340 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1886 j— Phillips, Thomas. American oysters. <The Fish Trades Gazette and 

 (Jaiiie aud Poultry Trades Chrouicle, London, October 30 and November 6, 

 1886, vol. IV, Nos. 180 aud 181. 



The English trade in American oysters from the standpoint of a Liverpool oyster 

 dealer. 

 1886 k— Pike, R. G.; Hudson, W. M., and Bill, J. A. <Sixtli Report of the Shell 

 Fish Commission of the State of Connecticut to the General Assembly, 

 January session, 1887. Middletown, Conn., 1886. 8°, 30 pp. 



A report of the procedures of the commissioners, the general condition of the oyster 

 industry in the State during the preceding year, and the shellfish enactments ot 1885. 

 See 18.^0 I. 



1886 1— Pike, R. G. ; Hudson, W. M., and Bill, J. A. The oyster industry. <The 

 New Haven Register, New Haven, November 26, 1886. 

 A reprint of 1886/.-. 

 1886 m— Verrill, A. B. How long will oysters live out of water. <The Fish 

 Trades Gazette and Poultry Trades Chronicle, London, July 3, 1886, vol. 

 IV, No. 163. 

 A reprint of 1885 mi. 

 1886 n— White, William. The American oystcra. <Eagle, Brooklyn, September 

 12, 1886. 



A lengthy account of the development and methods of the exportation of American 

 oysters to England. 

 1886 o— Winslow, Francis. Report on the Waters of North Carolina, with Ref- 

 erence to their Possibilities for Oyster-Culture; together with the Results 

 Obtained by the Surveys directed by the Resolution of the General Assem- 

 bly, ratified March 11, 1885. Raleigh, 1886. 8°, 151 pp., 2 maps. 



Discusses for each water area of the State the character of the bottom, the depth and 

 specific gravity of the waters, the strength and direction of the currents, and the character 

 of the indigenous fauna. The ma_ps indicate the location of the public and private oyster 

 beds and the areas considered suitable for cultivation. See 1889 n. 

 1836 p — Anonymous. Shell fish in Connecticut. <^Science, Now York, January 15, 

 188G, vol. vn, pp. 59-60. 



Keviews briefly the fifth report of the shellfish commissioners of the State of Connecti- 

 cut. See 1885iJ. 

 1886 q — Anonymous. Oyster grounds. <[A11 the Year Round, Loudon, 1886, vol. 



LIX, pp. 250 et seq. 

 1886 r — Anonymous. The Oyster Packers of Crisfield. <^The Times, Philadelphia, 



February 1, 1886. 

 1886 s — Anonymous. Maryland's oyster wealth. <^The Sun, Baltimore, August 10, 



• 1886. 

 1886 t — Anonymous. Our oyster supplies. <^The Fish Trades Gazette and Game 

 aud Poultry Trades Chrouicle, London, September 25, 1886, vol. iv. No. 175. 

 Discusses the oyster supplies available for the London market. 

 1886 u — Anonymous. The Connecticut shell-fish commission. <Forest and 

 Stream, New York, December 30, 1886, vol. xxvir, p. 449. 

 A review of the sixth annual report. See ]886fc. 

 1886 V— Duvar, J. Hunter. Oysters in Prince Edward Island. <Auuual Report of 

 the Department of Fisheries, Dominion of Canada, for the year 1885. 

 Printed by order of Parliament, Ottawa. Printed by Maclean, Rogers & 

 Co., 1886. S'^, pp. 257-261. 

 A report on the condition of the oyster industry of Prince Edward Island during 1885. 



