6 Table of Contents. 



Queen Anne's County 54 



Introduction ; Description of Results and Conclusions from Work 

 in the Wye Rivers, Miles River, Eastern Bay, Prospect Bay and 

 Kent Island Narrows ; Crab Alley Bay, Cox Creek, Chester River, 

 Corsica River and Chesapeake Bay ; Statistical Tables. 



Statement of Field and Office Work — 



Anchorage of the Houseboat "Oyster" 74 



Tabulated Statement of Operations of Field Party 75 



Statistics of Results of Combined Operations of Federal Government 



and State 77 



Report of Leasing Operations 78 



General Statement; Blank Forms of Application for a Lease; 

 Statistical Tables Showing the Number of Applications for Lease 

 to Oyster Lands Received, the Number of Leases Granted, the 

 Number of Oyster Lot Holders in Arrears with Rent, the Number 

 of Leases Canceled, the Number of Leases Now in Force and the 

 Names and Addresess of All Lessees and the Number of Acres of 

 Land Held by Each. 



Recommendations 97 



Foreword — 



Amendments of Fundamental Importance to Oyster Planters : 



1. Providing for Increase in Area of Lots Which May Be 



Leased. 



2. Providing for Privilege of Dredging on Leased Lots. 



3. Providing for Privilege of Securing Seed Oysters. 

 Discussion — 



Letter of Approval from Dr. H. F. Moore. 

 Amendment of Fundamental Importance to the State. 



4. Providing for Collection of Rents. 

 Amendments Desirable, but Not Funadmental. 



5. Extension of Period for Payment of One-Dollar Rentals. 



6. Respecting Non-Residents of the State. 



7. Preventing Oyster Planting in Water Contaminated by 



Sewage. 



Financial Statements 109 



For the Year Ending September 30, 1909 (reprinted). 

 For the Year Ending September 30, 1910. 



Appendix HI 



I. Text of the Haman Oyster Culture Law. 

 II. Opinions Rendered by Hon. Thomas H. Robinson, Counsel to 

 the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners, Concerning — 



1. Jurisdiction. 



2. Private Ownership and Riparian Rights. 



III. Rights of Lot-Holders to Take Up Planted Oysters. 



IV. An Act Setting Aside Clam Rocks in Pocomoke Sound. 

 V. An Act Repealing Calvert County Cultivation Law. 



VI. An Act Increasing the Tax Upon Oysters Sold Within the State 

 and Creating Therefrom a Natural Oyster Bed Reshelling 

 Fund. 



