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ment help, however, is given to those who will help 

 themselves. The Fishery Board are the administrators 

 of an annual Parliamentary Grant of 3000/. for the 

 construction or improvement of fishery harbours and 

 piers in Scotland, and this in the course of years has 

 been distributed over a long list of stations on both 

 coasts, as an addition to the funds raised by the local 

 promoters of the works, who have contributed from 

 one-fourth to one-half, and in some cases more, of what 

 has been required. The fishery harbour of Dunbar, at 

 the entrance to the Firth of Forth, and one of the most 

 important herring stations, has cost upwards of 40,000/., 

 of which more than half has been raised by the pro- 

 moters ; and at Anstruther Union Harbour — a work, 

 perhaps, of even more consequence, on the opposite 

 side of the Firth — the Board has been for some years 

 contributing towards the very costly piers still in pro- 

 gress. Much injury w^as caused here by the gales of 

 the winter of 1809-70, by which the expenses of con- 

 struction were unfortunately greatly increased, and 

 the completion of the work considerably retarded. The 

 injury was so great, and further danger so imminent, 

 that in order to secure the permanence of the remaining 

 work a special grant of 7000/. was made by Parliament. 

 We have already spoken of the harbour in course of 

 construction at Wick ; the cost of it will far exceed 

 that of any other work of the kind on the coast of 

 Scotland; but it is being carried out without any 

 assistance from the annual Parliamentary Grrant; and 

 when completed, it is expected that not only will the 

 herring fishermen along that coast derive great advan- 

 tage from it, but the line-fishery will also be carried 

 on from Wick on a much larger scale than it is at 

 present. Mussels are not to be obtained there, but a 



