HARBOR BOARD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2380, 22 December 1908, Page 6

HARBOR BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Gisborne Harbor 'Board was held yesterday. Present: 'Mr J. Towniey {Chairman), Messrs W. Sievwright, G. Matthqwson, F. Harris, D. Hepburn, W. 1). Lysnar, and the Hon. Captain Tucker.

CO RRESPO NDENOE. The Fulham Steel Company, England, wrote requesting the Board to remit through the Union Bank a draft for £l9O to pay for the new dredge grab on -order. - It was decided to reply that the unoney would be paid when the machine was delivered. The Borough Council asked if the proposed acquisition of a scenic reserve at Waihircre would in any way interfere with the Board’s property. Mr Lysnar said it was probable that the Board would want a quarry site in the reserve area, and he thought the portion required should be marked out for the use of the Board. The Board decided to visit the reserve with the Overseer to inspect the metal area, and mVip out what portion, if any, would be required. The Board also decided to ask Mr Grant to make a survey of the quarry site required.

REPORTS. The Clerk reported the following statement of accounts : —Current account at Union Bank £2886 4s lOd ; rates outstanding £262 9s 6d, wharfages current £26 2s, rent £49 11s Bd. The harbormaster (Captain W. Gumming) reported the following soundings in the channel: End of breakwater 14ft, third and fourth bollard 9ft, Snark’s landing 7ft 6in, big crane 6ft 6in, AYaikanao 7ft 6 in, new wharf 7ft, town wharf to half-why along 6ft to Bft, Haiti wharf oft to Sft. The harbormaster also pointed out the necessity of communicating with the Public Works Department, requesting them to remove their cargo landed on the wharf as quickly as possible, as it put the shipping of the port to great inconvenience. Skipping, arrivals, steamers 29, departures 27; sailing vessels, arrivals 9, departures S; moorages, extra Siy days 18s lid; lighter dues £9 7s 6d. The Overseer (Mr D. A. McLeod) reported that the Haiti wharf extension had been finished, and that vertical fenders, with horizontal thrusts and chocks, were being fixed to the piles, of the other portions of this ■wlrirf, breastworks, and portions of the town wharf. The facing and deckling of the old porion of the Haiti wharf would he proceeded with when the balance of the piles came to hand. The white pine fenders to complete the work along the river face of a portion of the western training v.Ull had come to hand. The horizontal back sheeting for the viaduct from the breakwater to the up-stream end of the old ‘Haiti wharf—a distance of 22 chains —needed attention, as the sea was undermining the reclamation along the roadway in many places. He suggested a- concrete wall, Sft high, and Ift in thickness, should -he built on the papa rock along the sea- face of the sheeting, costing about £S os per chain. The dredge John Towniey had taken about 29 loads of spoil to sea this month, whilst the small dredge on tire breakwater continued to do good work. The suction dredge wns for six days undergoing repairs to boiler. Ninetyeight loads of stone and gravel were carted off the Haiti beach last month.

Captain Solvander, dredge master. ' reported that the John Townley hid been constantly employed, except one day, when a 'heavy south-east gale prevailed. Spoil amounting to 300' cubic yards had been removed. The dredge would he placed on the slip on the 22nd inst. for half-yearly overhaul.

All the reports, were adopted TRADE OF THE PORT.

The following statement showing the trade of the port for the month was laid on the table.

-Exports: Butter 1341 boxes, mutton 11,642 carcases, llamb 93 carcases, meat sundries 63 tons 7cwt., preserved meats 510 cases, pelts 10 tons scwt, tallow 48 tons oewt, hides 541. sheepskins 2660, wool SOl4 bales, cattle and horses 21, grass seed 414 sacks, maize 1703 sacks, barley 69 sacks, boney 2 tons 17icwt, fruit 10 tons, miscellaneous 386 tons. Imports: Timber 764,879 super, feet, lime tons, cement 91 casks and 745 bags, coal 693 tons, horses and cattle 10, coastal wool 1423 Riles, grass seed 269 sacks, potatoes 904 sacks, oats 1232 sacks, chaff 1887 sacks, wheat 40 sacks, malt 40 sacks, bran and .pollard 235 sacks, oatmeal 10 tons, hour 159£ tons, sugar 61J tons, salt .191 tonsj kerosene and benzine 1017 cases, fruit 52 tons, beer 54 hogsheads, 380 cases, 9 kilderkins, 22 barrels, and 1 keg; wines, 197 cases, 2 quarter-casks, 5 octaves; spirits, 590 cases, 28 quarter-casks, and 10 octaves; house blocks 550, 'molar cars 1, wire 28 tons, miscellaneous 1175 tons.

The accounts were passed for payment and the Board adjourned.