Papeete Harbour.

To be Made Accessible to Large Vessels.

From Our Own Correspondent

Papeete, May 18.

HAVING undertaken the work of re moving obstructions in the en trance to Papeete harbour, the Ad ministration is negotiating for the pur chase of the diving plant left here by Mr. Victor Berge, the author of “Pearl Diver.”

The depth limit at present is 35 feet, and after the work is completed the passage will be deepened and straightened to allow of the entrance of vessels of the size of the “Carin thia.”

Mr. Berge’s last enterprise in these waters was commented upon at the time in “The Pacific Islands Monthly,” and, although the results were kept more or less secret, it was apparently unsuc cessful, for his supporters, Messrs. Car tier and Sons, the well-known jewellers of New York and Paris, abandoned the adventure and recalled Mr. Berge to America.