The work has greatly increased of late years, and it frequently happens that vessels enter the harbour from both ends simultaneously. In order to prevent undue detention of ships, it is necessary that two officers be maintained. The revenue derived from the shipping will amply serve to defray the small additional cost involved in this change, the amount collected in 1900 for permits to work cargo on Sundays alone amounting to $43,550, or an increase over that of the previous year of $21,725.
I have etc.,
(Sgd.) R. Chatterton Wilcox.