Mr. W. N. Blair's Report.

Gentlemen—In accordance with your request, I have much pleasure in placing at your disposal the following Report on the Improvement of Dunedin Harbour.

Although I have occasionally given the subject considerable attention, and generally keep myself informed of the various schemes that are proposed, the changes that are taking place in the Harbour itself, and the increasing requirements of the shipping trade, I am not prepared to indicate any definite course of action, or express a decided opinion with reference to any scheme. In the absence of detailed information and a through investigation of the whole question, any suggestions I make must be taken as provisional, and subject to considerable modifications.