THE VICTORIA CHANNEL.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l notice with pleasure that the Harbor Board have determined to put the above dredge at work in the Victoria channel. The bucket dredge is the only practical way in which our harbor can be improved. I have visited the only sand pump working in Sydney, and was convinced that the experiment we were trying in our harbor was only a waste of money. The dredging in Sydney Harbor is done by the buoket dredges, and the spoil is conveyed by barges to shallow water and deposited along side the sand pump, which lifts the same again and conveys it through 20in pipes several thousands of feet away. In Mel bourne the bucket dredges are still em ployed. I have some valuable information in my notes with reference to the sand pump at work in Sydney, and shall have pleasure in giving the same to anyone interested.—l am, etc, F. J- Lake. Dunedin, June 12.
ABOLITION OF BONUSES.
