318 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1869 g— Anonymous. Oysters. <Bro;ulway, London, 1869, vol. v, pp. 405 et seq. 



1870 a— Blake, J. A. ; Francis, Francis ; Hart, G. "W., aiul Brady, T. F. Report of 



the Commission Ap]>ointerl to In([iiive into the Methods of Oyster Culture 

 in the United Kingdom and France, with a View to the Introduction of 

 Improved Methods of Cultivation of Oysters into Ireland. Dublin, Her 

 Majesty's Stationery Ofiice, 1870. 8^, 54 pp., with appendices, pp. 55-102, 

 and 10 plates. 



This coninii.ssioTi was appointed in October, 1808, and was directed to visit the principal 

 oyster regions of France, England, and Ireland, to consult the best-informed authoritie* 

 on the oyster industry, to ascertain, so far as possible, the causes which had led to fail- 

 ures in the oyster fishery .and to suggest the remedy. The report discusses the natnr.al 

 history of the oyster, tlio various branches of the oyster industry, including an interesting 

 epitome of Coste's experiments and the results thereof, .and concludes with the following 

 recommendations : 



1. All regulations with regard to close time around the Iiiah coast should be strictly 

 maintained. 



2. The inspectors of Irish fisheries should have power, whenever they determine to 

 reserve a bank or any portion thereof from public dredging for the purpose of recovery, 

 to make such .arrangements as may seem desirable for keeping the restricted part free from 

 weeds and vermin. 



:j. There should bo procurable .at Oiich coast-guard station, at a sm.all cost, general infor- 

 mation as to oyster-culture and simple instructions as to the best modes of proceeding. 

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G. Facilities should be atforded to the coast population to acquire the use of small por- 

 tions of foreshore, or sea bottom, for oyster cultivation, and to obtain loans on satisfactory- 

 security for the preparation of same, and for the purchase of oysters, collectors, etc. 



1870 b— Brady, Thomas F. Digest of the Acts of Parliament and the By-Laws at 

 present in force in Ireland for the Regulation of the Oyster Fisheries, to 

 which is added an Abstract of the Law Enabling certain Persons to Form 

 or Plant Bait Beds. Aiipendix to Report of the Commissioners A])pointcd 

 to In(iuire into the Methods of Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and 

 France, with a View to the Introduction of Improved Methods of Cultiva- 

 tion of Oysters into Ireland. Dublin, 1870, pp. 155-165. 



1870 c Davidson, Hunter. Report upon the Oyster Resources of Marylaiul to the 



General Assembly. Annapolis, William Thompson of R., 1870. 8^, 20pp. 



1870 d Gould, A. A. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts. Second edi- 

 tion, edited by W. G. Binney. Boston, 1870. 8°, viii-|-524 pp., 12 plates 

 and many wood cuta. 

 See isnh. 



1870 e — Knight, T. F. Oyster culture in France. <^Proceedings and Transactions 

 of the Nova Scotiau Institute of Natural Science, for 1867, 1868, 1869, 

 1870. Vol. II, part ii, pp. 42-51. Halifax, 1870. 



A group of facts obtained from two authorities; (1) A pamphlet in French, by J. L. 

 Soubeiran, secretary of the Imperial Society of Acclimatization of France, 1866. (2) The 

 Harvest of the Sea, by James G. Bertram, ISG.'i. 



1870f— Pennell, H. Cholmondeley. Report to the Bo.ardof Trade upon the State 

 of the Oyster Fisheries in the Rivers Blackwater aud Roach. Parliament- 

 ary paper, London, 1870. 



A detailed report on the operations of an oysler company in each of the rivers men- 

 tioned. 



1870 g— Sullix'^an, W. K. Composition of the Soils of Oyster Grounds. Appendix 

 to Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Methods of 

 Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and France, with a View to the 

 Introduction of Improved Methods of Cultivation of Oysters into Ireland. 

 Dublin, 1870, pp. 166-176. 



Because of the small anjonnt of attention which this subject lias rccoivi'd aud the 

 difficulty in obtainin;; or Cousultiiig cojiics ol' this report, the conclusions of Prof. Sullivan 

 (who was a chemist rather than a naturalist) are here quoted in full: 



