of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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APPENDIX M. 



HARBOUK 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 for 

 the year ended 31st December 1916. 



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. 



Name of Harbour. 



Estimated 

 Cost 



Assistance to be Provided. 













of 



Scheme. 



Free 

 Grants. 



Loans. 



Total. 



Eyemouth .... 



£4,200 



£1,200 



£2,500 



£3,700 



Stonehaven .... 



13,500 



6,500 



7,000 



13,500 



Fraserburgh .... 



40,000 



20,000 



20,000 



40,000 



Gardens town .... 



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 



3,300 



2,300 



5,600 



Portknockie .... 



8,000 



3,200 



2,800 



6,000 



Findochty .... 



6,700 



2,U00 



1,500 



3,500 



Buckie 



57,750 



18,000 



39,750 



57,750 



Lossiemouth .... 



, 15,034 



3,000 



10,000 



13,000 



Nairn 



18,000 



7,000 





7,000 



Wick 



31,260 





31,260 



31,260 



Total 



£243,469 



£85,450 



£133,110 



£218,560 



Eyemouth Harbour. — This Improvement Scheme is for the widening 

 and deepening of the navigation channel inside the piers by the removal 

 of submarine rock to provide a depth of 2 feet below low water of ordinary 

 spring tides. 



Progress in carrying out the work has been very slow. In September 

 the contractors, Messrs. Anthony Fasey & Son, Leytonstone, intimated 

 to the Harbour Trustees that in view of the abnormal scarcity and cost of 

 materials and labour and other difficulties they were compelled to postpone 

 the completion of the work until after, the war. After considerable 

 negotiation the Trustees agreed to this course and work on the scheme 

 was suspended. 



Payment of the first instalment of the loan, amounting to =£1300, has 

 been made to the Trustees from the Development Fund. 



