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23. From the House Bed; depth of water 17 feet. The 



House Bed is the most important of the Clarence-River 

 Oyster-beds. 



24. From Rotgut Bed ; depth of water 3 feet. 



25. From Rotgut Bed : depth of water 16 feet. The Oysters 



from this bed have had an indifferent reception in the 

 market, and the bed has accordingly received its pecu- 

 liar name. The bed was well worked last year (1881), 

 and it is supposed that it is on this account that the 

 Oysters are this season (December 1882), for the first 

 time free from the objectionable defect from which the 

 bed takes its name. 



26. From Captain Dick's Bed ; depth 4 to 6 feet in the Lake 



Channel ; with an area of about 3^ acres ; and produces 

 the best quality of Oysters. 



27. From the Mud Patch; depth 12 to 14 feet. It is a small 



bed, interrupted in places with mud patches, hence its 

 name. 



28. Rock-Oysters, taken from the stones on the inner side of 



the dyke at the Clarence Heads. 



29. From Brodie's Bed ; depth 3 to 6 feet. 



30. From Brodie's Bed; depth 16 feet. Contains an area of 



about 8 acres. 



31. From Lake Bed, which covers an area of 7 acres, and 



is said to have been one of the finest beds in the 

 Clarence River ; several portions of it have been 

 covered by shifting sand ; depth of water 8 to 4 feet. 



Mor7{ya-River Oysters. 



No. 32. The Beds extend about half a mile on each side of the 

 river, and are covered with from 8 to 1 2 feet of water. 



Shoalhaven- River Oysters. 



No. 2)Z- Bed 300 yards from the mouth of Broughton Creek, and 

 about 200 yards long ; depth of water from 10 to 

 16 feet; rocky bottom. 



