Fishery Hoard for Scotland. 
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to the amount of £4168, 10s. Sixteen loans were completed, the 
sum lent being £1953, 10s. 0d., the loans ranging from £43 to 
£274. 
Since the Crofters Act was passed in 1886, 59 loans have beeu 
carried out, 55 for the purchase of boats and 4 for fishing gear, the 
amount issued being £7096, Is. 6d. 
Instalments — principal and interest — amounting to £1276, 
Is. lid. have fallen due, £1003, 7s. Od. of which has been paid, 
and £272, 14s. lid. is in arrear. The sum of £104, 6s. 4d., which 
was received from the Insurance Company for two boats beiug 
totally wrecked during the year, is included in the above amount. 
£19, 16s. lOd. was received which was not due till 1890. 
Orkney District. 
Seven applications were received last year from 11 persons for Orkney 
loans amounting to £861. Four loans were sanctioned to the dlstnct - 
amount of £435, and three completed, the sum paid over, £415, 
being made up of £90, £136, and £189. 
Since the Crofters Act was passed in 1886, six loans have been 
advanced, all for the purchase of boats, the amount issued being 
£635. 
Instalments — principal and interest — amounting to £94, 6s. 8d. 
have fallen due, the whole of which has been paid, and £7, 17s. lOd. 
was received which was not due till 1890. 
Shetland District. 
Eleven applications for loans were received last year from 23 Shetland 
persons, the amount asked being £1632. Ten loans were sanctioned dlstnct - 
amounting to £844, and 11, which had been sanctioned in that and 
previous years, were advanced, the sum lent being £943, 18s. The 
loans ranged from £40 to £252. 
Since the Crofters Act, 1886, was passed, eighteen loans have 
been completed, 16 for purchase of boats, and 3 for gear, the amount 
advanced being £1816, 18s. 
Instalments — principal and interest — amounting to £313, 
17s. 6d. have fallen due, of which £181, 2s. 3d. has been paid, and 
£132, 15s. 3d. is in arrear. 
Stornoway District. 
I. Stornoway Section. — During last year 45 applications were stornoway 
received from 237 persons, the amount asked being £7368. Forty- district 
five applications were sanctioned to the extent of £6625, and 34 Stornowiiv 
carried out, the amount issued being £3488, Is. Od. The loans sectiou - 
ranged from £18 to £284. 
Since the Crofters Act was passed in 1886, 73 loans have been 
completed, 66 for the purchase of boats, and 7 for gear, the sum 
advanced being £6526, lis. 9d. 
