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The, 594; Mino, 693; Newtown, The, 261, 426; North Germany, 

 656 ; Pont- Avon, 539 ; Ranee, The. 534 ; Rhine, The, 647 ; Rhone. 

 The, 604 ; Rochelle, The, 570, 632 ; Roma, The, 503 ; Saint 

 Philibert, The, 550, 594 ; Seudre, The, 562; 632 ; Seulle, The, 602 ; 

 Shannon, The, 256; Sienne, The, 524; Solent, The, 425; Swale, 

 The, 461 ; Tagus, The, 593, 632,641, 674; Ter. The, 543; of 

 Vannes, The, 550, 552 ; "Weser, The, 647, 658. 



Roach River, The (ref.) 395 ; extent of, 440, 441 ; heavy crops ot spat 

 in, 441 ; percentage on dividends, 440 ; Return of Capital, 

 Receipts, Expenditure, &c., from June, 1866 to 1876, 443, 444; 

 satisfactory state of, in 1876, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444 ; Sums realized 

 for oysters sold, 440. 



Roach River Oyster Fishery, The. 393, 394, 395 ; Items of the Com- 

 pany's expenditure, 395 ; its breeding capacities markedly confir- 

 med by satisfactory results, 394 ; Labour and number of men and 

 boats employed, 395 ; Oyster-pits constructed by the Company, 

 394 ; Quality of, as a fattening ground, 394 ; Transformation of 

 foreshores in, 394. 



Robin, M., 606. 



Rochefort, number of oysters taken from the beds of, from 1853-1864, 

 482 ; overdredging in, 481. 



Rochelle, Overdredging in, 48 1 . 



Rocher d'Agde, 636. 



Rochester, 259. 



Rock of Cancale, 272. 



Rogers, the Poet, cited 37. 



Rom, The Island of, 645, 646. 



Roma, The river (ref.) 503. 



Roman Banquet, A, 282. 



Rome supplied with oysters from Briudisi and Venice, 664. 



Rondelius, 55. 



Roots, Mr. (Herne) 462, 463, 464. 



Rose, Mr. William, 465, 466. 



"Ross," 471. 



Rosshire, 171. 



Rossmuck Bay, 256. 



Rotifera, 107 (The wheel animalcules.) 



Rouqueyrol, The rock of, Thau, 638. 



