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iERSEY MARINE BOARD
DEVONPORT, tonday.
A;t a meetRing of tlhe , Mlerney Mlarine
Board to-dcay trJe Slaster WMt'den re
port-ed 'tihe rerult of Lhe nbturvioew wiLth
ttho Panemier wit?h reference to the grant
of £15,000 to t?le board. The Premier
ewas wider- the iaupessioon thtu? the boaud
could not tiriauee a £00,000 shiertie, and
lard only included £7500 on the public
works schedule, buti ifn view of the irrfor
mrttion srupplied he consenated to increase
trhe grant to £15,000, the- Goveriunent
giving £1 for every £3 spel? by the
board.
'Te secretary reported that the boxard
had a credtit Ixlance o.t £10,000.
The harbounuastrer shoated the sand
bmank was ev croachling in tfho swirnging
basin, and thre Oonalh hard touched whilst
swinging last We?dnesday, drawinr g 12ft.
Gin.. The early resumptio3a of dredging
wor absoslutely neee sary, Land lie recom
menaded that the services of the Mac
quarie be obtained for a montfh.
WaVrdens considered it would be too
costly to enter upon the dredging nutil
the perrnaaraent scheme for improvemen'ts
was tarken in hulend.
The natlter \cas refe?red to the works
co.nemmittee for intvestigatbion and report.
The residents of Hafrford presented a
request for repairs to creen's Creek
jetty, and the diarbourmraster was iu
ertruactred to inspect caid report to the
Master Wrrdent, the 1lsitr -o have the
powerv to liec' tilhe repa:rirs el:','led,
A request for repair.s to the Port
Sorell jet.ty was deferred until tire War
den had mnade an in.splection on lModay.
it wrs decided rI )btain an estimate 0o
tieL codM of ao wsoden tgrird for the East
Devonport wharf, to prevent the possi
bility of teams l.krling irnto the river.
The Iharbourmastcr reportedr tlhat -the
depth of thel wafter il ' the bear was 15ft,,
car improvrement oi Gin. for the montal.
Inst week the Kakapo entered at low
tide, drawing 18ft. Gin.
'Tre date of the annual eleetion was
fixed for December 15. The retiring
w?ard'cns are Massrs. MIass, Pearce, and
Stenelhose.
A vote of' thlearis was accorded Mr.
SIngle-srw for ,ire rmnner in wireh he had
disoharge ?d the duties of M3aster Woarden.
A letter was received from Mr. Bar
nard. Statet Collector of OCustoms, offer
in~g £25 for the clerk to collect tlre
bondled duties, which would annount to
£3000 per anrnnm. The previous offer
was £12 per acuusun, and 'the board de
cided to insist upbon tie prauratart of rut
leust £50; otherwose it would decline
to carry ourt te work.
The ?u?ster Warfden reported having
irnterviewed Sir Elliott Lewis on thie sub
ject of tthe abolition of wilrrfage enttries.
The Prenmiec stated liitt m 'thisf would not
litve been per?nitted, as hire Government
desirel stutdistirwal informaltion, which
would have to be collected by t(he m?arine
boards.
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