Captain Edwin wired at 1.12 p.m. to- Bay : East to North and In orth-wesb gale rain and glass further fall.
Messrs Cruickshank and Co. have written to the Auckland Harbour Board, as agenta for the ship Blenheim, now loading here for London, requesting a reduction of the heavy wharfage dues on the ship, owing to her protracted stay in port. On account of the dnlness of the export trade, the Blen heim has been detained here several gionths.
and Legal Committee of the Auckland Harbour Board recommended to She Board aG its meeting to-day the pay ment of current accounts amounting to £220 Is 9d ; also that the rates claimed by the poyonport Borough Council, on pilot sfcatiori ground, be paid, and thab certain Allotments in Quay-street be offered for lease, comprising allotments Nos. 128, 129 to 135 inclusive, 137 to 143, and 144, at ijpsob rentals ranging from £3 10s to £2 par. foot par annum.
