VICTORIAN AND NEW ZEALAND HARBOURS.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3024, 24 October 1878, Page 2

VICTORIAN AND NEW ZEALAND HARBOURS.

Sir John Coode has returned twrfltyg* land after a lengthened visit to.thti Antipodes, where he appears to havi» been most cordially and most hospitably received. He. it provided now with the ■ fall information which ' only personal inspection can give, and this will coon be supplemented by detailed results and observations concerning tides, borings, land and marine surreys, for which he left full instructions in the Colonies. Until the receipt of these reports his own . decision cannot, well be made upon Jh« - points referred to him, and .which einbrsce such important considerations as the beat means of improving, the aeoesa for shipping to Melbourne, and the present condition of the Gippsland Lake entrances, and the harbours, of Portland, Belfast, Warrnambool, and Geelong. Various schemes- have been propounded to secure the first-named. One is to, cohstruot a direct canal from the Yarra opposite the city to a; point in the bay near Sandbridge. Another to , deepen and enlarge the; course of the river from the city to the Bay, and it is upon the relative value of these and other proposals that Sir John Coode will era long fully report. He has also in hand other reports for the Governmentof! New > Zealand, and during his visit, he inspected either for Government or the .respective Harbor Boards, nearly every port and harbor in that colony. .. , : - :