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tlierefore arranged to proceed with the extension of the East Pier immedi- 

 ately, the work which is most urgently required for the protection of the 

 harbour. 



Macduff Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is to provide additional accommodation 

 for herring drifters by the construction of a new harbour basin about 

 2*6 acres in area to the east of the existing harbour, with entrance from it. 

 The new basin is to be enclosed by sea walls and quays and excavated to 

 a depth of 11 feet at low water of ordinary spring tides. 



The estimated cost of the scheme was originally £24,100, towards 

 which a free grant of £10,000 and an interest bearing loan of £12,000 are 

 to be provided from the Development Fund, and a free grant of £2000 

 from the funds of the Board. 



The engineer is Mr. A. W. Lewis, Westminster, and the work is to be 

 carried out departmen tally without the aid of a contractor at a revised 

 estimate of £26,488. 



The Board at first favoured the work being carried out by contract, 

 and tenders were obtained for this purpose, but the Harbour Authority 

 from the outset expressed a strong desire to execute the work depart- 

 mentally, in the same manner as adopted with success in a former scheme, 

 alleging with great insistence that they could carry it out cheaper and 

 better in this way than by contract. Ultimately the Board, after pro- 

 tracted negotiations, agreed to allow the work to be executed depart- 

 mentally under specific reservations, and the Harbour Authority are 

 now advertising for a resident engineer, to act under the engineer, as 

 superintendent in full charge of the work. 



Banff Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is to increase the floating area in the existing 

 harbour by the removal of an old jetty and excavating the inner basins 

 to a depth of 5 feet at low water of ordinary spring tides. 



The estimated cost of the scheme is £4000, towards which the Board 

 has promised a grant in aid not exceeding three-fourths of the actual 

 cost of the improvement, up to a maximum payment of £3000, the balance 

 to be met by the Harbour Authority. 



The engineers for the scheme are Messrs. Kyle, Dennison, & Laing, 

 Glasgow, and tenders for the work have not yet been invited pending the 

 approval of the plans by the Board of Trade. 



Whitehills Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is to provide additional berthing accommoda- 

 tion with greater depth of water for fishing vessels witliin the existing 

 harbour. It consists of a new jetty, 140 feet long, projecting westwards 

 from the east side of the harbour basin, and a new quay wall, 120 feet long, 

 to the south of the jetty, the deepening of part of the basin to the level of 

 low water of ordinary spring tides, and the deepening of a small area at 

 the entrance channel. 



The estimated cost of the scheme is £2000, towards which a free grant 

 of three-fourths of the total cost, up to a maximum of £1500, is to be 

 provided by the Board, the balance to be met by the Harbour Authority. 



The engineers for the scheme are Messrs. Kyle, Dennison, & Laing, 



