34 Appendices to Thirty-seventh Annual Report 



During the year payments amounting to £806, Is. 2d. were made from 

 the funds of the Board. 



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

 pended on account of the war. 



Cullen Harbour. — The foundations of the breakwater, which had been 

 damaged by storms during recent years, weie repaired by building up the 

 breaches with concrete in small bags by the aid of divers. The work of 

 repair, commenced in August of last year, was finished in July, after pro- 

 longed interruption by stormy weather. 



Payment was made by the Board of the additional free grant of £700 

 towards the cost of the Improvement Scheme, promised on condition that 

 the Trustees executed the repairs to the breakwaters. 



Portknockie Harbour. — This scheme of Harbour Improvement is in 

 abeyance on account of the war. 



Findochty Harbour. — The commencement of the works authorised 

 under this scheme of Harbour Improvement is still deferred on account of 

 the war. 



Buckie Harbour. — The progress of the works under this Improvement 

 Scheme has been slow during the year, principally on account of the 

 scarcity of men and through delays caused by stormy weather. Latterly 

 the scarcity of men became so acute that }a suspension of operations was 

 seriously contemplated. 



The rectifying of the defective joints in the blockwork of the North - 

 West Pier has proceeded steadily when weather permitted. The work 

 of repairing and securing the North Pier extension by surrounding the 

 head with steel sheet piles and concrete has been completed. Several of 

 the holes in the foundations of the North -West Pier were filled with con- 

 crete in small bags by the aid of divers. Portions of the defective concrete 

 in the old North Pier have been cut out preparatory to effecting repairs. 

 Concrete decking has been laid for a length of 50 feet at the outer ends of 

 the three new jetties in the harbour to secure the roadway from scour in 

 stormy weather, and the roadway of the South Quay, including the sewer, 

 gas, and water mains, has been lowered to suit the new levels of the quay 

 walls and jetties of the harbour. 



The financial aspect of the scheme continues to engage the attention 

 of the Town Council, as the cost of completion will considerably exceed 

 the estimates, and their financial resources are practically exhausted. 

 They are at present engaged in preparing a statement of the position for 

 submission to the Board. 



No payments have been made to the Council this year from the Develop- 

 ment Fund or from the funds of the Board. 



Lossiemouth Harbour. — Work on this Improvement Scheme was sus- 

 pended in August on account of the war. The construction of the piers 

 and breakwater is almost completed, but the dredging of the harbour 

 basin has still to be carried out. 



No payments were made to the Harbour Commissioners from the 

 Development Fund during the year. 



Nairn Harbour. — This Improvement Scheme is still under the con- 

 sideration of the Town Council. 



Wick Harbour. — Progress on the special repairs necessary to secure the 

 piers and quays against further damage by storms has been slower this 

 year, owing to the scarcity of labour and interruptions through stormy 

 weather. It has also been necessary on frequent occasions to withdraw 

 the men from repair work and to employ them on other work of an urgent 

 nature in connection with the working of the harbour. 



The underpinning of a portion of the inner quay wall of the North 

 Pier, where undermined, has been completed, the work being executed by 



