. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. l position (obseivation spot) is latitude38deg. 49mins. 56secs. S. and longitude 174deg. E. In the inner haibour the anchorage is ofthe very best desciiption, with watei fiom 5 to 12fathoms, and good holding ground. The tide i-ises andfalls from 5ft. 6in. to 12ft. The whole of the harbourand approaches are well lighted, and the channels,shoals, etc., are clearlj maiked by buoys and beacons,so that at any hour the poit may l)e entered withperfect safety. The Auckland Harbour Board was constituted unilei The H
. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. l position (obseivation spot) is latitude38deg. 49mins. 56secs. S. and longitude 174deg. E. In the inner haibour the anchorage is ofthe very best desciiption, with watei fiom 5 to 12fathoms, and good holding ground. The tide i-ises andfalls from 5ft. 6in. to 12ft. The whole of the harbourand approaches are well lighted, and the channels,shoals, etc., are clearlj maiked by buoys and beacons,so that at any hour the poit may l)e entered withperfect safety. The Auckland Harbour Board was constituted unilei The Harbour Boards Act, 1870, and held ils firstmeeting on June 1st, 187i, the Mayoi- of Auckland ( A. Philips) presiding. At a subsecjuent meetingCaptain W. C. Daldy was elected chaiiinan. a jxisitionhe occupied for six years, and .Mi-. Jchn Ogilvie wasa]ipointed to the office of secretary and treasure)-. Prior to the constitution of the Harbour Boartl, thePort was undei- the control of the Provincial reclamation had been carried out l)y that tudy. 201. ) MISIilIM. ll.\.\l)li()()K for at the time of the transference of the control fromthe Provincial Council to the Board considcialjlealteration had taken place on \hv foreslioics. in theforties, Commei-cial iiay swept round from lii-it(jmartPoint, along a beach, which subsecjuently became FoitSti-eet, to a headland known successively as StanleyPoint and Smales Point. This promontory stood inthe vicinity of Alixit Street and Customs Street 1870 the foi-eshore had been reclaimed, and CustomsStreet East added to the Citys highways. At that dateCustoms Street ended at the foot of a cliff, and along flight of steps, known as Jacobs Ladder, ledup to Emily Place. On the western side of QueenStreet, Customs Sti-eet ended at the waterfi-ontopposite Albert Street. The wharf acconnnodation in 1870 was very smallindeed. The first Auckland wharf was the WynyarilPier, which was built in the forties, and was situat
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