﻿OYSTEK 
  INDUSTIIY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA. 
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  in 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  has 
  the 
  necessary 
  specific 
  gravit}' 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  

   readily 
  disturbed 
  by 
  freshets; 
  (e) 
  oysters 
  have 
  grown 
  as 
  well 
  when 
  

   transplanted 
  to 
  ground 
  adjoining 
  natural 
  beds 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  beds 
  

   themselves; 
  and 
  (d) 
  in 
  the 
  regions 
  where 
  natural 
  beds 
  exist 
  spat 
  can 
  

   be 
  secured 
  if 
  cultch 
  be 
  supplied. 
  

  

  If 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  wish 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  an 
  industr}' 
  in 
  oyster 
  culture 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  accomplished 
  

   (1) 
  by 
  amending 
  the 
  laws 
  relating 
  to 
  the'entrj^of 
  grounds 
  for 
  this 
  

   purpose; 
  (2) 
  by 
  creating 
  a 
  proper 
  sentiment 
  in 
  this 
  direction, 
  and 
  (3) 
  

   bv 
  supplying 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  eastern 
  North 
  Carolina 
  accurate 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  relative 
  to 
  all 
  phases 
  of 
  the 
  subject. 
  

  

  To 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  this 
  result 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  object 
  and 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  -conducting 
  the 
  survey 
  and 
  experiments 
  of 
  

   which 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  final 
  report, 
  and 
  in 
  conducting 
  the 
  further 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  now 
  under 
  way 
  in 
  Pamlico 
  Sound, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  soon 
  

   be 
  ready 
  for 
  publication. 
  

  

  