322 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1377e— King, John T, Oystera. <T]ie Minor, Baltimore, January 13, 20, and 27, 



and November 1, 1877. 



A compihition on the natural history of oysters and on tlie oyster industry of tlie Ches- 

 ajieake Bay. 

 1877 f— Lockyer, J.N. Oyster culture. <Naturo, Loudon, October 11, 1877, vol. 

 XVI, pp. 499-500. 



A brief review of Die Auster uud die Austern wirthscliaft, by Karl Mobius, Berlin, 1877. 

 See 1883 u. 

 1877 g— Page, John R. Oyster-beds and oyster culture in Virginia. <Anuual 

 Report of the Fish Commissioner of the State of Virgiuia for the year 1877. 

 Richmond, 1877, pp. 23-25. 



A brief discussion of the area and location of the oy.ster beds of Virginia, with reference 

 to their injurious eflect.s on the agiicultural interests of the tide- water counties of the 

 State. Keconiniends individual ownership of oyster beds. 

 1877 h— Richardson, James. American oyster culture. <Scribuer'8 Monthly, New 

 York, December, 1877, vol. xv, pp. 225-238. 



Touches upon the natural history of the oyster and describes the origin and develop- 

 ment of the oyster-planting industry in the wosLcru part of Counectiout, with references to 

 the industry in other American localities. 

 18771 — Woods, W. Fell. Letters on Oyster Fi.sheries ; the Causes of Scarcity ; the 

 Remedies, etc. Reprinted from the "Field,' Loudon. Edward Rumpus, 

 1877. 8°, 44 pp. 



These letters appeared in the "Field," Loiulon, in 1870, and were intended to controvert 

 evidence which had been given before the "Select Committee on Oyster Fisheries," of 187B. 

 1877J— Beale, Anne. Oyster dredging. <Good Words, London, November, 1877, 

 vol. XIX, pp. 756-759. 



A popular account of a visit to certain oyster beds on the shores of Great Britain. 



1877 k— Jones, J. Matthew. Mollusca of Nova Scotia. <Proceedings and Trans- 

 actions of Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 1877, vol. iv, part 

 III, pp. 321-330. 



1877 1— Anonymous. The lobster, crab and oyster fisheries. <The Quarterly 



Review, London, October, 1877, No. 288, vol. cxLiv, pp. 474-498. 



An abstract publication and review of the following : (1) Report from the Select Com- 

 mittee on Oyster Fisheries; together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of 

 Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, July 

 7, 1876. (2) Report on the Fisheries of Norfolk, especially Crabs, Lobsters, Herrings, 

 and the Broads. By Frank Buckland, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries. Presented by Her 

 Majesty's Command. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, August llth, 1875. 

 (3) Report on the Crab and Lobster of England and Wales, of Scotland and Ireland. Pre- 

 sented to both Houses of Parliament. By Command of Her Majesty. 1877. 

 1878a— Bledsoe, A. T. The oyster at home. <Southern Review, Baltimore, Octo- 

 ber, 1878, vol. XXIV, pp. 385-404. 



A popular discussion of the oyster fishery of the Chesapeake Bay, with brief abstracts 

 from Guide prati(iue de I'o.streicultour et proc6d6s d'61evage et de multiplication des races 

 marines comestibles. By F61ix Fraiche, Paris, 1865. 12'=, 174 pp. 



1878 b— Chambers, W. and R. French oyster nurseries. <Cnambers' Journal, 



Edinburgh, August 3, 1878, vol. lv, pp. 516-518. 



Describes the oyster industry of Arcachon, Ho d'016ron, Cancale, Vannes, and Auray, 

 on the Freuch coast, and discusses the possibilities for application of the methods of those 

 localities to the shores of Great Britain. 

 1878 c— Hayes, Jos. Report on the Principal Oyster Fisheries of France; with a 

 ehort Description of the System of Oyster Culture pursued at some of the 

 most Important Places, from Inspections made in September and Octo- 

 ber, 1877. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her 

 Majesty. Dublin, 1878. Royal 8°, 28 pp., 3 maps. 



Reports on the oyster fisheries of (1) CourseuUes sur Mer, (2) Grand Camp, (3) St. 

 "Vaast de la Hogue, (4) Granville, (5) Cancale, (6) Brest, (7) Auray, '8) Vannes, (9) Lea 

 Sables D'Oloune, (10) He de R6, (11) He D'Oloron, (12) Marejines, (13) La Tremblade, (14) 

 La Verdou, and (15) Arcachon. 



