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Appendices to Thirty-sixth Annual Report 



Macduff Harbour. — Good progress has been made on this Improvement 

 Scheme throughout the year. The parapet of the breakwater has been 

 constructed for a length of 122 feet, the inner quay wall of the breakwater 

 has been founded and built complete for a length of 400 feet, about 500 

 square yards of concrete roadway have been laid, 9482 cubic yards of rock 

 have been excavated with the aid of pneumatic drilling plant and explosives, 

 and 1344 cubic yards of soft material have been removed from the area of 

 the new basin. The stone parapet wall of the Old North Pier adjoining 

 the new harbour basin has also been removed. 



Payment of sums amounting to £6500 by way of loan has been made to 

 the Trustees during the year from the Development Fund. 



As a considerable amount of work remains to be done before the 

 Improvement Scheme can be completed, and the financial resources of the 

 Trustees are almost exhausted, application has been made to the Develop- 

 ment Commissioners for further financial assistance. 



Banff Harbour. — Progress on this Improvement Scheme was still so 

 very slow that the Trustees decided to determine the contract, and are now 

 carrying out the remainder of the work departmentally under the charge of 

 Mr. Archibald Henderson, Assoc. M.Inst.C.E., Macduff. 



A settlement was made with the contractor for the amount of work 

 done, and the plant on the site belonging to him was purchased by the 

 Trustees for the sum of £317, 9s. 7d. to enable them to complete the 

 scheme. 



In the course of the excavation it was discovered that the rock on which 

 the old walls are founded is of such a rotten nature where exposed that it 

 will be necessary to face the rock with concrete, and in this connection a 

 report is being obtained from the Engineer. 



During the progress of the work it was found necessary to suspend 

 operations for a short time to effect the release of two herring drifters which 

 could not be launched without admitting water to the harbour basin. This 

 was accomplished in April, and part of the cofferdam was also removed to 

 enable the vessels to leave the port. The cost of this work was borne by 

 the owners of the vessels. 



Payments amounting to £1045, 7s. 2d. were made to the Trustees by 

 the Board towards the cost of the scheme during the year. 



Whitehills Harbour. — Work on this Improvement Scheme is still sus- 

 pended on account of the war. 



Gullen Harbour. — This Improvement Scheme was completed in the 

 previous year, at a cost of £9274, 5s. 8d., towards which sums amounting 

 in the aggregate to £5600 were contributed from the Development Fund 

 and 'the funds of the Board. As the financial resources of the Trustees 

 were inadequate, however, to meet the additional cost of the scheme which 

 largely exceeded the estimate, the Board agreed to advance a further sum 

 of £700 provided the Trustees carried out repairs to the breakwaters which 

 had been damaged by storms during the progress of the works. These 

 repairs were begun departmentally in August and are being executed as 

 rapidly as the weather will permit. 



Payments to the extent of £1600 were made to the Trustees, £1100 

 being by way of loan from the Development Fund and £500 free grant 

 from the Board. 



Portknockie Harbour. — Consideration of this scheme of Harbour Im- 

 provement is still postponed on account of the war. 



Findochty Harbour. — This scheme is still deferred until after the war. 



Buckie Harbour. — This Improvement Scheme is still in progress, and 

 was sufficiently advanced to admit the water to the new basins and bring 



