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border only of the surveyed area failed to measure up to the natural 

 oyster-bar standard of productiveness, at other places it was the 

 in-shore border, and in three localities entire sections of the sur- 

 veyed strip were rejected. 



The water over the oyster grounds varied in density during the 

 period occupied by the survey (parts of August and September) 

 from 1.0098 to 1. 01 08. Observations made at other times and in 

 other places indicate that the water over this section probably fluctu- 

 ates in density during years of ordinary rainfall from about 1.005 

 to 1. 012. 



Observations made at Bloody Point Bar Light House on the rise 

 and fall of the tides, from August 3 to October 5, 1909, indicate a 

 maximum range of the tide in this locality to be 2.7 feet and a mean 

 range of 1.01 foot. At Love Point Light House the maximum 

 range between July 9th and August 4th was 2.4 feet, the mean 

 range, .88 foot. 



