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110 Where is the shallow bank'—Abreast of Opani Point. Hi" 4 hen what does it become?- Il goes into shallow shingle and rough sand. 112.' How long has that bank Ik-cii there, to your knowledge! Since Captain ( OOK B day. 1 have seen his chart, and il is on his chart. U3 lias the position altered at all/- Not mmy time. l | | Has the bank increased at all/-Tha, 1 am not prepared to say. because I have not taken the trouble either to survey or sound it, because there was no necessity to do SO. LIB Then we may take it that you have take, no observations?— That is so. 16 Have you taken any actual observations yourself as to the velocity of the current sa a Kopu ! Y eB; vv.- tried il some two years ago, and thai was about the average-between two and a half and three and a half knots. 7 M Whal state Of the tide?-Thc biggest run was about two hours alter high wate, [IS. When did you lake your observations/ Right through the whole tide. It IS marked on thC C \v)'The Chairman.] Who made thai chart ?-lt is a copy, 1 think, of the original char, of the L ;,;, M w;:;rr t ,: AS^-n»-. , . oo Py « . car, ~ cap,,,!,, d,,,i,- ««. ,he '"iTlr^irX:; 'Can you tell us what the velocity of the tide is. ing in /-It does not run as hiirh oomine in as eoing out. It runs a knot an hour less. ss LTh< Chairman.]* And in times of heavy .1 lor freshes in, the river it would be less 121 What do you consider is the minimum velocity?— About two knots. ill Mr Morelby.] Can you tell us how long the tide ebbs al Kopu, say/-It ebbs ab,„„ seven hours and Hows about live hours. nl , reu jt „i, ~.,.,.,.,] r.ilinM from the L 25 Have you from any observations you have made yourself observed tailings ''•• ». : '.:--ttr ■ i i , ±:;;xi';,,.^i'n, SS3S=J l a »i. m; ;« ; i, to do «, T1,;.,v X ..-, !"..« «,.-,., ol l~id. .-1........-1. .....I »»U ---. ™" "- '». ' """"i'!,; 1 ", ~,,„„„ i„,,,,.... ......* <>.-»«»."-'»'■'"»."- ■ Bai ' '•'■"' "*'* int ° i •»p —*—"»■"™» buoy and Opani Point?— No. ' 129 In fact, you have never seen anything oi the sort I—JMO. «." £«■*,- '—"■» ,'•' i .i ,- ,i. . ,-iv.i-' No- L have never had occasion to be over there. M incredible? Oh. yes " en dSbris going out of ""' f S ra ß , "»S;.] h 00l the place where the principal part of the tailings made a, the Than,,, ~,,, ih! damagJ of, he channels. -Yes: , hey have always d 0,,- s ■ the last twenty yearB l" 3s What amount of tailings would you say there were in that ca.chment-a million tons-I 3 r *~- Ba Pc , * *«*. or » a- * f ' tl t S" 52. £ the 2M£ ,hat are ~„ the f0re5.,,,,,-: bu uld thai apply I atchmentarea between the Goods Wharf and Hurunui Creek?— No. 140 There are tailings on other parts of the loivshore/--W 4] Which were placed there a good many years ago / -V-s . w,„U years ago. 119 fM 1-,,. veirsTcrushing here, unfortunately, has been small/ Yes. „...,., ~ into the harbour?— Yes. 14.i. Is the method adopted fairly eaecive?-Yes 110. Nothing but a quantity of what are termeo veiv nne ,1:,,,, vorir- instructions are to prevent any persons turning tailings on to the foreshore until they make provision for their storage?-Yes, I believe so. ' 1 <8. And you carry that duty out to the best of your ability?— Yes. Thomas Jackson examined. (No. 42.) 1. Mr. Bruce.] You are Foreman of Works for the Borough of Thames?-Yes. 9 4nd have been so for the last four years?— Yes. l PH Or t0 that! for twenty yea,, you were carpenter for the borough and the right-hand man of the then Foreman of Works?— Yes.