860 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



Thence 



yards to the beginning, containing acres. 



I CERTIFY that the foregoing is a correct description 

 of area, limits, and location of the ground for which appli- 

 cation was made under the above entry, and the same lies 



than two statute miles from the land, and does 



not include any of the Public Grounds as determined by 

 the Board of Shell-Fisheries 



Witness my hand this . . . day of . ... 1 8 .... 



Plotted on sheet No by 



Plat by 



Description by Book p . . . . 



CONCLUSION. 



Before the inception of the examination of the oyster 

 area of the State, the industry was not only insignificant, 

 but had every prospect of remaining so. The examination 

 and survey have directly or indirectly entirely changed this 

 condition of affairs. Where widespread ignorance as to 

 the real condition of matters existed in the past, intelligent 

 comprehension of all phases of the question is found in the 

 present. In place of ignorance of the positions and areas 

 of the natural beds and possibilities of oyster culture, is a 

 general diffusion of knowledge on both subjects. Instead 

 of continual strife among those who worked the common 

 and those who worked the private property, there is prac- 

 tically general harmony. Where, under cover of law, 

 robbery of the common property was carried on by one 

 class and depredations on private property by the other, 

 now exists a complete restriction of both. The rights of 

 the public and of the individual are equally protected. 



