508 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Tahle sJwiving hy months the number of sacks and barrels of oysters shipped from Bivalve, 

 New Jersey, in 1S89-1S93, via the Central Railroad of New Jersey. 



January . . 

 February , 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Julv 



August.... 

 September. 



October 



Iv'^oveniber . 

 December. . 



Total 



Sacks. Barrels, 



2,194 

 1,168 



1,72G 

 1,720 

 5. 407 

 3,071 

 73 



25, 730 

 32, 598 

 27, 766 

 17, 322 



1,594 

 1,151 

 1,010 



403 



261 



3, 513 

 5,821 

 6,415 

 5,351 



Sacks. Barrels. 



7,917 

 3, 424 

 2,782 

 2,768 

 7,201 

 3,113 

 464 

 347 

 32, 761 

 40, 274 

 36, 599 

 16, 856 



Sacks. Barrel.s. 



5,032 

 4,441 

 5, 428 

 3,856 

 9,0S7 

 5,039 

 519 

 461 

 20, 572 

 32, 447 

 32, 816 

 18, 735 



118, 781 26, 244 154, 506 38, 106 1 138, 433 35, 170 156, 971 30, 652 123, 370 



3,954 



2,837 



2,651 



1,048 



548 



189 



18 



8 



3,918 



8,722 



5,751 



5,526 



Sacks. Barrels, 



6,255 

 5,602 

 3,936 

 5, 859 

 8,871 

 2,696 

 1, 239 

 1,358 

 30, 675 

 38, 264 

 31, 154 

 21, 062 



2,889 

 2, 643 

 1,741 

 1, 233 



211 

 79 

 47 

 3,728 

 5,521 

 5, 978 

 5,905 



Sacks, i Barrels. 



1,425 

 5,919 

 8.359 

 10,216 

 4, -257 

 142 

 263 

 25. 329 

 30, 428 

 25, 611 

 10, 356 



741 



2,705 



2,007 



872 



254 



3 



7 



3,553 



4,984 



4,008 



2,097 



Table showing by months the number of sacks and barrels of oysters shipped from Green- 

 wich. Pier, New Jersey, in 1889-1893, via the Central Railroad of New Jersey. 



Wliile tlie sliipmeiit of oysters continues tliroiigliout tlie entire year, 

 except July and August, tlie quantities are less in May and June and 

 during the extreme cold weather in the winter, and greatest in Septem- 

 ber, October, and November. If the Avinter chances to be severely 

 cold, as it was in 1892-93, so that the river is frozen over, the business 

 of harvesting the oyster crop is, to some extent, interfered with and 

 operations temporarily suspended. The vessels then lay anchored in 

 the stream to await more favorable conditions. There is also a lull in 

 the shipping business during the month of March, when the vessels 

 undergo such repairs as may be necessary, and are fitted preparatory 

 to entering upon the work of the seed-gathering season on the natural 

 beds, which begins on the 1st day of April. At such times of the 

 year the greater part of the fleet is moored in the river. The vessels. 

 lie in rows close beside each other on both sides of the stream, leaving 

 only a narrow passage open along the main channel, so that a person 

 might walk a long distance across their decks by stepping from one tO' 

 another. The sails are furled, topsails clewed at the topmast head, and 

 the scene presented is that of a veritable forest of spars. But as spring 

 draws near, each day brings increasing signs of activity and fewer 



