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Letter of transmittal 7 



Legislation . 8 



Appointment, qualification and organi- 

 zation of the Board 8 



Location of office. 9 



Appointment of hydrographic engineer. 9 

 " " chief clerk and assist- 

 ant clerk 9 



" " counsel 10* 



Books of record and blank forms 11 



Assistance and co-operation of U. S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey and U. S. 



Bureau of Fisheries 17 



Assistance of State Fishery Force 22 



Local Assistants and their compensation 24 



Assistance of City and County Press. . . 25 



Connecticut Shell Fish Commission 26 



The Haman Oyster Culture Law 29 



Object 29 



Survey 29 



Natural Bar Not Defined 29 



Definition of Natural Oyster Bar 30 



Diversity of Opinion 30 



The Goldsborough Definition 30 



Application of Definition 32 



The Tonging Method 37 



Units of Measurements 41 



Number of Oysters per bushel 48 



Equipment and Expense 50 



Length of Working Season 53 



Amount of Ground Covered 58 



Price of Oysters S3 



Quantity of Oysters 63 



The Definition in Use 67 



Survey of Crabbing Grounds 69 



Lotholders Prior to the Passage of the 



Haman Oyster Culture Law 71 



List of Applicants for Oyster Lots held 



under former Law 77 



List of Lessees of Oyster Grounds held 



under former Law 98 



List of Applicants for Barren Bottoms 

 in Anne Arundel County under Haman 



Oyster Culture Law 103 



Hydrography 104 



State Buoys 124 



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Results of the Survey of the Natural 

 Oyster Bars in Anne Arundel County : 129 



Magothy River 129 



White Hall Ctfeek 131 



Severn River 131 



South River 132 



Rhode River 133 



West River 134 



Herring Bay 135 



Chesapeake Bay, Tonging Areas 135 



" " Dredging Areas 137 



Table of Natural Oyster iJars in Anne 



Arundel County 140 



Somerset County : 145 



Pocomoke Sound 145 



Little Annemessex River 150 



Big Annemessex River 150 



Manokin River 154 



Nanticoke Sound 157 



Monie Bay 161 



Wicomico River 161 



Tangier Sound 162 



Chesapeake Bay 173 



Table of Natural Oyster Bars in Somer- 

 set County 176 



Oyster Culture 179 



Introduction 179 



Oyster Culture in Rhode Island 179 



Branches of Oyster Culture 182 



Experiments 183 



Physical and Biological Investigations 



Object 190 



Methods 190 



Value of Food Investigations 197 



Recommendations 



Seed Oysters 200 



Acreage of Lots for Lease 202 



Dredging on Leased Lots 203 



Maintenance of State Buoys 204 



Assistants Appointed by County 



Commissioners 204 



Exhibit at Jamestown 210 



Financial Statement 212 



Copy of the Haman Oyster Culture Law 214 



Jurisdiction 229 



Extent of Haman Law Patuxent River 



Legislation 229 



Private Ownership and Riparian Rights 230 



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