APPENDICES. 



APPENDIX I 

 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 1920. 



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 the funds at the disposal of the Development 

 Commissioners and the Board. 





Estimated 



Assistance to be provided. 



Name of Harbour. 



Cost of 











Scheme. 



Free 

 Grants. 



Loans. 



Total. 



i Eyemouth - 



£11,400 



£1,200 



£9,700 



£10,900 



Fraserburgh 



40,000 



20,000 



20,000 



40,000 



Gardenstown 



9,500 



4,000 



4,000 



8,000 



Macduff - 



47,750 



19,500 



17,500 



37,000 



Banff 



8,000 



5,750 





5,750 



Whitehills - - - 



3,600 



2,750 





2,750 



Portknockie 



8,000 



3,200 



2,800 



6,000 



Findochty - 



6,700 



2,000 



1,500 



3,500 



Buckie .... 



220,000 



18,000 



39,750 



57,750 



Lossiemouth 



17,000 



3,000 



10,000 



13,000 



Nairn 



18,000 



7,000 





7,000 



Wick - - - - 



31,260 





31,260 



31,260 



Total - 



£421,210 



£86,400 



£136,510 



£222,910 



Eyemouth Harbour. 



This improvement scheme, which is for the deepening of the entrance 

 channel to the harbour by the removal of submarine rock, was sus- 

 pended on account of the war and is still in abeyance. There has been 

 no settlement of the differences which have arisen between the Con- 

 tractor and the Trustees regarding the contract for the execution of the 

 work. 



As the harbour had become very much silted during the war and 

 fishing vessels had great difficulty in entering and leaving the port, the 

 Trustees made application to the Treasury for financial assistance to 

 enable them to have the necessary dredging carried out, and for this 

 purpose the Treasury, on the recommendation of the Development Com- 



