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The Harbour Commissioners have obtained during the year a Provisional 

 Order authorising them to carry out the necessary works for the improve- 

 ment of the harbour. These include an extension of Balaclava Break- 

 water for a length of 200 feet ; an extension of the South Breakwater 

 for a length of 150 feet ; the reconstruction of Burnett Pier ; the com- 

 pletion of Walker Quay ; the deepening of the Entrance Channel ; the 

 strengthening of the existing quay wall at Steamboat Quay ; the removal 

 of the point of the North Pier ; and the completion of the apron at 

 Balaclava Quay, 



The Harbour Commissioners have also prepared a scheme for the pro- 

 vision of a sUpway with side-sUpping berths entering from Faithlie Harbour. 



The Commissioners have applied to the Treasury for financial assistance 

 from the Development Fund to enable these works to be carried out, and 

 the matter is under the consideration of the Board. 



Gardenstown Harbour. 



Work on this Improvement Scheme, which was suspended in 1916 on 

 account of the war, has not yet been resumed. 



Macduff Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme continues to make steady progress. During 

 the year the slopes at the east end of the new harbour basin have been 

 formed and partly pitched with large facing stones, 6759 cubic yards of 

 rock and 8473 cubic yards of soft material have been excavated from the 

 new basin, the rock being drilled with pneumatic tools and blasted out 

 with explosives, portions of the inner wall of the breakwater and parapet 

 wall have been completed, and 2730 square yards of concrete decking have 

 been laid on the North Quay. On several occasions the new basin was 

 flooded by the waves breaking over the sea wall during storms, causing 

 considerable damage to the plant and some delay to the works. 



The scheme is now nearly completed, but owing to the enormous in- 

 crease which has taken place in wages and the cost of materials, the avail- 

 able funds will be insufficient to complete the scheme, and the Town Council 

 are making appHcation to the Board for further financial assistance. 



The Council have prepared a scheme for providing a slipway at the 

 east end of the new basin with side-slipping accommodation for eight 

 drifters, and have made application to the Board for financial assistance 

 to carry out the works. 



Payments amounting to £4331, 12s. 9d. by way of free grant, and 

 £3000 by way of loan were made to the Council from the Development 

 Fund during the year. 



Banff Harbour. 



This Improvement Scheme, which is for the deepening of the inner 

 harbour basin and the refacing and repair of the quay walls, is almost 

 completed. 



The East Pier has been faced with a new concrete wall for a length of 

 140 feet, and the roadway of the pier has been raised to suit the new levels 

 of the quays ; the South Quay wall has been underpinned and repointed 

 for a length of about 260 feet ; the work of excavation was completed in 

 August, and water was admitted to the inner basin, the cofferdam being 

 then cleared away, and the basin brought into permanent use. 



During the year payments amounting to £2365, 2s. 8d. were made to 

 the Trustees from the funds of the Board. 



