OYSTER CULTURE IN FRANCE. 609 



This company publishes monthly a report of proceed- 

 ings, and it has likewise founded a museum of oyster cul- 

 ture, possessing great interest for all persons engaged on 

 questions relating to the production of oysters. 



This example ought to be followed by all centres of 

 oyster cultivation. Such, M. le Ministre, are the facts to 

 which I was desirous of inviting your serious attention. 



In conclusion, permit me to say how greatly I have 

 been aided in my researches by the agents of the adminis- 

 tration maritime. 



M. Broquet, lieutenant in command of the Moustique, 

 the following Commissioners of Marine, viz., MM. Senn6- 

 Desjardins, Lhopital, Gestain and Castelin, have obtained 

 for me valuable information. 



If in this report I have succeeded in bringing together 

 any facts of interest, I owe my success to the courtesy I 

 have received from the gentlemen whose names I have just 

 mentioned. 



Accept, M. le Ministre, &c., 



DR. P. BROCCHI. 



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