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Stephens Island.—An engineering survey has been made for the purpose of installing a new power-house and radio beacon. The power-house has been designed, and the necessary building will proceed immediately. Cafe Campbell.—The erection of a building, 24 ft. by 25 ft., comprising power-house, fuel-store, and battery-room, has been completed. The building is a wooden-frame structure with corrugatediron roof and exterior walls, and is located close to the Cape Campbell Lighthouse. Arrangements are well forward for the installation of the machinery. Separation Point. —A survey in connection with the installation of a light at Separation Point and access from the foreshore has been carried out. Action to purchase the light equipment is in hand. Cape Saunders. —The painting of the lighthouse was completed during the year. Moeraki. —Renovations and repairs were carried out during the period. Centre Island. —Plans and specifications for the erection of three new dwellings have been completed. Akaroa. —A new steel staircase for the landing-stage was erected during the year. General. A number of applications were received from local bodies and private people for approval of works involving marine interests. Among the various applications were the following : — Foreshore Licenses. —Clevedon, Wairoa River ; Pakatoa Island ; Mangawhare, Northern Wairoa River ; Dargaville ; Kaihu Creek ; Coromandel Harbour ; Whangaroa Harbour ; Waikawa Harbour ; Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island ; Oparau ; Awanui River ; Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour ; Motukaraka, Hokianga Harbour; Motuparapara Island ; Auckland Harbour; Duddings Creek, Kaipara Harbour ; Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island ; Mangawhare, Kaipara Harbour ; Matakatia Bay, Whangaparaoa ; Te Kopuru, Kaipara Harbour ; Day's Bay, Waiheke Island ; Rawene, Hokianga Harbour; Manaroa, Pelorus Sound; Terakohe, Golden Bay; Tory Channel; Rotoroa Island; Golden Bay. Wharves and Jetties. —Pakatoa Island; Whangaparapara, Great Barrier; Calliope Dock Wharf, Auckland ; Onerahi, Whangarei Harbour ; Opua, Bay of Islands ; Opotiki Wharf; Port Charles, Coromandel; Albany, Auckland Harbour ; Coromandel Harbour ; Waikawa Harbour ; Whareroa, Tauranga Harbour ; Te Kopuru, Northern Wairoa River ; Jacksons Bay ; Port Eitzroy ; Lyttelton Harbour. Boatsheds, Skids, Slipways, dc.—Otago Harbour ; Broad Bay, Otago Harbour ; Carey's Bay, Otago Harbour ; Auckland Harbour ; Edwards Bay, Otago Harbour ; Whakatakataka Bay, Auckland Harbour ; Titirangi Bay, Manukau Harbour ; Karitane ; Lowry Bay ; Waverley Bay, Otago Harbour ; Duddings Creek, Port Albert; Picton. Breastworks and Retaining-walls.—Wellington Harbour ; Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour ; New Plymouth ; Rotoroa Island. Reclamation.—Ereemans Bay ; Greymouth Harbour. General. —Water-supply intakes, Whakatane River ; boat-pound, Auckland Harbour; widening Leith Canal and lengthening railway bridge over canal; bridge, Taipa River, Doubtless Bay; sewerage-outfall, Motutapu Island ; bathing-sheds, Evans Bay ; club-house, Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club ; bridge, Pourakino River, Longwood ; shop, Mangawhare, Kaipara Harbour ; culvert and bridge, McCormack's Bay, Sumner Estuary. Harbour Board Legislation. The Acts enumerated below affecting Harbour Board legislation were passed during the year, and the various Bills were investigated by the Marine Department before presentation to Parliament. The Auckland Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act, 1937, authorized the Board to borrow £1,000,000 for the purpose of erecting (1) an export wharf, (2) special wharfage accommodation for passenger and tourist vessels, and (3) constructing the eastern waterfront reclamation breastwork. The Greymouth Harbour Board Reconstitution Act, 1937, provided that this Board should again be an elective one. The Napier Harbour Board Loan Amendment Act, 1937, granted the Board power to divert the sum of £70,000, formerly allocated to " the construction of one thousand eight hundred feet of western mole with breastwork " to the special purposes set out in Schedule to the Act. The Thames Borough Commissioner Amendment Act, 1937, section 5, extended the period for payment of the reduced interest on Thames Harbour Board Loins until the Ist April, 1939. The Timaru Harbour Board Loan Amendment Act, 1937, granted further borrowing-powers to the Board for extensions, rebuilding, and dredging-work as set out in the Schedule to the Act. The Wanganui Harbour District and Empowering Amendment Act, 1937, authorized the Board to borrow £15,000 for raising the moles at the mouth of the Wanganui River. The Whangarei Airport Act, 1937, preserved, by section 43 (t), the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, in regard to any operations dealing with the sea-coast. In addition to the above legislation, sections dealing with harbour legislation appeared in the Acts mentioned below: — The Finance Act, 1937, section 42, provided for the Government guarantee of the Oamaru Harbour Board conversion loan.

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