Port Archives from 1877. Box 2.

1. Letter from the Customs Department: regarding Port Napier Light, 10 March 1877.

2. Results charge: regarding Search for ship 12th May 1877, Pilot Mr Kraeft, 4 June 1877.

3. Results charge: regarding Search for ship 12th May 1877, 27 June 1877.

4. Letter from Bank of Australia: regarding Parker’s cheque dishonoured, 19 June 1877.

5. Letter from Banner and Siddle: regarding New partnership, 23 July 1877.

6. Letter from Bank of Australia: regarding Debit to account, 19 September 1877.

7. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Breaches of Regulations relative to gangways, 4 January 1877.

8. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Gangways, 6 January 1877.

9. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Wharf Regulations, 30 January 1877.

10. Letter from Customs Department forwarding copies of Health Act, 2 February 1877.

11. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Coloured Light on Works, 24 March 1877.

12. Letter from Customs Department: regarding The running of Napier Lighthouse, 17 April 1877.

13. Letter from Mr Williams: regarding Sale of diving dress, 1 May 1877.

14. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Coloured Lights on Harbour Works, 21 April 1877.

15. Letter from Engineers Office: regarding Coloured lights on Harbour Works, 11 June 1877.

16. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Paraffin Oil for Napier Lighthouse, received on board the S.S. Kiwi, to be forwarded to Napier, 23 May 1877.

17. Summary of Tenders and Boards decision for metalling Quay. Names J. Jessop, Oxenham and Mills, and W. Parker, 18 June 1877.

18. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Payment of expenses for operating Napier Lighthouse until the completion of the Portland Island Lighthouse, 6 June 1877.

19. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Shipping of gunpowder and issues surrounding safety and Harbour Regulations, 8 May 1877.

20. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Shipping of gunpowder and Harbour Regulations, 8 June 1877.

21. Letter from Charles C. Bowen of the Office of the Colonial Secretary: Re: Return of Costs and Salaries of Local Bodies throughout the Colonies. Addressed to the Chairman, Te Mata Road Board, Hawke’s Bay County, 27 June 1877.

22. Letter from H. A. Atkinson, the Treasury: regarding Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 4 June 1877.

23. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Raising floor of Cargo Shed, 26 July 1877.

24. Letter from Colonial Secretary: regarding Two Acres of Ahuriri Lagoon, 7 August 1877.

25. Circular from William Seed, Customs Department: regarding Coastal Lights, 27 October 1877.

26. Letter from William Seed, Customs Department: regarding Entering the Kaipara Harbour, 3 November 1877.

27. Letter from Watt Brothers: regarding Port charges, 28 November 1877.

28. Letter from Edward Cook: regarding Port charges on Tea, 10 December 1877.

29. Memo from Engineers Office: regarding Salary and Duties, 8 January 1877.

30. Memo from Engineers Office: regarding Rating Papers, 2 February 1877.
31. Summary of costings of proposed road, includes small diagrams of proposed works, February 1877.

32. Estimate of forming road, 24 February 1877.

33. Estimate of costs and specifications for new road, 12 March 1877.

34. Memo: regarding Road through Whare-O-Maraenui Block, 19 February 1877.

35. Report from Harbour Board Leasing Committee. Present were Mr Chambers, Mr Kennedy, Mr Vautier and Mr J. A. Smith, 20 November 1877.

36. Report on reclamation of Whare-O-Maraenui Block, 8 November 1877.

37. Memo from Mr Weber: regarding Repairs required, 5 March 1877.

38. Letter from Mr Connell: regarding Lighthouse supplies and repairs, 6 March 1877.

39. Engineers report: regarding Soundings of Channel, 15 March 1877.

40. Engineers report: regarding Converting Lighthouse to gas, 19 March 1877.

41. Letter from Engineers Office: regarding Purchase of office furniture, 2 April 1877.

42. Memo from Engineer: regarding Cost of reclaiming Inner lagoon, 14 May 1877.

43. Letter from Mr Weber: regarding Gas supply to Lighthouse, 2 April 1877.

44. Letter from Engineer: regarding Appointment of Mr F. Saunders as Overseer, 14 May 1877.

45. Letter from Engineers Office: regarding Fencing Lighthouse Reserve. Includes attached hand-drawn map of area, ink and watercolour, 14 May 1877.

46. Memo from Mr Weber: regarding Reclamation contract commenced 28 May 1877.

47. Engineers Report: regarding Leasing Ferry, 28 May 1877.

48. Letter from Engineer: regarding Employing diver for removing rubble and stone, 28 May 1877.

49. Letter from Engineer: regarding Steam Ferry at Spit, 8 June 1877.
50. Letter from Engineer: regarding Metalling West Quay, 11 June 1877.

51. Letter from Engineer: regarding Ferry at Napier Heads, 25 June 1877.

52. Letter from Engineer: regarding Metalling West Quay, 25 June 1877.

53. Letter from Engineer: regarding Fencing and leasing Lighthouse Reserve, 11 June 1877.

54. Letter from Engineer: regarding Staff changes, resignation of Mr Robert Bell, inspector of Works and suggests the replacement be Mr Henry Renouf, 25 June 1877.

55. Letter from Engineer: regarding Ferry service at the Heads. 9 July 1877.

56. Letter from Engineer: regarding Additional Cattle yards requested. Land owned by Mr Richardson suggested as a possibility for lease, 13 July 1877.

57. Letter from Engineer: regarding Ferry service to Napier Heads, includes note on Memorial from the leading Settlers in the Petane District for the establishment of a Steam Ferry Service, 6 August 1877.

58. Letter from Engineer: regarding Reclamation at Whare-O-Maraenui, 1874 acres of Native Reserve and 10 acres owned by Mr Charles Mitchell at the southern extremity. Artesian Wells bored at Shamrock Hotel and at the Slaughterhouse reveal strata of shingle. Further suggestion of method for trapping silt suggested by Mr Parsons, 20 August 1877.

59. Letter from Engineer: regarding Soundings of Channels, 21 August 1877.

60. Pilots Report: regarding Smashing of boat the Falcon, 3 September 1877.

61. Letter from Engineer: regarding Battery Point Quarry application by Messrs Murray Common and Company, Mr Henderson’s agent in charge of contract, 6 September 1877.

62. Letter from Engineer: regarding Raising floor, providing drainage for Examination Shed, District Engineer to submit request to the Public Works Office, 6 August 1877.

63. Letter from Engineer: regarding Application for Patent Log, 17 September 1877.

64. Letter from Engineer: regarding Report of Works and Soundings, 15 October 1877.

65. Letter from Engineer: regarding Report of Works and Soundings, 1 October 1877.

66. Letter from Engineer: regarding Erection of shed on Petone Beach, necessity to apply to Government through the Land Board for the Granting of land for use, 26 November 1877.

67. Letter from Engineer: regarding Tender for raising section of Railway Quay next to Messrs Murray, Common and Company’s Stores, by Messrs Oxenham and Mills, 30 December 1877.

68. Letter from Engineer: regarding Completion of Contract by Mr Rathbone, 17 December 1877.

69. Letter from Engineer: regarding Risk of Actions by cutting river, 17 December 1877.

70. Letter from Mr C. Hoadley, Secretary: regarding Increase in Salary, 6 August 1877.

71. Letter from J. Henderson: regarding Authority for payments to be made, 7 August 1877.

72. Letter from Mr Fannin: regarding Rent Due, 9 August 1877.

73. Letter from Mr J. Johnston: regarding “Natives interfering with survey pegs.” Mr Johnston writes that the piece of land he leased from the Napier Harbour Board is now being claimed by Tareha, 11 June 1877.

74. Letter to Mr Hoadley: regarding Tender for Ferry, 7 August 1877.

75. Letter from Mr T. Marshall: regarding Lease of Scully’s Gully, 17 August 1877.

76. Telegraph to Customs Department, Wellington: regarding Lights on Harbour Works, 20 June 1877.

77. Telegraph to Mr Hoadley: regarding Lights on Harbour Works, 19 June 1877.

78. Telegraph to Mr Hoadley: regarding Lighthouse Keeper’s salary, 19 June 1877.

79. Telegraph to Mr Hoadley: regarding Lights on Harbour Works, 20 June 1877.

80. Letter from Mr Margliouth: regarding Death of his partner M. Banner and continuing the business as Auctioneer in his own name, 7 August 1877.

81. Letter from Murray Common and Company: regarding Obtaining Fill, 21 August 1877.

82. Letter from Customs Department: regarding Instructions to Pilots during wartime concerning Russian and Turkish War Ships, 22 August 1877.

83. Letter from William Seed, Customs Department: regarding Lighthouses – Mana Island and The Brothers, Cook Strait, 6 September 1877.

84. Letter from Customs Department: regarding French Pass Buoy and re-erection of Beacon on Hapuka Rock, 9 October 1877.

85. Memo from Mitchell and Beatson: regarding Paying rent for Whare-O-Maraenui, 16 October 1877.

86. Letter from Engineer: regarding Filling the Quay, 26 November 1877.

87. Letter from Murray Common and Company: regarding Filling in the Quay, 6 November 1877.

88. Letter from Customs Department: regarding New Zealand Harbour Regulations, 3 December 1877.

89. Receipt from Angus Mc Kay: regarding Tender deposit, 9 September 1877.

90. Letter from Mr Ormond: regarding Letter of Resignation, 31 January 1877.

91. Memo from Pilot: regarding Quarterly Return of Stores, 31 March 1877.

92. Letter from District Engineer: regarding Obtaining Fell from Quarry, 8 May 1877.

93. Memo from Engineer: regarding Battery Point Quarry, 15 May 1877.

94. Letter from Engineer: regarding Permission to remove fill to Mr Bold, 16 May 1877.

95. Letter from Engineer: regarding Particulars Section 590, 21 August 1877.

96. Quarterly Return from H. Kraeft: regarding Stores, 30 June 1877.

97. Memo from H. Kraeft: regarding Sale of old rope, 23 July 1877.

98. Petition: regarding Extra yard accommodation for stock, 15 June 1877.

99. Letter from Pilot: regarding Building shed on Petane Beach, 22 October 1877.

100. Letter from Pilot: regarding Pania Rock Buoy, 26 November 1877.

101. Letter from Pilot: regarding Ballast Shoots, 17 December 1877.

102. Letter from Pilot: regarding Quarterly Return of Stores, 31 December 1877.

103. Letter from Mr Smith: regarding Committees report on leasing sections, 20 January 1877.

104. Letter from Mr Smith: regarding Survey of Stores, 4 October 1877.

105. Letter from Mr Warnes: regarding Lease of Section, 2 March 1877.

106. Letter from Mr Warnes: regarding Application to remove shingle, 30 April 1877.

107. Letter from Engineers Office: regarding Paraffine oil supplies for Lighthouse at Gaol Reserve, Mr Wilson, Secretary of the Marine Board advised the Engineer that the required amount of paraffine oil may be procured from the Government Stores in Wellington, 4 May 1877.

108. Letter from Scaife and Company: regarding Lease of Lot 605, 2 March 1877.

109. Telegraph from F. Sutton: re. Whare-O-Maraenui, 15 October 1877.

110. Letter from Town Clerk: regarding Information on Leasing, 10 March 1877.

111. Letter from Timaru Harbour Board: regarding Pilot charges, 28 April 1877.

112. Letter from Town Clerks Office: regarding Nuisance of Town Section 469 and attached Memo from the Engineers Office regarding Mr Kirkpatrick’s property and drainage from his stables and manure heap into reserve, suggests the nuisance was created by the predecessors of the Municipal Authorities, the late Provincial Government in the forming of the road , 20 November 1877.

113. Letter from Public Works Office: regarding Bridging Ahuriri Lagoon and estimate of materials, 27 November 1877.

114. Telegraph from Treasury: regarding Harbour Board Loan and Assets, 23 November 1877.

115. Customs Department Receipt for Order of 8 cases of Paraffin Oil to be forwarded to Napier, consigned to the Napier Harbour Board.