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Otago Harbour Board : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0014CreatorOtago Harbour BoardDescriptionThe collection contains a great variety of material recording many different aspects of the work and activities of the Harbour Board, as well as relationships with other central and local government bodies, and community organisations.
A number of records and items relate to the activities of organisations whose functions and/or assets were taken over by the Harbour Board at some stage. These include records relating to the railway pier at Port Chalmers, various volumes from the Otago Provincial Council, and several smaller organisations such as the Dunedin Sailors' Home.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyThe Otago Provincial Government (established 1852) took control of the management of all harbours in the province in 1853. A Jetty Committee was established in 1854. An 1854 ordinance put the jetty under direct control of the Harbour Department of the Provincial Government.
The Otago Harbour Board was constituted on 30 June 1874 under the Harbour Improvement Ordinance, and the Otago Harbour assets of the Harbour Department were transferred to the board, except for the railway pier at Port Chalmers, which was under control of the central government until May 1928, when it was purchased by the Otago Harbour Board.
The principal officers of the board from 1874 were the secretary/treasurer, the engineer, and the harbour master. T.H. Rawson was secretary/treasurer/engineer from 1898 until 1913, when the offices of secretary and engineer were separated. The duties of senior officials were defined, and the secretary/treasurer was designated chief officer.
From 1876 the staff included a collector of dues, whose task was to ensure payment of the various fees and charges owed such as those for pilotage, towing, loading and unloading and storage of goods, crane use, and port fees.
In 1879 the board was reorganised. The Office Department included the secretary, treasurer, and collector of dues. The Engineer's Department included the inspector of works and inspector of machinery. The Harbour Master's Department included the deputy harbour baster (based on the Dunedin wharves), the pilots, the signal master and time-ball keeper, and the tugs.
In 1894 a Receiving and Delivering Department was added, which supervised the loading and unloading of ships and movement of cargo by the harbour master through a wharfinger. In 1956 the cargo services were separated from the Harbour Master's Department, which then dealt only with shipping. The cargo services became the responsibility of the Wharfinger's Department, which also took over the piermaster's duties.
In 1910 the Dock Department took over responsibility for the assets of the Otago Dock Trust.
The Otago Harbour Board was reorganised again in 1952, and a general manager's position was established from 1953. The secretary and treasurer positions were separated, recombined in March 1956, and separated again in 1957.
In 1976 a container port manager position was established, equal to the engineer and harbour master.
In 1989 the Otago Harbour Board was disestablished, its assets transferred to the Otago Regional Council and its functions were subsequently taken over by Port Otago Limited, a company owned by the Otago Regional Council.

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View looking south-west over Logan Park and Dunedin City

View looking south over Dunedin City and harbour

View looking north-east over Dunedin City

Butts Road, Lake Logan

Infectious diseases hospital, hillside, and shore at Lake Logan

Hillside, houses, and shore at Lake Logan

Houses and shore at Lake Logan

Collapsed building at Lake Logan

Lake Logan

Lake Logan and cement works

Lake Logan, steam train, and cement works

Port Chalmers dock

View of wharves and shipping at Port Chalmers

View over Port Chalmers titled 'Record shipping, Port Chalmers'

View over Port Chalmers wharves

'S.S. Remuera in Port Chalmers graving dock'

'S.S. Tainui Port Chalmers Dock'

Port Chalmers view, 'Orari' in new dock. 'Kumara' at dockhead. 'Oamaru' dredge in dock. 'Timaru' dredge at sheerlegs. Tug Dunedin

Otago Dock with SS 'Tainui' in dock

View titled 'A busy day at Port Chalmers, 36,029 tons shipping'

View over Port Chalmers wharves

Port Chalmers Rowing Club winners, senior fours, 1896 and 1897

Rowing boats on harbour

Archival Text

The Strand, tea, luncheon and grill rooms, letterhead

Anderson's Bay Quarry Syndicate letterhead

R. Powley and Company letterhead

C. Fleming McDonald and Company letterhead

The Phoenix Company Limited letterhead

William Smith and Company Limited letterhead

Stevenson and Cook Engineering Company Limited letterhead

The Spiral and Lock-Bar Steel Pipe Company Limited letterhead

The Southland Coal Company Limited letterhead

Seagar Brothers Limited letterhead

Reilly, Gill and Company letterhead

The Murray Deodoriser Company letterhead

Morton Diesels Australasia Limited letterhead

A. Moritzson and Company letterhead

Mills, Dick and Company letterhead

Leviathan Hotel letterhead

D. Kingsland and Son Limited letterhead

John Chambers and Son Limited letterhead

John Burns and Company Limited letterhead

Irvine and Stevenson's St George Company Limited letterhead

R. Hudson and Company Limited letterhead

George Hadfield and Company letterhead

J. & W. Faulkner letterhead

View titled 'A busy day at Port Chalmers, 36,029 tons shipping'

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