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1905 September 21 271.522 21.4022 



and October 14 234. 150.00 



1906 November 19 238. 94.45 



December 10 117. 106.10 



January 9 64. 41.50 



February 2 21. 15.15 



March 12 108. 58.15 



April 14 122. 14.10 



101 1175.5 $501.30 



Average, three seasons 88.6 859.5 $473.13 



From the records furnished by the to'ngman it was ascer- 

 tained that tonging was carried on 65, 100 and 101 days, re- 

 spectively, during the tonging seasons of 1901-1902, 1902-1903 

 and 1905-1906. 



From the Weather Bureau records it was calculated that 

 tonging might have been carried on 88^ 99 and 98 days, re- 

 spectively, during the seasons of 1903-1904, 1904-1905 and 1905- 

 1906. 



The tonging season of 1905-1906 is the only one covered by 

 both records, and it is worthy of note that the calculated num- 

 ber of days available for tonging (98) is very close to the 

 actual number (101) during which a tongman worked. The 

 very small discrepancy between the two may be accounted for 

 on the supposition that the tongman may have worked on 

 some occasions in the rain or wind or he may have counted 

 parts of days when rain or wind came up after beginning the 

 work for the day. 



Calculated from the tongman's record, the average number 

 of days during three years when tonging was done, is nearly 

 89. The average number, as calculated from the Weather 

 Bureau records, is 95. In establishing a number of days to 

 represent the tonging season, however, for use in determining 

 the, status of the oyster grounds surveyed, the Commission 

 thought best not to take an average of the number of days 

 when tonging had been or might have been done, but to take a 

 number near that of the number of days available for tonging 

 during the best season for which records were in hand. The 



szDisagreement in number of bushels caught and price received, 

 caused by the occasional bedding of oysters. 



