of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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2 Buckie. — A further loan of £56,500 to complete the improve- 

 ment scheme. 



3. Eyemouth. — An advance of £1300, one-third by way of grant 

 and the remainder by way of loan, in addition to former 

 advances of £3700 and £7200 respectively. 



In addition to the above the Treasury intimated to the Fraser- 

 burgh Harbour Commissioners that they were prepared to make a 

 loan of £33,250 to enable part of the improvement scheme at that 

 harbour to be carried out, provided that repayment of the loan was 

 guaranteed by the Town Council. 



The Treasury were also prepared to sanction an advance of £5450 

 from the Development Fund, one half by way of grant and one half 

 by way of loan, towards the completion of the Boat Shelter at Lossie- 

 mouth, on condition that the Town Council guaranteed repayment of 

 the loan, but the Town Council have not seen their way to comply 

 with the condition. 



From the Board's annual grant for the improvement of fishery 

 harbours a sum of £495 was granted for the repair of the North Spur 

 and other works at Findochty Harbour, and a grant of £1200 was 

 sanctioned for the repair of the harbour at Pittenweem. The im- 

 provement of the pier at Buchanhaven, for which a grant was made 

 in 1920, was partly carried out during the year. 



The following statement gives particulars of the grants and loans 

 made for the improvement of Scottish fishery harbours since the 

 institution of the Development Fund : — 





Advances from 



Contributed 

 from 

 Board's 







Development Fund. 



Total. 





Grants. 



Loans. 



Funds. 





Berwick-on-Tweed 



£4,000 



£7,000 





£11,000 



Eyemouth .... 



1,633 



10,567 





12,200 



Stonehaven 



6,500 



7,000 





13,500 



Fraserburgh 



20,000 



20,000 



£5,000 



45,000 



Gardenstown 



4,000 



4,000 





8,000 



Macduff 



15,500 



45,500 



5,000 



66,000 



Cullen 



2,300 



2,300 



1,700 



6,300 



Portknockie 



3,200 



2,800 





6,000 



Findochty - 



Buckie * - - - 



1,500 



1,500 



"995 



3,995 



8,000 



96,250 



. 15,000 



119,250 



Lossiemouth 



2,000 



10,000 



1,000 



13,000 



Cromarty - 



750 



1,500 



... 



2,250 



Wick 





36,260 





36,260 



Whitehall (Stronsay) - 



10,000 







10,000 



Lerwick 



7,500 







7,500 



Ullapool t - 



2,000 



1,850 





3,850 





£88,883 



£246,527 



£28,695 



£364,105 



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* In addition to the grants and loans shown above, a grant of £33,000 was 

 made by the Treasury, and a loan of £55,500 was procured from the Public 

 Works Loan Board. 



t In addition a grant of £1500 and loans amounting to £1850 were made 

 from the funds of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland. 



