Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners 151 



The charts on pages 152 and 153 show the location and extent 

 of the oyster grounds- as they exist now and as surveyed by 

 Winslow in 1878. The area which has been depleted since the 

 date of the Winslow survey, covering 836 acres, practically all 

 lies on the south side of the main channel of the river opposite 

 the mouths of Jones and Daugherty creeks. 



With the exception of a small strip of shore in the vicinity of 

 Coulbourns Creek, the entire shore line of the river from Per- 

 simmon Point is skirted with a strip of grassy crabbing bottom, 

 varying in width from .15 to .75 mile, containing 2,304 acres. 



The bottoms adapted for oyster culture and available for 

 lease lie : Above Persimmon Point ; in and near the channel from 

 Persimmon Point to Scott Point; and near the mouth of the 

 river south of the natural oyster bar. They contain about 1,000 

 acres, of which about 100 acres are now leased. 



