CHAPTER XXII. 



OYSTER CULTURE IN ENGLAND. 



HERNE BAY OYSTER FISHERY. 



RETURN to an Order of the Honourable the House of 

 Commons, dated yth February, 1882; for Copy "of 

 REPORT by Mr. Spencer Walpole of an Inquiry held 

 by him at Herne Bay, by Order of the Board of Trade, 

 under the Provisions of the Sea Fisheries Acts, to 

 inquire into the manner in which the Herne Bay, 

 Hampton, and Reculver Oyster Fishery Company are 

 cultivating the Oyster Grounds within the limits of 

 that portion of the Fishery granted to them by ' The 

 Herne Bay Fishery Act, 1864,' which remained vested 

 in them in July, 1881." 



T. H. FARRER. 

 Board of Trade, yth February, 1882. 



REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 



Home Office, ^^th August, 1881. 



Sir, I have the honour to inform you that, in obedi- 

 ence to the instructions of the Board of Trade, which were 



