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Altogether eighteen loans have been completed, 16 for purchase 
of boats, and 2 for gear, the amount advanced being £l816, I83. 
Instalments — principal and interest — amounting to £770, Is. 6d. 
have fallen due, of which £549, 2s. lOd. has been paid and 
£220, 18s. 8d. is in arrear. 
One boat was given up by her owners, on the ground of their 
inability to pay any further instalments, and was transferred to a 
new crew for £15 in cash and a fresh mortgage of £45. 
Two loans, amounting to £66 and £48, have been fully paid 
up. 
Stornoway District, stomoway 
district. 
T. Stornoway Section. — During last year 37 applications were l. stornoway 
received from 179 persons belonging to this section, the amount 
asked being £6548, 10s. Sixteen loans were sanctioned, to the 
extent of £3430, and 24 carried out, the amount issued being 
£5089. The loans ranged from £21 to £303. 
The total loans paid over number 97, 90 of these being for the 
purchase of boats, aiid 7 for gear, the sum advanced being £11,615, 
lis. 9d. 
Instalments — principal and interest — amounting to £2475, 8s. 7d. 
have fallen due, of which £1570, 19s. 6d. has been paid, while 
£904, 9s. Id. is in arrear. Of the amount paid £28, 10s. Id. repre- 
sents insurance effected over a boat wrecked in March 1889, and 
£128, I83. 4d., the amounts paid by crews who took over two 
boats abandoned by their owners, the consideration received for 
them being composed partly of cash and partly of new mortgages 
over the boats. 
11. Barra Section. — During last year 6 applications for loans 2, Barra 
were received from 26 persons resident in this section, the amount section, 
asked being £437, 13s. Two loans were sanctioned, amounting 
to £135, and four were advanced, the sum lent being £283, 10s. 
The loans ranged from £67 to £76, 10s. 
Since 1886 22 loans have been completed, all for the purchase 
of boats, the sum advanced being £1888, 6s. 4d. 
Instalments — principal and interest— amounting to £711, 10s. 7d. 
have fallen due, of which £438, 18s. 9d. has been paid, while 
£272, lis. lOd. is in arrear. 
Loch Broom District. 
In 1890 this district furnished four applications from 16 persons Loch Broom 
for loans amounting to £846, 10s. No advances were sanctioned 
or completed during the year. 
Altogether 8 loans have been carried out, 6 for the purchase of 
boats, and 2 for gear, the amount issued being £767, 9s. 
Instalments — principal and interest — amounting to £378, 7s. 3d. 
have fallen due, £161, Os. lid. of which has been paid, while 
£217, 6s. 4d. 13 in arrear. 
