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THE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
T. H. FITZGERALD,
Superintendent.
VOL. I.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1859. [NO. 6.
Superintendent's Office,
Napier, August 25, 1859.
THE SUPERINTENDENT has directed the publication of the following Reports for general information,—1st. —Proposed Harbour Improvements:—2nd;—The best means of providing efficient House Drainage for the low level Districts of the Town-ship; also, the best method of supplying the Town with water, and most suitable site for Reservoir.
G. T. FANNIN,
Superintendent's Clerk.
Napier, August 2, 1859.
SIR,—Having been instructed by your Honor to survey the Harbour, and report on the best means to be adopted to render it available for vessels of greater tonnage than those now entering the Port, and to prevent the rapidly increasing formation of sand banks immediately within the Harbour, which obstruct the free ingress and egress of vessels of all classes,—I have now the honor to report as under:—
On the Bar outside the Harbour, is appears from recent soundings there it a depth of 16 to 17 feet at high water throughout the year, except that during a heavy gale from the Eastward, (which is of rare occurrence) the shingle is driven upon the Bar in such quantity as to raise it from 2 to 3 feet, but which, on the cessation of the gale, is again removed by the scouring action of the tide, in the course of a day or two. Such being the powerful action of the water, it must be apparent that if the direction of the ebb can be altered so as to concentrate its scouring action over the Bar, you will at once increase the depth of water considerably; and if this can be done at a mo-
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1859, No 6
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🏘️ Publication of reports on harbour improvements, drainage, and water supply
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government25 August 1859
Hawke's Bay, Harbour improvements, Drainage, Water supply, Reports
- T. H. Fitzgerald, Superintendent
- G. T. Fannin, Superintendent's Clerk
🏗️ Report on harbour improvements and survey
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works2 August 1859
Harbour, Survey, Sand banks, Shipping, Napier