of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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APPENDIX M. 



HARBOUR 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 1917. 



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. 





Estimated 



Assistance to be Provided. 



Name of Harbour. 



Cost 

 of 











Scheme. 



Free 

 Grants. 



Loans. 



Total. 



Eyemouth .... 



£4,200 



£1,200 



£2,500 



£3,700 



Fraserburgh .... 



40,000 



20,000 



20,000 



40,000 



Gardenstown .... 



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 



4,000 



2,300 



6,300 



Portknockie .... 



8,000 



3,200 



2,800 



6,000 



Findochty .... 



6,700 



2,000 



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 



£229,969 



£79,650 



£126,110 



£205,760 



Eyemouth Harbour. — Work on this Improvement Scheme, which is for 

 deepening the entrance to Eyemouth Harbour by the removal of rock within 

 the entrance channel, is still suspended on account of the war. 



Fraserburgh Harbour. — Only slight progress has been made on this 

 Improvement Scheme. Work has been chiefly confined to the formation 

 of the roadway of Faithlie Jetty, and repairs to a few of the wave traps on 

 the outside of Burnett Pier. 



The damage which was done to the parapet of Balaclava Breakwater by 

 the sea in the end of 1916 was repaired during the summer months. 



Consideration of the application by the Harbour Commissioners to the 

 Development Commissioners for further financial assistance has been 

 deferred meantime, pending the submission of definite proposals for the 

 completion of the scheme, and in this connection the Harbour Commis- 

 sioners have appointed Mr. Hugh R. Barr, Assoc. M.Inst.C.E., Aberdeen, 

 to report on the subject. 



Payment of the first instalment of the loan amounting to £15,000 was 

 made from the Development Fund. 



Gardenstown Harbour. — Work on this Improvement Scheme was 

 suspended in January until after the war. The extension of the East Pier 

 is practically completed, and now affords protection to the harbour entrance. 



Payment of a sum of £540 was made to the Trustees from the Develop- 

 ment Fund, 



