17 lou-5. The foreman estimates that there is .Mil"! sullicient stone in the Fishing Hock quarry to do another three or four hundred feet if required. WHARF. Thr sum of ,-C."»87 10s 2d lias been oxponded under this heading during the •veai', 'VI of the old piles bavins been .renewed. The wharf is being maintained in good condition. WHARF WIDFA'IXa. This work, which was seriously delayed through tlie non-arrival of the timber. was tinally completed >urd opened for frallic in October. The cost during the voar was C-HSI 1:1.11i11. and tile total cos! of this widening was CUK.ill! (». Tic Hoard had now d"cideil. a consultation with 'Mr. Marehant and Captain Hone (Marine Superintendent of the Xew Zealaijjl Shipping Company) to again widen tile wharf 'by twenty feet. Tenders 'nave been accepted fn? the whole of the materials, and the work will be put in hand as soon as tliey arrive. The Hoard has also decided to have •the deep-water berth dredged to 33 feet nt low-water spring tide, so as to accommodate the largest vessels trading to fiie

Year. X, s. d. iSUfi .. .. .. .. 4.43:! 10 4 , 1807 .. 1 1808 .... .. .. 0.202 8 3 IS!)!) .. .. .. .. 0.401 13 7 ]000 .. .. .... 0.044 1!) 1 11)01 .... 5 1902 .. .. .. .. 8,505 0 11 1903 .... .. .. 10.225 1 11 ' 1004 .. .. .... 10,835 18 8 3005 .. .. .... 10.700 11 5 1000 .... .... 13,098 18 0 1007 .. .. .. .. 14.747 3 4 1008 .. .. .. .. 15.44G 10 2 1900 .. .. .. .. 10,478 4 i

CubicCost Sear Yards Total Cost per yd £ s. d. 1894 22.015 787 1 8 8.35d 1895 39,080 853 19 0 5.16d 1896 67,136 1763 8 11 6.30d 1897 114,309 1877 15 10 3 94d 18!)8 135,290 2501 4 2 4.43d 1899 232,730 2970 12 1 3.50d 1900 134,278 1458 11 11 2v«0d 1901 95,380 1453 15 0 3.52d 1902 103,320 2125 19 3 4.93d 1903 153.190 1587 12 10 2.48d 1901 200,08s 2117 11 0 2.54d 1905 203,042 2805 19 7 3.30d 190« 91,920 1612 18 2 4.21d 1«()7 111,900 L5' 0 10 11 3 09d 1908 7:3,720 .1921 8 11 (5 09d 190!) 87,840 1542 11 10 4.1Cd