HARBOUR BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1915, Page 3

HARBOUR BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The usual monthly meeting of the New 'Plymouth Harbor Hoard was held yesterday, when there were present:— Messrs .1. I!. Connelt (in the chair), N. King. E. 'Maxwell, 0. A. Wilkinson, D. ,1. Hughes, C. E. Bellringer, E. Dockrill and J. Marx. 11AlSUORMAKTKirS 111':PORT. 'the harbormaster's monthly report stated that 20 steamships bad . arrived at tiie port during the live weeks ended June 12, aggregating 25,822 tons. The imports amounted to 7187 tons, including 1080 tons of coal. 1251 of which were for p ival.e use and -135 tons for the Railway Department.. The exports for the same period amounted to 1221 tons, making a, total of 84118 ions handled. The harbor was sounded on the 7th inst., under favorable weather conditions, and there was good water at the wharf and the approaches to it. Sl'l'El! IX TEN-DENT'S 1! EI '0 UT. The superintendent of works reported:—With the exception of three rough days, the sea Las iieen unusually calm throughout the month, consequently the Paritutu has been engaged with buckels nearly the whole of the working time at. the eastern fair-way cut. Lor 22 days' work 50 loads, equal to 20,(1110 lons, were removed, the net time being 11'S?hours. Four and a half hours were occupied in lifting one load ol I'!!! tons from t.lie third basin cut. 'lhree days were lost through rough weather, and four days were lost through the breaking of the forward winch shaft. A new shall was !iileil. The Thomas King worked 011 25 days, the net lime being 217 hours: llfl loads of saiid. equal lo 15.20(1 toes. were removed from Ihe breakwater bank, and eleven boulders were lifted from the third basin cut with the assistance of the driver. 'I hewesiern corner of the wharf, damaged by the Ngahere oil April 23. has been repaired by driving an additional pile, and an extra, mooring pile has been driven at the en-.101-11 corner, at. the request of the harbormaster. The .borough water Mipplv has been laid on to the wharl, ami the service has been much improved by lay ill" a pipe along each side of the wharf instead of a single central pipe and liv increasing (he number of hydrants' from 11 to 21. The pinns 111si"iiis lives for shins' fenders have been cul down at the Morshead nursery, hut owing to (lie had condition of the roads only 'two have yet been carted to the "\vivrk<. Tlio Una ril -wont into eomimi Un» missing accounts amounting to .ClflSfl 7s, "d.