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APPENDIX No. 7.

THE TRADE AND LANDING-SERVICE AT PORT ROBINSON.

You will see that the revenue for the year ending 31st March, 1898, is £41 7s. lid. in excess of what was received last year. The expenditure for wages on the Port Road is £58 17s. lid. less than it was the previous year. The s.s. " Wakatu" made 104 trips to this port during the year—fifty-four from Lyttelton and fifty from Wellington—but out of this number she had to pass by six times owing to the sea being too rough to work with safety. The s.s. " John Anderson " made one trip with cargo, and took away a load of wool for Lyttelton. There was one sailing-vessel, the " Croydon Lass," which brought cargo, and took away a full load of wheat for Auckland. Everything has worked satisfactorily during the past year. The Cheviot County Council is alive to the necessity for increased storage accommodation, and it is now taking steps to have the building enlarged to meet the requirements for the incoming wool and grain season. Some repairs are required to the boat-slip, and the Cheviot County Council has ordered the requisite materials for this, and the work will be done as early as possible. The sea is gradually making breaches in the groins which were erected to hold the drifting shingle and protect the reclaimed ground, and should there be any further encroachment something will require to be done to save the reclamation for storage purposes from being destroyed. The Bluff Road will also require some protection from the encroachments of the sea. J. Sinclair, Harbourmaster.

Statement showing how Wages were apportioned each Month.

Poet Eobinson Landing-seevice, Merchandise, &c, imported and exported. Inward Cargo. General merchandise .. ~ 958 tons 9 cwt. Pearl barley .. ~ i, 12 sacks Coals .. .. .. 278 tons 14 cwt. Timber .. .. .. .. 180,960 ft. Flour .. .. .. 131 tons 16 cwt. Fencing-posts .. .. .. 62 Sharps .. .. .. 68 sacks Sundries and parcels .. .. 443 Bran .. .. .. 93 „ Passengers .. .. < . 38 Oatmeal .. .. .. 68 „ Outward Cargo. Wool, in bales .. .. .. .. 3,019 Grass-seed, in saoks . < .. <. ~ 182 Wool, in fadges and bags .. .. .. 33 Oats, „ .. .. .. .. 12 Skins, in bales .. .. .. .. 126 Potatoes, „ .. .. .. .. 115 Wheat, in saoks .. .. .. .. 3,911 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 857 Pease, „ .. .. .. .. 200 Passengers .. ~ .. ~ .. 25 Barley, „ .. .. .. ..116

1897-98. Shipping. Casual Labour. Coals and Oil, &o. Roadwork. Totals. April May June July August September .. October November .. December .. January February .. March £ s. d. 44 14 6' 81 10 9 32 10 2 31 19 0 28 6 4 28 15 5 30 19 8 44 12 1 52 0 10 43 12 6 36 4 11 47 12 1 £ s. d. 1 13 0 1 12 6 19 3 2 11 0 2 15 3 1 18 3 2 7 9 3 4 6 7 13 11 3 2 5 2 4 4 3 9 6 £ s. d. 1 15 0 1 10 0 2 14 0 2 12 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 15 0 2 5 0 1 15 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 10 0 £ s. d. 11 12 9 18 7 10 15 15 11 18 7 9 21 2 6 19 9 7 13 5 6 5 17 0 4 10 8 5 6 9 9 15 11 5 13 £ s. d. 59 15 3 53 1 1 52 9 4 55 9 9 54 4 1 52 8 3 48 7 11 55 18 7 66 0 5 54 1 8 50 10 2 58 12 10 Totals 452 18 3 34 1 8 25 6 0 148 13 5 660 19 4