KAKANUI HARBOR. (COMMUNICATED. )

Somo years atjo the hopes of the resi .lonts of the small t-.wn of K-ikanui and of tho important district at tho back of it wire centred in the construction of harbor works at the mouth of the Kakamii River Unit would enable producers to ship (lioir produce without having to oart it to Oamaru, or williout incurring all the ex ,,onses and dangers of »' ipping in surf ()■• Jo. This enthusiasm was rewarded, rs it deierved to be. A sum of money wp , sot apjrt for the construction of protec tive works at the mouth of (he river, and ('■o work was shortly afterwards coni tnoi'Ccd. Everything promised well — a harbor board was appointed lo regulate tho expeuding of the monoy, and an en mneor wa^ appointed to plan and super intend the works. The works were initi atod and completed — but there wan a fa,ilt in thorn, and that fault hai made itsolf apparent in the present condition of the harbor. It was concluded by ( he wi^'ii-oor that the construction of two si rt solid piers would, by oonfiniog tho river to a nawow r-el, enable it tokeopth) entrance clear of accumulations of Bumble, and at the same limo prevent shinglo fr-'in being washed round their ends <o »'«y great extort. Had there been no fa'ilt "I the p'a>iMM,j[ of tho w irks, Ku kti^'ii would have '»eon able to congratu late i*~olf '<>-day "ii having a safe a>«d SHrviu^a 1 lo l-arbur. Tl»e works consisted (f r they are rtow in a semi n inous con h»i m) >f faoings of stout piling, backed by rw'iMe, aid what appears to have been a topping concrete. The piling, however, a, pears to have been -nly partially drive* clown, auJ it is to t'n's circumstance that tho n 'n-success • f iho works miy bo attributed. The pil i, while being hold sou ire by strong mm boln at tho top, wnro supposed t>i be able to maintain their perpendicularity by tho h -Id tho ot'i ren Is had of the earth. 