of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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year a grant of £1200 in aid of the improvement of the pier at 

 Buchanhaven, and grants of £1000 and £447 towards the additional 

 cost of the improvement schemes at Macduff and Whitehills 

 respectively. 



Other cases which were submitted to the Board during the year 

 were Port Errol, Cairnbulg, Banff, Whitehills (further scheme), Cullen, 

 Balintore, Embo, Dunbeath, Port Skerra and Maidens. Certain of 

 these cases are, however, situated in "congested" districts, and con- 

 sequently fall within the province of the Board of Agriculture for 

 Scotland as successors to the Congested Districts Board. 



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. In the case of Buckie and 

 Macduff loans formally sanctioned since the close of the year under 

 review are included. 





Advanced from 



Contributed 

 from 

 Board's 







Developm 



ent Fund. 



Total. 



• 



Grants. 



Loans. 



Funds. 





Berwick-on'-Tweed 



£4,000 



£7,000 





£11,000 



Eyemouth - - ... 



1,200 



9,700 





10,900 



Stonehaven 



6,500 



7,000 





13,500 



Fraserburgh 



20,000 



20,000 



::: 



40,000 



Gardenstown 



4,000 



4,000 



... 



8,000 



Macduff .... 



15,500 



25,500 



£5,000 



46,000 



Cullen .... 



2,300 



2,300 



1,700 



6,300 



Portknockie 



3,200 



2,800 





6,000 



Findochty - 



Buckie* .... 



1,500 



1,500 



"*500 



3,580 



8,000 



96,250 



15,000 



119,250 



Lossiemouth 



2,000 



10,000 



1,000 



13,000 



Nairn .... 



7,000 







7,000 



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 



1,860 





3,850 



£95,450 



£225,660 



£23,200 



£344,310 



* 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. 



Under the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, that Department has 

 power to make advances for the construction, improvement or main- 

 tenance of harbours, docks or piers, but so far no assistance has been 

 forthcoming from this source. 



It was necessary, however, to take steps to secure co-ordination 

 between the various Departments now concerned in harbours, and for 

 this purpose a standing Inter- Departmental Conference was con- 

 stituted, consisting of representatives of the Ministry, the Development 

 Commission and the three Fishery Departments. Several meetings of 



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