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as the arbiter named in the contract. Meantime, as the contractors refused 

 to rectify the defective work, the Trustees have taken the work out of the 

 contractors' hands, and are carrying it out departmentally under the super- 

 vision of a Superintendent of Works with the plant and materials on the 

 ground. Operations were commenced on the East Pier extension , and about 

 one half of this work is completed. 



Payment of an instalment of £1500 has been made to the Trustees from 

 the Development Fund. 



Macduff Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is for the accommodation of herring 

 drifters, and consists of a new harbour basin on the east side of the existing 

 harbour. The construction of the new basin was commenced in June, and 

 good progress has been made since then in carrying out the work. The 

 outer sea wall has been erected for a length of 487 feet, and 25,370 cubic 

 yards of excavation, including 1870 cubic yards of rock, have been removed 

 from the basin. 



Payment of an instalment of £2500, including a sum of £825, 10s. 8d. 

 for plant, has been made to the Trustees from the Development Fund. 



Banff Harbour. 



This scheme is for the improvement of the harbour to accommodate 

 herring drifters by deepening the inner basins to a depth of 5 feet below 

 low water of ordinary sprhig tides. The Trustees were anxious to carry 

 out the work departmentally, without the ititervention of a contractor, but 

 the Board were of opinion that tenders should be invited for the work. 



Whitehills Harbour. 



This scheme is for the improved accommodation of fishing vessels, and 

 consists of a new concrete jetty, and quay wall, and the deepening of a 

 portion of the harbour to the level of low water of ordinary spring tides. 



The estimated cost of the scheme is about £3000, towards which a free 

 grant of three-fourths of the total cost, up to a maximum of £2250, is to 

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



The work is being carried out departmentally, and operations 

 proceeded without interruption until November, when, on account of the 

 stormy weather and short daylight, it was considered advisable to suspend 

 operations for the winter months. The concrete jetty has been con- 

 structed for two-thirds of its length, the quay wall has been completed, 

 and the whole of the rock excavation has been removed. 



Payments aniounthig to £1500 have been made to the Trustees by the 

 Board in respect of their grant. 



Culleyi Harbour. 



The Improvement Scheme for this harbour has made slow progress 

 during the year. The reinforced concrete retaining wall has been con- 

 structed for a length of 330 feet, the new concrete jetty is almost com- 

 pleted, and 10,875 cubic yards of material, including 3205 cubic yards ot 

 rock, have been excavated from the harbour basin. On account of the 

 loose nature of the rock under the new iootpath at the retaining wall, it 

 has been necessary to increase the rock excavation and to tace it with 

 a substantial concrete wall. These and several minor works will increase 

 the total cost ot the scheme by about £360. 



