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Appendices to Fortieth Annual Report 



Pittenweem Harbour. 



A scheme for the repair of the East Pier, which has become under- 

 mined, has been approved, the estimated cost of the repair being £1580. 

 The Board has promised a contribution from its funds of three-fourths 

 the cost of work up to a maximum of £1200. 



Arrangements are in progress for commencing the work. 



Buchanhaven (Pier). 



This improvement scheme will provide berthing and landing accom- 

 modation for fishing boats at the lower states of the tide. It consists of 

 an extension of the existing masonry pier by the construction of a 

 sloping concrete platform 264 feet long by 10 feet wide founded on the 

 rocks seaward of the end of the pier, the construction of a concrete 

 stair 10 feet wide connecting the new concrete platform and the end of 

 the existing pier, and the improvement of the landward approach to 

 the pier. 



The estimated cost. of the scheme is £1800, and the Board has 

 promised a grant in aid up to a maximum of ,£1200. 



The work of construction was commenced in May and is almost 

 completed. Payments by the Board amounting to £850 have been 

 made to the Local Committee of Fishermen during the year. 



Fraserburgh Harbour. 



Throughout the year the Harbour Commissioners have been in 

 communication with the Development Commissioners and the Board 

 regarding the financial arrangements in connection with the scheme of 

 proposed harbour improvements. In the course of these negotiations it 

 has been agreed to consider certain of the proposed works as having 

 priority over others, and latterly discussion has centred upon the 

 extension of the South Breakwater. The negotiations are not com- 

 pleted, but it is believed that it may be possible to make an early start 

 with the work. 



The Harbour Commissioners applied to the Board for the services of 

 the dredger " Dragon " to remove quantities of silt which had accumu- 

 lated within the harbour basins, and the "Dragon" commenced work 

 at Fraserburgh on 24th October last. Since then 8362 cubic yards of 

 silt have been removed and this work is still in progress. The Board 

 agreed to defray the cost of this work out of a sum earmarked for the 

 assistance of Fraserburgh Harbour, the amount not to exceed £5000. 



Gardenstown Harbour. 

 This improvement^scheme is still in abeyance. 



Macduff Harbour. 



This improvement scheme, which consists of a large new harbour 

 basin for the accommodation of herring drifters on the east side of the 

 existing harbour, is practically completed. 



During the year 1582 cubic yards of soft material and 770 cubic 

 yards of rock were excavated and removed from the site of the new 

 basin, the rock being drilled by pneumatic tools and displaced by 

 explosives. The South Quay wall was extended for a length of 186 feet 

 and the North Pier was completed. 



The new harbour basin was formally opened and brought into use 

 on 25th May, the opening ceremony being performed by H.R.H. 

 Princess Royal. 



