CHAPTER XXI 



OYSTER CULTURE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND 



WALES. 



COPY of REPORTS of INSPECTORS appointed in 1876, by 

 the Board of Trade, under the 45th Section of "The 

 Sea Fisheries Act, 1868," to inquire into the State of 

 the Fisheries established under Orders made by the 

 Board, in pursuance of Part III. of the above-named 

 Act. 



LIST OF FISHERIES INSPECTED. 



BLACKWATER (ESSEX), BOSHAM, BOSTON DEEPS, EMSWORTH, EMS- 

 WORTH CHANNEL, FIRTH OF FORTH, BUCCLEUCH (a), DONIS- 

 BRISTLE (&), EDINBURGH (c) , MID-FORTH (d), GRESHERNISH, 

 HAMBLE, HOLY LOCH, LANGSTON, LYNN DEEPS, PAGLESHAM, 

 ROACH RIVER, SWANSEA. 



BLACKWATER (ESSEX). 

 BLACKWATER OYSTER FISHERY. 

 24, Ladbroke Square, W., 2O//2 October, 1876. 



Sir, In compliance with the desire conveyed in your 

 letter of the 315! July last, that I should visit the Black- 



