of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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APPENDIX K. — No. IT. 



Return of Arrears of Loans Granted in Security of Boats 

 Mortgaged to the Fishery Board, deemed to Constitute 

 Bad Debts, as at 31st December, 1906. 



Note. — During 1906 no addition was made to the number of cases 

 falling under the above heading, which, at the close of the year, stood at 

 124. The following are the grand totals under the different headings, 

 viz.: — Amount of loans, £16,117 7s. 9d. ; amount repaid by borrowers, 

 £4865 4s. 2d. ; amount realised by sales or recoveied from Insurance 

 Companies, £5453 17s. 3d. ; expenses incurred in prosecutions, seizures, 

 or sales, £456 12s. 8d. ; net proceeds of sales, &c, credited to borrowers' 

 accounts, £4997 4s. 7d. ; outstanding balances, exclusive of interest, 

 considered irrecoverable, £6254 19s. Of this amount Parliament has, 

 under the Public Works Loans Acts passed from 1892 to 1906, written oft 

 £6243 13s. 8d., apportioned among the different crofting fishery districts 

 as follows :— Cromartv, £28 6s. 2d. ; Helmsdale, £252 6s. 2d. • Lybster, 

 £309 6s. 4d. ; Wick, £2309 17s. 5d. ; Orkney, £121 8s. 9d. ; Shetland, 

 £328 18s. lid. ; Stornoway, £2176 13s. 5d. ; Barra, £403 7s. 7d. : and 

 Loch Broom, £313 8s. lid. 



The above statement does not include interest due or paid. 



