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The latest revised estimates for the finished scheme, which were called 

 for by the Board, amounted in October to £221,701. Several conferences 

 were held by the Board at which the Town Council's representatives were 

 present, accompanied by their Engineers, and as the result of protracted 

 negotiations, it was decided, in view of the urgent need for economy in 

 the expenditure of the public funds, to reduce the cost of the scheme by 

 deferring the execution of certain works until a more opportune time. 

 The works to be omitted from the scheme are (1) the concrete groyne 

 at the west side of the bay, (2) the heavy stone or concrete facing of the 

 rock embankment along the bay, (3) the patent slipway and berths in 

 No. 4 harbour basin, (4) the excavation of No. 4 harbour basin, (5) the 

 timber wharf at the harbour entrance, (6) the widening of roadway at the 

 West Pier, (7) the deepening of the approaches to the harbour, (8) quay 

 walls and roadways for No. 4 basin, and some other works. The cost of 

 the works provisionally cancelled was estimated by the Council's Engineers 

 to amount to £66,876. 



The application of the Council to the Treasury for further financial 

 assistance is still under consideration. 



Payment of an instalment of £8250 has been made to the Trustees 

 by the Board of Trade, and one of £8000 by way of loan from the 

 Development Fund during the year. 



Lossiemouth Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is to provide accommodation for the 

 wintering of herring drifters in the estuary of the River Lossie. The 

 engineers for the scheme are Messrs. D. & C. Stevenson, Edinburgh, and 

 the contractors are Messrs. Cooper & Faris, Dunfermline, the contract price 

 being £13,776. 



Operations were commenced in February, and considerable progress has 

 been made with the work. The timber East Pier has been constructed for 

 a length of about 120 feet, and the sheet piling, which runs in line with 

 this and forms the east side of the new river basin, has been put in for a 

 length of about 560 feet. The new concrete breakwater is constructed for 

 a length of 109 feet, on which a short length of the parapet has been 

 erected. At the West Quay all the piles have been driven and the cross 

 ties and walings fixed. 



Payment has been made to the Harbour Commissioners of the grant of 

 £1000 which was promised by the Board. 



Nairn Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme is for the reconstruction of the East Pier 

 where damaged by storms, and to provide accommodation for the wintering 

 of herring drifters. Further damage was done to the piers by the storms 

 of the autumn, which have necessitated reconsideration of the Council's 

 proposals, but these are not yet sufficiently matured for submission to the 

 Board. 



Wick Harbour. 



This scheme is to provide improved accommodation for fishing vessels 

 and for the general protection of the harbour. I have submitted a report 

 dealing with the whole matter, which is at present under the consideration 

 of the Development Commissioners. In view of the financial outlook they 

 have obtained a supplementary report dealing with the least repairs 

 necessary to ensure the existing works against damage by the sea, the 

 larger questions involved in the earlier report to be held over to a more 

 opportune occasion, 



