of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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APPENDIX M. 

 HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES. 

 Report by Mr. R. Gordon Nicol, M.Inst.C.E. 



I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the 

 following report on the Harbour Improvement Schemes which are being 

 carried out under the supervision of the Board, and were in progress 

 during the year ending 31st March 1914. 



The following table gives a list of these harbours, along with the 

 estimated cost of the Schemes and the assistance in grants and loans 

 that is to be provided from funds at the disposal of the Development 

 Commissioners and the Board : — 





Estimated 



Assistance to be Provided. 



Name of Harbour. 



Cost 









of 



Scheme. 



> - 



Free 

 Grants. 



Loans. 



Total. 



Berwick .... 



St. Andrews 



Stonehaven 



Fraserburgh 



GardenstowTi 



Macduff .... 

 Banff .... 

 Whitehills .... 

 Cullen .... 

 Buckie .... 

 Wick .... 

 Whitehall (Stronsay) , 

 Lerwick .... 



£11,000 

 1,710 

 13,500 

 40,000 

 9,500 

 26,488 

 4,000 

 2,000 

 6,037 

 35,000 

 15,000 

 20.500 

 17,000 



£4,000 

 1,069 

 6,500 



20,000 

 4,000 



12,000 

 3,000 

 1,500 

 2,300 



10,000 



10,000 

 7,500 



£7,000 



7,000 

 20,000 



4,000 

 12,000 



2,.300 

 25.000 

 15,000 



£11,000 

 1,069 

 13,500 

 40,000 

 8,000 

 24,000 

 3,000 

 1,500 

 4,600 

 35,000 

 1 5,000 

 10,000 

 7,500 



Total .... 



£201,735 



£81,869 



£92,300 



£174,169 



Berwick Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme consists of a timber wharf 400 feet in length, 

 situated at the south side of the River Tweed, about a mile from the 

 harbour entrance. It is for the accommodation of fishing vessels, and will 

 provide mooring berths, having a depth of 5 teet at low water of ordinary 

 spring tides throughout the length of the wharf. 



The scheme was estimated to cost £11,000, towards which a free grant 

 of £4000 and an interest bearing loan of £7000 are to be provided from the 

 Development Fmid. 



The engineers for the scheme are Messrs. J. Watt Sandemaii & Son, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the contractors are Messrs. Brims & Co., Limited, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, the contract price being £8782. 



Operations on the site were commenced in February last, and since 

 then the dredging work has been completed, and about one-fourth of the 

 timber piles in the wharf have been driven. It is expected that the 

 whole of the scheme will be completed this year. 



