TIMARU HARBOR BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1551, 10 February 1887, Page 3

TIMARU HARBOR BOARD.

A malting, of the Timara Harbor Board wa» held , yesterday,; there being present— Maaara J. H. Sutter. (Chairman), E. Acton, W. Moody, K. J. 3ray, J. Zetland, X. Teeobemaker, M. Jonae, and W. M. Simi, The annual report «a« read., It recapitulated the work dona daring the year. The Goal atdonnt realised by the Board (ortho an railed during the year vaa 1106,900 8»8cU Soring the aaren and a-hal£ yaara the Board had worked the Landing Service tha proflta had amounted! to £915218a 9d During the year 861 retails, had arriyed at the. port, th«r gross aggregate regiatar tonnage being 96,756 tone. . There ia now accommodation (or a ataamer 460 feet long, and drawing 18 or 19 fact, imd anquiriaa wera made aa to the auitab’lily of the port for ( ‘ oosan-|oingsUamers, which will probably non out. -TheUnexpended balance on 1886 Loan Adooant ia £81,248 8a Id | and tha on* expended balance on general account £166 lie 9d t ihii ttatement bee been eubuitted to tho Board’* auditor, and agreed to by him,, thepe balance* will therefore be the onea to be carried forward on each account (or 1887. The unallotted and available balance of tha 1886 Loan ia £68,022 2i 6cl, tfih amount remaining it the Board's diagonal for future worka. Thegooda imported and exported daring 1886 amounted to 73,877 tone, y ee egeinet 69,818 tone in 1886. The net revenue of the Board had inereaied by £lO6l Oe 3d.—The report was adopted. Among the correspondence wu a letter (tom Keeara J. Mon!wan and Co., London, zadredgt, battery, etc,, and'etating that the, anbmarme battery would be eentont early with a.Qtaampr that waa intended to be rent to Timara direct. The auditor (Mr J. Olli risr) wrote a vary flattering letter bn the way in which the Borifd’a aeooimta were kept. At Ihe request of tha Board Captain Lovett of 'the barque, Homan Msolsod, which waa recently injured at tha wharf, attended.- f He acid he had no oomplainl to make aa to the action of the Board's offloiale. In reply to Mr “ Teeobemaker be eaid it the hawaer had been placed at another anglt tha accident might possibly not have happened. The Board and h<j had good reaeon to thank Captain Olarkion for hie prompt notion at the time. Bat lor him the, vessel would have fallen foul of tha Borealis and smashed her up. The Board expressed themselves satisfied with Captain Lovett’s statement/and before leaving he laid he wonldbs glad to come to Timara again. Ifhat had happened might; ooonr at any port in Kew Zealand. The Engineer reported the completion of Breakwater Contract No. 6, and the clearing from boulder* of 200 ft at the north end of Moody Wharf. He enggeited the Jareotion of a email slip for the building, launching, and clearing of the hopper dredge, the cost being £l6O or £IBO. He suggested the making of a itock of oonorate blocks for nae in any emergency which might arise after completion of next breakwater contract, and that tha and of the work should be protected by a large mound of raudom blocks. He had finished the plane and copy of the prov - posed endoeed harbor for examination by a Boval Oommiiiion. THe-Harbor Master reported the arrival of 2llVeeeel» during the month, and that the mats depth alongiide the Moody Wharf (or 160 ft was 16ft 6in at low water. Consideration of tbe plan of extension and terminal work of, the Breakwater was deterred. The - revenue for the month waa £872 8s 6d. Aooocnta to the amount of £1985 8s 6d wore, phased for payment. Ob the motion of Ur Jonas, seconded by Mr Zetland, a hearty rot* of thanks was passed lo the Chairman for hie courtesy, energy,-and devotion to tha intareats of the Board. Thb nesting then terminated.