OYSTER BIHLIOGRAPHY. 345 



1889 c — Doyle, Edward P. (Secretary). Seventeenth Report of the Coiuniissioucr.s 

 of Fisheries of the State of New York. Transmitted to tlie Legislature 

 January 10, 1889. Albany, 188<». 8^, 244 pp. 



On pp. 107-162 is piiblisliod tlio report of the shellfish comniissiouors of New York 

 State for the year ending November 30, 1888. 



1889 d— Polsom, Montgomery M. Gathering oysters: a night on the waves with 

 the fishermen of Brnnswick. <^The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., 

 ISIarch 10, 1889. 

 1889 6 — Ganong, W. F. The economic niollusca of Acadia. <^Bulletin of the 

 Natural History Society of New Brunswick. Saint John, N. B., 1889. No. 

 VIII, pp. 3-100. 



This paper reviews, on pp. 46-63, the history of the oyster fishery in Canada from earliest 

 times and contains a table showing the value of the oyster product in the three oyster- 

 producing provinces, viz — New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. See 

 1889/ 

 1889f — Ganong, W. P. The economic mollusca of Acadia. Reprinted from Bul- 

 letin No. VIII of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. St. 

 John, N. B. Barnes & Co., printers. 1889. 8°, 166 pp. 

 A reprint of 1889 c. 

 1889 g — Nelson, Julius. Oyster interests of New Jersey: New Jersey Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. Special Bulletin. Trenton, 1889. 8-',40pp. 



A report on the extent, condition, and product of the natural oyster beds of New Jersey, 

 the extent and condition of the oyster planting industry, and tlio means of extending the 

 cultivation of oysters in the State. Keports the area of natural beds to be 79,000 acres, 

 with an annual product of 2,000,000 bushels of oysters, the greater portion of which are 

 planted in the State ; the area of the planted grounds to be 14,990 acres, the annual product 

 of which amounts to 2,052,000 bushels, valued at one dollar per bushel. 

 1889 h — Oemler, A. The Life History, Propagation, and Protection of the American 

 Oyster. An Essay read before the Georgia Historical Society, March 4 

 and April 1, 1889, in the Interests of a Bill which is to be Introduced in 

 the Georgia Legislature for the Protection and Development of the Oyster 

 Industry of Georgia. <Savanuah, The Morning News Print, 1889. 8*^, 

 28 pp. 

 1889 i— Ravenel, W. de "C. Report of operations at St. Jerome oyster-breeding 

 station for the year 1886. <Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1886. AYash- 

 ington, 1889, vol. xiv, pp. 765-777, 

 1889 j — Rovre, H. C. Blundering oyster lawa. <^The Post, New York, February 

 25, 1889. 

 A criticism of certain features of the Connecticut oj'ster-cultivating regulations. 

 1889 k — Smith, Charles Sydney. Connecticut oyster legislation. <^Provid<'nce 

 Journal, Providence, February 7, 1889. 



This is tlio report of a joint special committee appointed by the Icgishilureof the State 

 of Rliode Island to inquire into the system of oyster legislation adopted by the State of 

 Connecticut, and the jjractical worldngs thereof. 



18891 — Smith, Charles Sydney. Connecticut oyster legislation. <^ Register, New 

 Haven, February 11, 1889. 

 A reprint of 1889*. 

 1889 m — "White, Charles T. Enemies of the oyster. <T1ie World, New York, 



September 1, 1889. 

 1889n — "Winslow, Francis. Report on the Sounds and Estuaries of North Caro- 

 Jina, with reference to oyater-culture. <[^Balletiu U. S. Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey, No. 10, 4"^, 136 pp., 3 maps. 

 See 1886 «. 



