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A commencement of planting has also been made at Mr. McLean’s bank, and with similar success.
On the whole, the Board, while deeply sensible of the heavy responsibility resting upon them, are encouraged by the results of their efforts to persevere in the work entrusted to them. That it must be both continuous and costly is only too apparent. The liabilities of the Board in respect of Debentures, either already issued or under offer, amount to Seven Thousand Pounds, and works of imperative necessity are under consideration which will largely increase this sum. From the nature of the case it is manifestly impossible for the Board to form an estimate of their probable future liabilities, but they consider that they would be acting improperly were they to attempt to lead the ratepayers to imagine that they see at present the limit of the burden which this work will lay upon them.
The Board entertain great hopes that considerable and appreciable results may hereafter accrue from the planting of the river banks, and they venture even to hope that these results may take a form quite outside of the immediate object with which the planting was undertaken. If the plantations be continued, and the growth be such as may reasonably be looked for, a few years would serve to produce a very considerable area of growing timber. This could not fail to be very valuable in a district such as that where the works have been erected, and the necessity of the adoption of such means may yet prove to have been a source of very great advantage, and may confer a benefit on that part of the country, which will go far to counterbalance the serious difficulty of being compelled to attempt the control of such an unmanageable stream.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
R. J. S. HARMAN,
Chairman Board of Conservators for the
South Waimakariri District.
CHRISTCHURCH :
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury at the “Lyttelton Times” Office, Gloucester street, by Wm. Reeves, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1872, No 46
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Report of the Board of Conservators for the South Waimakariri District
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works21 August 1872
Protective Works, South Waimakariri District, Report, Board of Conservators
- McLean, Mentioned in report
- R. J. S. Harman, Chairman Board of Conservators
- R. J. S. Harman, Chairman Board of Conservators for the South Waimakariri District