Mr Fergueson, the engineer of they Harbor Board, yesterday, at the ordinary meeting of that body, paid a high compliment to Messrs McLean and Sons, the contractors for the Queen’s Wharf extension, He said that the contractors referred to bad completed one por tion of their work before the expiration of the contract time, and had in every possible man* ner within their power pushed forward the work. He asked, therefore, that a slight con cession should be accorded, so far as any ex* tension of time might be applied for on the second contract. The board unanimously en dowed all the engineer bad said, and unhesi tatingly left the matter to bis discretion. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Harbor Board was held yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, the following gentlemen being present, viz., Messrs E. Pearce (in the chair), Booth, Heaton, and Captains Williams and Bose. The Chairman, on assuming the chair, said that as the day was a public holi day, he proposed, with the concurrence of the board, that no business beyond the passing of I the usual accounts should be transacted. The credit balance at the bank, he said, amounted to £1648 5s Sd, whilst the accounts which were asked to be passed for payment were £1957 Is 10d. Captain Williams proposed that leave of absence be granted to Mr Wheeler lor a period of three months on account of ill-health. The proposition was agreed to, and the chairman was appointed as a member of the Harbor Improvements Committee in the place of Mr Wheeler. Tfte meeting, after some routine business had been trans acted, then adjourned. There is a big man in Dunedin, says an ex change, whose size and weight are a great cause of trouble to the police when he gets drunk. He has been before the Court two or throe times lately on similar charges, and on each occasion has given a deal of trouble to the arresting constables. He was up again a few daya ago, having been picked up outside the Herald office in a state of drunkenness, and two constables tried to convey him to tbe station, but were unable to do so, as ho weighs about 19 stone. A cab was called, but, on account of his size, it was found imposublete get him inside the vehicle. 