SURVEYOR'S REPORT 



Hon. Dayton Hedges, Supervisor Bureau Marine Fisheries, 

 295 Broadway, New York City: 



Dear Sik. — The following is the report of the surveys made in 

 connection with the location of lands under water used for shell- 

 fish cultivation during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1914. 

 Appended hereto is a list of the lots surveyed showing a total area 

 of 3769.6 acres. 



During the season a new set of triangulation stations near 

 Smithtown Bay were located. The inspection of signals on Long 

 Island was continued, and the majority were found to be in good 

 condition. 



As the old polyconic projection lease maps of the shell-fish 

 grounds in Raritan Bay and Lower IS^ew York Bay are rapidly 

 deteriorating, new maps were plotted and the transfer of the lots 

 thereto begun. 



During the past year much work has been done by myself and 

 assistant in collecting data and making reports relative to the 

 sanitary condition of the shellfish grounds. Detailed lists have 

 been prepared showing the location and acreage of all the shell- 

 fish grounds in New York State waters, including those leased by 

 various counties and towns. 



I beg to call attention to the recommendations made in my 

 report of last year of the necessity of making a triangulation sur- 

 vey of the shellfish grounds in the Hudson river. The use of a 

 boat is necessary for this work, and is also essential for the com- 

 pletion of the inspection of signals on Long Island and the re- 

 establishment of those which have doubtless been destroyed. 



I also beg to recommend that the conservation law be amended 

 so as to require the marking with flags of all corner buoys or 

 stakes. 



Respectfully submitted, 



EDWARD H. SARGENT, 



Surveyor Bureau Marine Fisheries. 



December 14, 1914. 



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