﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIAL 
  COMMISSION 
  FOR 
  

  

  THE 
  INVESTIGATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOBSTER 
  

  

  AND 
  THE 
  SOFT-SHELL 
  CLAM. 
  

  

  I. 
  General 
  Account 
  of 
  the 
  Lobster 
  and 
  Clam 
  Investigations. 
  

  

  By 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith. 
  

   II. 
  Experiments 
  in 
  Lobster 
  Rearing. 
  By 
  George 
  H. 
  Sherwood. 
  

  

  III. 
  The 
  Causes 
  of 
  Death 
  in 
  Artificially 
  Reared 
  Lobster 
  Fry. 
  

  

  By 
  Frederic 
  P. 
  Gorham. 
  

  

  IV. 
  Conditions 
  Governing 
  P^xistence 
  and 
  Growth 
  of 
  the 
  Soft 
  

  

  Clam. 
  By 
  James 
  L. 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

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