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Question.
PORTS AND BARBOUR OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
18. State any additional par- ticulars necessary to show the existing and contem-: plated capacity of the port
(a) in general,
(b) for the accommoda
tion of vessels of large size and deep draught.
(Note.—In answer to this
question brief details should be given of im- portant schemes of im- provement now in pro- gress or in contempla- tion, and of their estimated cost, in so far as they have not been given in reply to Question 11.)
Auckland.
Dunedin (Otago).
The small shoal at Deborah Bay, to which reference is made in answer to question 2, will ultimately be deepened to 30 ft. (L.W.0 8.T.) Works in progress at Port Chalmers will provide for vessels of 30 ft. draught herthing at Port Chalmers, and of 25 ft. draught at Dunedin. When the retaining wall at the head of Dunedin Harbour is completed and suction pumping in operation in the steamers' basin and round the wharves, up to 30 ft. depth could be maintained at Dunedin at a moderate
outlay.
Lyttelton,
NEW ZEALAND.
The working draught in the approach channel and at the jetties is being gradually increased at the rate of about 8 ins. per annum, and provision is being made by reconstructing the wharf at the end of the OfBoers Point Mole to accommodate a vessel 560 ft. long between perpendiculare with a draught of 35 ft. When further accommodation becomes necessary two new jetties can be constructed between No. 2 jetty and the Officers Point Mola Wharf, giving acoomo- dation for four vessels of the largest size. There is no present intention of providing for vessels of more than 35 ft. draught, but it will be practicable to barth a 1,000 ft. vessel with 40 ft. draught at the Gladstone Pier when the entrance channel is suffi- ciently deepened.
Wellington.
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Extensions in hand (in August 1913) provide for an extra berthage of 3.880 ft., of which 1,710 ft., (already referred to) will have a depth of 35 ft., und upwards (L.W.O.S.T.).
The present berthage scheme of the Wellington Harbour Board when carried out in its entirety will provide, in addition, two large jetties each capable of accommodating at all states of the tide two 1,000 ft, vessels, also 3,500 ft. of breastwork easily made available for steamers drawing 40 ft., and three jetties each to accommodate two 500-ft. vessels.
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