CHAPTER XX. 



OYSTER CULTURE IN ENGLAND. 



OYSTER FISHERIES (RIVERS BLACKWATER AND 



ROACH). 



RETURN to an Order of the Honourable the House of 

 Commons, dated gth February, 1870 ; for Copy "of a 

 REPORT to the Board of Trade by Mr. Pennell, upon 

 the State of the OYSTER FISHERIES in the RIVERS 

 BLACKWATER and ROACH." 



G. SHAW LEFEVRE. 



Board of Trade, qth February, 1870. 



REPORT OF MR. PENNELL TO THE BOARD OF TRADE. 



Wey bridge, i$th December, 1869. 



Sir, I beg to report that, in compliance with your 

 instructions, I have visited and inspected the two recently 

 established Essex Oyster Fisheries, viz., " The Fish and 

 Oyster Breeding Company," and " The Roach River Com- 

 pany ;" the former situated in the estuary of the River 

 Blackwater, and the latter in that of the River Roach. 



