The ordinary meeting of the Otago Harbour Board was held yesterday afternoon, and at tended by Messrs J. B. Thomson (chairman), A. H. Ross, M.H.R., W. Wardrop, B. B. Cargill, J. Carroll, J. T. Mackerras, Qeneral Fulton, Cap tains Sinclair and Veal. FINANCIAL. The bank book, which was laid on the table, showed a credit balance at date of £3435 16s lid. CORRESPONDENCE. The secretary of the Ravonsbourne Football Club forwarded an application for the use of the reclaimed land at Kavensbourne during next football season.—lt was decided to grant per mission to use the land during the pleasure of tho board. The Town Clerk, Caversham, wrote request ing the board to remove the nuisance of stagnant water existing on the board's land in the borough adjoining the Andersou's Bay road, and stating that the stench arising from the land was at times most offensive and detrimental to public health.—The inspector, to whom the complaint had been referred, reported having visited the locality indicated. He found that there was a portion of the board's property enclosed between the Anderson's Bay road and the railway, and as the railway embankment cut off the natural drainage to the bay, some water,;iodged within the area, and during warm weather this might be offensive to the sense of smell, although it was not so at present. To remedy this would involve a large amount of reclamation. He also found that some unsightly rubbish had been deposited from drays which, to reach the place must have crossed the borough's footpath—a thing which the council could stop at once by preventing the drays from crossing the path. With the permission of the board he would erect a notice board, prohibiting such rubbish being tipped on the board's sec tions. He begged further to state that a nuisance did exist in this locality in the open outlet of the Caversham sewer. It was at present highly offensive, and in warm weather must of necessity be much more so, as the sewage was discharged over a large Burface of beach exposed at low tide, from which in warm weather the stench must be very bad indeed. 