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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 ended 31st December 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 Com- 

 missioners and the Board. 





Estimated 



Assistance to be Provided. 



Name of Harbour. 



Cost 











of 



Scheme. 



Free 

 Grants. 



Loans. 



Total. 



Berwick 



£11,000 



£4,000 



£7,000 



£11,000 



Ej^emouth .... 



4,200 



1,200 



2,500 



3,700 



St. Andrews .... 



1,710 



1,500 





1,500 



Stonehaven .... 



13,500 



6,500 



7,000 



13,500 



Fraserburgh .... 



40,000 



20,000 



20,000 



40,000 



Gardenstown .... 



9,500 



4,000 



4,000 



8,000 



Macduff 



26,488 



12,000 



12,000 



24,000 



Banff 



4,000 



3,000 





3,000 



Whitehills .... 



3,000 



2,250 





2,250 



Cullen 



6,037 



2,800 



2,300 



5,100 



Portknockie .... 



8,000 



3,200 



2,800 



6,000 



Findochty .... 



6,700 



2,000 



1,500 



3,500 



Buckie ..... 



35,000 



10,000 



25,000 



35,000 



Lossiemouth .... 



15,034 



3,000 



10,000 



13,000 



Nairn 



18,000 



7,000 





7,000 



Wick 



15,000 





15,000 



15,000 



Whitehall (Stronsay) 



20,500 



10,000 





10,000 



Lerwick 



17,000 



7,500 





7,500 



Total 



£254,669 



£99,950 



£109,100 



£209,050 



Berwick Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is to provide accommodation for fishing 

 vessels at the south side of the River Tweed, and consists of a timber 

 wharf 400 feet in length, with berths alongside having a depth of 5 feet 

 below low water of ordinary spring tides. The timber wharf and the 

 gravel embankment underneath the wharf are almost completed, but the 

 large space between the embankment and the shore may take a few years 

 to fill up. After the wharf was partly constructed it was considered 

 necessary to secure it against forward movement by tying it back with 

 iron tie rods to large anchor blocks of concrete placed 40 feet behind the 

 wharf. This additional work, which is hardly yet completed , was estimated 

 to cost £515. The contract price for the original scheme is £8782, and 

 payments amounting to £7144 have been made by the Board to the 

 Trustees on account of the Development Fund grant. 



