of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



occurred owing to stormy weather. The workmen at such times were 

 engaged on the repair of the existing harbour. Owing to the continuance 

 of the war, and the necessity to curtail national expenditure, it was decided 

 to defer the construction of the new West Harbour Basin. 



Payments amounting to £4000 were made to the Trustees from the 

 Development Fund during the year. 



Macduff Harbour. 



Good progress has been made on the construction of the new harbour 

 basin, which is the chief feature of this Improvement Scheme. The outer 

 sea wall has been constructed for a length of 950 feet, and part of the quay 

 behind this wall has been formed, while 12,195 cubic yards of rock and 

 24,873 cubic yards of soft material have been excavated and removed from 

 the new basin, to provide a depth of 11 feet below high water of ordinary 

 spring tides. In November the sea broke over the works and flooded the 

 basin, sweeping away some of the plant. 



Payments amounting to £5061 have been made to the Trustees by way 

 of grant from the Development Fund together with the grant of £2000 by 

 the Board. 



Banff Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is to provide extra depth in the existing 

 harbour for the accommodation of herring drifters. It entails the removal 

 of a considerable quantity of rock and soft material to give a depth of 

 5 feet below low water level of ordinary spring tides, and the removal of 

 the Inner Jetty. 



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

 Glasgow, and the contractor is Mr. A. H. Robertson, Inverkeithing, the 

 contract price being £3108. 



The work was commenced in April by the construction of a concrete 

 cofferdam across the outer entrance, but progress on the work has been 

 very slow, the quantity of rock and soft material excavated being only 

 1296 cubic yards. The removal of the Inner Jetty is almost completed. 

 The slow rate of progress is chiefly due to the want of sufficient pumping 

 plant to overcome the leakage water. 



No payments were made by the Board towards the cost of the scheme 

 during the year. 



Whitehills Harbour. 



This scheme, which is well advanced towards completion, includes the 

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

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

 Operations were temporarily suspended in November 1914, on account of 

 the stormy weather, and will not be resumed until after the war. 



A payment of £271, 9s. lid. was made by the Board during the year 

 towards the cost of the scheme. 



Cullen Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme continues to make slow progress. The 

 contractor has been urged frequently to push forward the work and now 

 pleads scarcity of men on account of the war. The reinforced concrete 

 retaining wall is almost completed, the concrete jetty is practically finished, 

 and the work of strengthening the West Pier is more than half done, 

 while the reconstruction and alteration of the West Pier head is well 

 advanced. There is still a considerable quantity of excavation to be 

 removed from the harbour basin to obtain the full depth required. 



