PORT RECORDS.
TRADE OF TARANAKI. 1921 AT MOTUROA. RECORDS IN ALL BRANCHES. NEW WHARF IN CONCRETE. The trade through the port of New Plymouth was reviewed by the chairman of the Harbor Board (Mr. Newton King) in the course of his annual report to yesterday’s meeting. In imports six figures were reached for the first time in the history of the port, the total being 101,088 tons, while the exports and the revenue were also records for the port. The nett tonnage of vessels berthed shows a large increase, twenty-five ocean liners having visited the port during the year. Thirteen of these brought inward cargo. The direct shipments from the port amounted to 14,991 tons. The report reviews the finances, including loan accounts, dredging and wharf maintenance and touches on the proposals for the erection of a new concrete wharf, which it is hoped to put in hand soon. The chairman’s report was as follows: It gives me very great pleasure to place before you the accounts and statistical returns for the year 1921, and. I have once again to report tha' the revenue, as well as the imports and exports, are all records for the port. The imports amounted to 101,088 tons, the six figures being reached for the first time in the history of the ooard, the increase for the year being 5376 tons. The exports reached 34,378 tons—an increase of 6136 tons over the previous year. The imports and exports were 135,466 tons, against 123,954 tons in 1920 an increase of 11,512 tens. The revenue received in the General Account amounted to £24,059 Is 9d an increase of £2924 0s 5d over 1920, when the revenue was £21,135 Is 4d. The working account shows a net profit of £13,099 10s sd, while for 1920 it was £7364 15s. The profit for the coming year will, however, be very much smaller, as large sums will be required for renewals to the wharf as soon as the timber now on order comes to hand. The total ordinary revenue received in the general account by the board for the past 16 years is as follows: —
1919 LOAN ACCOUNT. The debit in this account at the beginning of 1921 was £8377 9s lOd, which was increased to £11.675 2s 2d at the* end of the year. . Debentures sold amounted to £20,DOO. while a further sum of £12,500 was. raised by the hypothecation of debenThe board is now placing a short-dated loan of £128,000 on the London mar ket. the term being for ten years and the rate of interest 6i per cent. BREAKWATER PROTECTION. •Heavy storms during the year caused a subsidence in the protecting apron of the breakwater, and this has been built up again at a cost of £195 8s 2d. Otherwise the whole structure has stood well. THOMAS KING. This vessel is still employed barging and tipping stone -on the line of the breakwater extension, the cost of which has been charged to that work. DREDGE PARITUTU. *
During the year this vessel has been at work continuously (except the usual time lost while being overhauled af Wellington), the work comprising deepening the fairway and swinging basin, and the vessel also made a start, to dredge on the line of the proposed new wharf, the hard material and stone being tipped on the line of the breakwater extension and the soft material deposited at sea. . The quantity of material removed was •206 100 tons,'and the cost (including the overhaul) £14.488 16s 9d, which gives an average cost per ton of 16.87 d. Particulars o£ dredging by the Paritutu for the past ten years: — i
WHARF. Owing to the non-arrival of the timber on order for repairs to the wharf, the cost during the year has not been as great as anticipated. The timber is, however, expected very shortly -low, when the repairs will be put in hand immediately. The cost during the year was £2612 18s 7d. . During the year the board had prelimmary plans drawn for a new wharf in. con - crete. It is proposed to erect this oarallel to the present wharf at about 300 feet distant. Detailed plans are now being worked out. and a start has . been made to dredge out the site. It is hoped to get the work put in hand at an early date. BUILDINGS. PLANT AND MACHINERY. The expenditure under this heading, while not as large as the previous year, has been fairly heavy, amounting to ' £9llO 4s lid. A large part of this is ! for new plant for the extension work, I and has been paid for out of the loan money.
ENDOWMENTS. During the year the board held a sale of leases in the Eastern Mount Eliot block. Five sections were offered, of which two were sold at satisfactory price* WHARFAGE AND DUES. The following is a table of the above during the past sixteen years:—
•It will be noticed that there is an increase under every heading, while the total is easily a record for the port. SHIPPING.
The number of vessels arriving at the port during the year shows a decrease of two, but the net tonnage shows a large increase. Twenty-five ocean liners berthed at the wharf during the year, as against twelve in 1920. Thirteen of these brought inward eargo, of which two also loaded outward cargo, while twelve others also loaded meat, dairy produce, etc. The direct shipments from the port amounted to 14,991 tons, made up as fol-
The whole was equal to 340,923 freight carcases. Table of direct shipments since the commencement of the service: —
W! ; LAND REVENUE, The land revenue received during the year amounted to £7445 9s lOd. a de- ; crease of £446 16s lOd from 1920. Table of land revenue for the past fixteen years: —
SINKING FUND. 1909 LOAN. This fund is growing steadily and now amounts to £4*8,432 I8s lOd, of which £45,150 is on mortgage, £3000 invested in New Zealand Government War Loan, and the balance, £282 18s lOd, at the board’s bankers, uninvested. SINKING FUND, 1919 LOAN. This fund, which was only started last year, now stands at £429, at present uninvested. MEMBERS. During the year an election was held for those members representing boroughs in the district and resulted in the return of all the sitting members. ENGINEER. Mr. J. Blair Mason having resigned from the position of engineer, the board decided to appoint a resident engineer, and Mr. G. W. B. Lowson, of Dunedin, was chosen for the position. Mr. Lowson took up his duties early in the year. The board then appointed Messrs. Blair Mason, Lee and Owen as its consulting engineers. z THE SHIPPING YEAR. Statement showing vessels, draught, tonnage, etc., which entered the port during 1921: — STEAMERS.
ENGINEER’S ANNUAL REPORT. The resident engineer (Mr. G. W. Baxter Lowson) reported as follows upon the works carried out during the year 1921: FISHING ROCK QUARRIES. Two quarries at, fishing rock—the lower quarry and i auxiliary face near the ironsand works—furnished stone for the first few months of the year until May, when they were abandoned. Previous to' their closing down the matter of procuring a good output had become increasingly difficult, and in May the lower or main quarry was absolutely worked out except for a narrow rock parapet left on the weather side to prevent heavy seas from overwhelming the abandoned site, a. ditch also being cut down into the quarry floor in the lee of the parapet to ensure additional safety. PARITUTU QUARRY AND INCLINE. In April a test blast was fired In Paritutu, and dislodged about 30,000 tons of stone. The results proving satisfactory, the board decided the following month to quarry this hill and to commence the construction of an inclined tramline to bring down the stone therefrom. The ground kappily lending itself to «n even gredient throughout! a grade of 1 in Sy*, was el osen for the incline, and in practice has been found most satisfactory. The incline ' is almost exactly a quarter of a mile in length, will take a maxlintwn load of 25 tons but can be operated efficiently with a load of only 5 tons. It is of the ordinary self-acting type, a. 2%in. rope passing round a doublybraked surge wheel 6 feet iu diameter. It was brought into operation at the beginning of October.
The location of the quarry at Paritutu is on the site chosen and partly opened up by engineers of earlier days.. The approach already cut through to the’ rock, however, was much too narrow to suit our requirements, and its widening has been proceeding steadily in conjunction with the removal of stone from the foot of the rock talus. The brow of the incline and the yard leading back to the quarry was formed from spoil thus obtained. Up to the end of the year the supply of stone had been intermittent, and when the breakwater apron had been sufficiently attended to, it was decided to concentrate only on the widening and deepening of the quarry floor, so that it would »»c possible to procure a full and steady output when the works properly commenced. At the close of the year, therefore, two cranes were engaged upon this w crk—one being equipped with a sirfgle-chain grab and the other using tipping buckets. BREAKWATER. Th? stone apron protecting the existing structure has required considerable attention during the year. 3923 tons of stone (1849 tons from fishing rock and 2074 tons from Paritutu) be’ 'g placed thereon by moans of the 40-ton cr.-ne. It Is now in reasonably good repair, although It would be. advisable In the earlv winter to dump a few more tons here and'there upon the lowest portions. Concrete repairs for the year have been very slight. BREAKWATER EXTENSION. During the year, the barge Thomas King dumped IS,lie tons of stone (16,821 tons from
fishing rock and 1,955 tons from Paritutu) on the line of breakwater extension. The average depth of water over the mound is about ten feet, the mound being somewhat levelled and sprqgd out during the winter months. The board decided during the year to alter the design of the proposed extension from that of a composite structure similar to the existing portion to one entirely’ of rubble. The Marine Department approved of the design which allows for a mound 8 feet higher than the present structure with a seaward face probably as flat as 1 in 5.
As practically all the large stone has been used so far for’ the protecting apron of the existing breakwatoer, no capping has as yet been done. It was expected, however, to commence laying the required new trackwork at the end of the existing portion early :n January, 1922. MIKOTA7II WALL AND MAGAZINE. In May it was found necessary to place 466 tons of stone upon the Mikotahl wall. During the severe storm experienced in August th- wall was again damaged and will require further attention during the coming year. A light tramline and staging has been laid doWn at the-Mlkotahi magazine, the approach to the magazine being also fenced in to comply with Government regulations. RECLAMATION. It was decided during the year that in the interests of economical working it would be advisable to commence the much-neded work of reclaiming portion of the Ngamotu beach. This work is to proceed In conjunction with the extension of the breakwater, and In addition to ultimately furnishing building sites, will also provide a means of access to the proposed new wharf. Early in the year the Railway Department met the board over the lay-out of the railway yards in this vicinity, and the board, while evidently agreeing in the main to the department’s proposals, made certain stipulations as regards other imeans of access, to the foreshore besides that through Bayly Road. It was later decided, however, to alter the foreshore line as originally'laid out, so that it is now parallel to the proposed railway boundary and overcomes /inconveniences arising from an otherwise wedge-shaped piece of land between that boundary and the waterfront. To gain access to the reclamation works on Ngsmotu beach, it is proposed to erect a.i overbridge to cross the railway line at the root of the breakwater. At the close of the year the piles for the bridge were shod ready for driving, but final permission had not ueen received from the department to proceed with the work. At the time of writing, however, advice has come to hand that the plans-of the board have been approved of, and consequently a start should be made in the erection of the structure early in the year. WHARF. Very extensive renewals of the bracing ana walings of the existing wharf have been macle in totara during the year, and now only for a short length of the eastern side near the inshore end of the wharf do they require further attention. Very few piles or stringers have been renewed during the year, and but few repairs to the decking were found necessary. The approach to the wharf was wid ened early in the year, somewhat improving the appearance of the Immediate vicinity.
The order oft, Messrs. Hardwoods, Ltd., for hardwood timber and piles was cancelled during the year and a new and larger contract handed over to Messrs. E. D. Pike and Co., of Sydney, who advise that they hope to ship the whole order about the end of Januaiy, 1922. PROPOSED NEW WHARF. The need of increased berthing accommodation for vessels visiting the port was murk emphasised during the year, and it was decided to modify the original berthage scheme to allow of a wharf being constructed eastwards of and much in the same direction as the existing wharf. Plans of the new layout and the preliminary design of the proposed structure were prepared, and a start was made tn September to dredge a channel 50 feet wide to a depth of 30 feet along the western side of the proposed wharf in order to have the necessary deep water required previous to the erection of the wharf. DREDGING. During the yeUr the Takitutu has ben engaged principally in widening the deep water area eastwards of the wharf, widening the eastern inshore berth, dredging the new wharf cut as mentioned above, and in sand dredging in the fairway. main object throughout the year has been to push on with the opening up of new ground as mu’h as possible, and the vessel has stooi up very well to the hard ground encountered, although just previous to the overhaul the hopper doors leaked ,so badly as to prevent sand dredging-s being retained in the hopper. Many spare parts, including both top and bottoun tumblers, came to hand during the year. The vessel was away from New Plymouth for annual overhaul at Wellington during the month of June, the cost being £5673 6s. She occupied the slip for 15 days exclusive of Sundays and holidays, the repairs necessary to the hull being more extensive than on any previous occasion, the sheathing in the hopper being a particular)j- heavy item. The overhaul of ihe main engines and deck gear was later effected by our own workshop 'staff, assisted by local tradesmen. The total running and maintenance costs were £14,488 16s 9d for the year. During the year 206,100 tons of spoil were lifted, making the average cost on the above figures 16.87 d per. ton. Of the above spoil 21,600 tons were dumped westwards of the breakwater extension mound.
THOMAS KING. The Thomas King is still In commission and is used as a hopper barge, depositing stone upon the breakwater extension mound. Sue was overhauled during the year, on which occasion she unfortunately was holed when beaching. At the close of the year the vessel was being equipped, with rock boring apparatus to assist in dredging op-jMUions If required. ELECTRIC LIGHTING. In addition to maintaining an adequate lighting system upon the wharf and throughout the various buildings under the board's control, the workshop has catered largely for the supply of clusters to vessels visiting :be port. Tljjs convenience Is much appreciated, particularly by overseas boats, 60 vessels applying for clusters during the year, bringing in a revenue of £335 17s 6d to tae board. WORKSHOP. The workshop has proved a gr mt asset to the board during the year, the staff earning rather a reputation for the class jbf work turned out. With dredge maintenance and other general and repair work, together with the overhaul of plant, much of which is In poor condition, the work of the shop has so far been very heavy. As time goes oa and further repairs and overhauls are executed, the increased efficiency and dcreasd running costs of the board’s plant should be noticeable. BUILDINGS. The waterside workers’ shelter shod was widened an extra 8 feet for the full length of the building, and fitted up with lock.rs, etc. The sl ed was badly damaged during the August storm, but was later repaired. No. 2 wharf shed was partitioned throughout and offices have been fitted up in both sheds for the Customs Department and shipping companies. The cottages occupied by the harbor master’s assistants received attention during the year, one requiring rather extensive renovations. Small buildings were erected at the quarry, etc., conveniences built cn the wharf, and the roofs and sides of several main buildings painted. PLANT. The plant is being overhauled as circumstances permit, and is now mostly in good running order, the principal exception being the heavy breakwater crane, which requires extensive overhaul. The No. 5 crane, now working in th.e quarry, met with an unfortunate accident during the year, overturning on the incline leading to Paritutu. The rolling stock was being overhauled at the close of the year in readiness for the capping of the breakwater extension. Several heavy side-tip wagons were completed or under construction, and the 15-ton end-tip trucks were in many cases being almost completely renovated. Other ordinary stone trucks and skips were constructed during the
The two large Priestman grabs on order from Home arrived during the year, while a second-hand Tangye-Prieatman crane, complete
with two 20cub. ft. prabs, was purchased at Auckland, and had come to hand at the close of the year. A small concrete mixer was also procured at the same time. AN APPRECIATION. I have pleasure In recording my appreciation of the good work done throughout the year by the various officers and employees in my department, and beg to thank the members of the board and also the secretary, consulting engineers and harbor master for their Invariable courtesy and ready assistance.
Amount. £ s d. 1906 13.098 IS 0 1907 14.747 3 4 1908 15.466 10 2 1909 ’ 10.476 4 7 12.677 3 2 10,823 12 8 1912 11.503 0 4 1913 •••••••« 12.655 2 2 1914 13.240 16 5 1915 11,667 5 3 1916 11,505 18 4 1917 13,019 12 7 1918 12,153 9 1 1919 14,421 15 0 1920 21,135 1 4 1921 24.059 1 9
Total Cost per Year. Tons. cost. Ton. £ s. d. d. 1912 279,200 <>.911 17 7 5 94 1913 256,600 8,128 2 8 7 60 1914 295,200 10.332 17 9 8 40 1915 239.600 8.142 13 5 8.11 1916 240.400 **' 7.582 16 1 7 98 1917 204.800 8,495 3 2 9 95 1918 158,800 8 524 4 9 12.88 1919 245.720 9.455 7 9 9 23 1920 242,919 13,714 15 0 13.58 1921 206,100 14,488 16 9 16.87
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lows: — Frozen meat 9149 tons 2571 tons • Butter ■ « 1845 tons Wool ........ 198 tons Tallow .. 811 tons Sundries 317 tons 14,991 tons The meat was made up as follows:-— Mutton .. 80,529 carcases Lamb .. 59,237 carcases Beef .... ... 97,544 quarters
9 No. of Meat Tallow Wool. Sundries. Butter. Cheese. Total r. Vessels. Carcases. Casks. Bales. Cases. Boxes. Crates. Tons. 6 81,688. 118 249 4519 29,015 — 3137 J 1 34,720 — —. 5000 — 1143 J 6 148,621 1047 694 7578 ... — 4779 • 7 215.818 1327 2104 8091 477 24,071 8749 14 340,923 2086 1132 6668 06,143 33.805 14,991
Tons. Exports. Cheese. Exports. Frozen Meat. Tons. Other. Exports. Tons. Total. Exports. Tons. Total. Exports & Imports. Tons. 1906 54G •2(1-1.757 50,471 7,624 —— 7.086 14.710 65.181 ] 907 553 281.528 57.426 8,615 — 6.395 15,016 72,256 1908 535 273,462 63.294 8,414 — 7,256 15.940 79.234 1909 447 213,124 “ 61,926 8.360 — 5.124 13.484 75,410 1910 389 186.830 72,567 9.240 — 5,042 14.282 86.849 1911 367 172,517 71,875 7.7.37 7,773 15.510 87.185 1912 376 1S0.486 78.260 9,423 — 4.257 13,680 91,940 1913 332 183.745 77,040 9.145 - 6.282 15.472 92,467 19-14 304 166.816 90.783 12.5.52 —.— 4,935 • 17,487 108,270 1915 278 145,682 75,277 11.155 . ■ 5,675 16,830 92.107 1916 115,845 73,897 12,732 —— 3.479 16.211 90,108 1917 ■<72 145.752 78.390 10.440 1.683 5.007 17.130 95.520 1918 271 109.378 73.019 10.861 2.110 5.666 18.U37 91.656 1919 268 141.051 71.972 19.147 4.250 8.680 32.347 - 104.319 1920 238 152.509 95.712 13.137 6.564 8.241 28.242 123.954 1921 236 220,393 1(71.088 17,927 9,43S 7,013 34,378 135,466
£ £ s 2 g s >£2522 Returns for the past sixteen years are as follows:—
Amount Y £. s d. 1906 .. 3,799 7 6 1907 . . 3,924 51 2 1908 .. 3.152 10 11 1909 .. 2.909 9 3 1910 .. 4.881 10 4 1911 .. 4.082 17 10 1912 .. 3,122 14 6 . . 4.667 13 4 1914 .. 4.086 17 Q 1915 .. 6.228 1" 8 1916 .. 7.652 17 4 1917 .. 8.677 14 1918 .. 5,6.15 13 10 1919 (six months) .. .. 2.970 10 1920 .. 7.892 G 8 1921 .. 7,445 8 10
bO H a o to eS C a § ts Name. o to © B i5 ft. in. Suffolk 8838 5714 1 24 3 Dorset 8734 5543 1 19 7 Essex 8722 5645 1 24 6 Westmeath. 8129 5914 1 21 6 Kia Ora City of Win8030 5166 1 20 6 cheater .... 7981 5164 1 23 0 Peshawur .... 7948 4970 1 22 6 Wangaratta .. 7897 4698 1 21 7 Port Pirie ... 7216 4602 1 21 6 Durham ... — 6975 5'299 1 20 3 Waimate 6969 5423 1 21 6 Port Lyttelton 6444 4170 1 20 3 Port Hacking . 6225 4025 1 22 0 Kumara 6034 3906 1 23 6 Waiotapu .... 5886 3736 2 24 0 Easterner .... Canadian 5806 4497 1 22 0 Pioneer 5758 3:549 1 18 7 Waikawa .... 5677 3525 1 20 10 Wiest Mahwah 5.586 3467 1 19 6 Australcrag .. 4503 2855 1 19 6 Treleven 4'263 2937 1 22 10 Tregarthen — 4263 2726 1 24 0 Waitomo .... 4-214 2719 2 23 8 Kawatiri .... 3127 1856 1 15 6 Whangape 2931 1901 1 16 6 Ma indy Lodge 2686 1333 3 20 0 Kurow .2625 1564 ] 18 6 Kaituna ,2042 .1246 3 18 0 Kai apo i 2003 1247 1 18 G Kanna ....... 1948 1047 1 15 6 Ngakuta ..... 1776 943 3 17 6 Lamona ..... 1425 903 4 15 0 Corinna ...... 1319 .791 24 14 .6 Flora 1283 818 7 14 0 Kittawa ..... 1253 708 1 15 6 Kamo 1236 725 4 13 0 Malaita ...... 1217 511 1 12 6
Koranui ..... . 1215 730 1 13 0 Poherua .... . 117-8 716 1 12 9 Kahika . 1172 528 o 13 0 Joan Craig . . 1148 723 1 13 6 Ngatoro .... . 1137 583 4 14 6 J - ini . 11-22 702 2 13 6 Ngahere . 1090 556 2 13 6 Rarawa .... . 1072 451 89 12 n Karamu .... 034 453 4 12 6 . 792 404 12 0 Rosamond. . 721 462 1 13 0 Regulus —. . 585 227 2 11 6 . 575 288 2 10 6 Hinemoa .... . 542 288 1 11 6 i mil 411 144 11 10 0 Alexander .. 185 4 10 6 Rama ...... . 362 244 8 10 0 . 2G7 198 1 9 0 Kennedy .... 226 131 5 8 6 Wa verlev .. 182 93 2 8 6 Huia . 127 69 2 7 6 SAILING VESSELS. La Merced . . 1696 1342 1 24 3 qh 240 148 1 11 c . 137 105 1 8 6 Kohi 91 20 1 6 6
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