348 IJEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1891 e — Drake, J. C. Sounds and estuaries of Georgia, -with reference to oyster cul- 

 ture. <Rnlletin U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, No. 19. Washington, 

 1891, pp. 179-209, 7 maps. 



Describes the specific gravity, currents, and cliaracteristics of the bottom of each 

 tidewater area in the State. The area of natural oyster reefs of the State was determined 

 to he 1,756.8 acres. The maps indicate the location of the reefs on a scale of zdI^- 



1891 f — Du Bois, C. A. Tlie necessity for restricting dredging a few years. <^Tbe 

 Daily Anieric;iu, lialtimore, February 2, 1891. 



1891 g — Felton, Franklin. What oyster farming would do for Maryland. <^The 

 Daily American, Baltimore, April 11, 1891. 



1891 h — Gilbert, Charles H. Report npon certain investigations relating to the 

 planting of oysters in Southern California. <Bulletin U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, 1889. Washington, 1891, vol. 9, pp. 95-98. 



Discusses the advantages and disadvantages in the planting of oysters possessed by 

 Alaniitos and Newport bays and the Gulf of California. 



1891 i — Hodson, Thomas S. Oyster laws. <The Daily American, Baltimore, Feb- 

 ruary 2, 1891. 

 Compares the oyster regulations of Maryland with those of Connecticut. 

 1891 j— Hopkins, Jenny L. An oyster village, <Cosmopolitan, New York, October, 

 1891, vol. II, pp. 717 et seq. 

 A description of In wood, K. T., and the oyster industry thereof. 

 1891 k— Hudson, W. M.; Waldo, George C, and Treat, B. A. <Annual Report 

 of the Shellfi^^h Commissioners, State of Connecticut, 1891. Hartford, 

 Conn., 1891. 8'^, 24 pp. 

 1891 1 — Jones, A. C. A new oyster law. <^The Daily American, Baltimore, April 

 20, 1891. 

 Suggests and recommends certain now regulations for the oyster industry of Maryland. 

 1891m — Know^les, Horace G. Artificial oyster culture in France <U. S. Con- 

 sular Reports, October, 1891, Washington, 1891, No. 133, pp. 244-246. 

 General refiTences to the methods practiced at Aicaclion. 

 1891 n — McDonald, Marshall. State oyster policy. <]Forest and Stream, New 

 York, April 16, 1891, vol. xxxvi, p. 253. 

 Abstract of address delivered at Baltimore, March 18, 1891. 

 1891 o— McKinney, Philip W. The oyster question. < Virginian, Norfolk, De- 

 cember 10, 1891. 



Keprint of a speci.il message of the governor oT Virginia on the oyster industry of that 

 State. 



1891 p — Martin, H. Newell. The oyster question. <Science, New York, March 27, 

 1891, vol. XVII, pp. 169-170. 



Discusses the i)rogress of scientific investigations towards the preservation of the 

 Maryland oyster. 



1891 q— Page, Henry, and others. Oyster beds. <The Sun, Baltimore, April 30, 

 1891. 



Ab.stractof addresses delivered in Baltimore, April 29, 1801, in opposition to the leasing 

 of natural oyster beds in Maryland. 



1891r~Philpots, John R. Oysters, and All About Them. Being a Complete His- 

 tory of the Titular Subject, Exhaustive on all Points of Necessary and 

 Curious Information from the Earliest Writers to those of the Present 

 Time, with Numerous Additions, Facts, and Notes. London, John Rich- 

 ardson & Co., 1891. 8°, 2 vols, 1370 pp. 



A voluminous publicatioa filled with repetitions, abstracts, and the undigested results 

 of the inquiries of naturalists and government officials. The first volume, which con- 

 tained G42 pages, was issued in 1890. 



