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1868 c — Caird, James; Huxley, T. H,, andLefevre, G. S. Report of the Conimis- 



sionors Appointed to Inquire into tlio Sea Fisheries of the United Kingdom. 



Presented by command, 1866. Loudon, 1868. 8*^, 179 pp., one majj. 

 A reprint of the report contaiued in 1866 b. 

 1868 d — Calder, J. B. Oyster-culture: a Comj)ilation of Fact. Tasmania, 1868, 8"^, 



3 plates. 

 1868 e — Dallas, S. S. British oysters at Rome. <^Onco a XV'eek, London, February 



29, 1868, vol. XVIII, pp. 186-190. 

 Reviews much of the existing iuforniatiou relative to the oou.suniptiou of British oysters 



by the Koiiiaiia and speculates as to their methods of obtaining them. 



1868 f — Dallas, E. S. French oyster nurseries. <[Once a Week, London, Septem- 

 ber 19, 1868, vol. XIX, pp. 231-235. 



Describes the imperial stations or paros in the bay of Arcachon, France, and themeth.ods 

 therein employed, with references to the necessity for similar procedures on the British 

 coast. 



186Sg — Dempster, Henry. Tlio Deck-welled Fishing-boat, and Fisheries and Fish- 

 market Reform: being Dialogues on those Important Subjects, with full 

 Information on the Oyster Question. Glasgow, 1868, 8°. 



1S6C h — de Vere, Scheie. Mine oyster. <^Putnam's Magazine, New York, October, 



1868, vol. II, pp. 418-431. 



A coni])ilation and discussion of the natural history of the oyster. 



18681 — Pennell, H. Cholmondeley. Report made to the Board of Trade on the 

 Oj'^ster and Mussel Fislieries of France, and the Applicability of the French 

 System to British Waters. Parliamentary Paper, London, 1868. 



1868J — Anonymous. Oysters, and the oyster fisheries. <^Edinburgh Review, 

 Edinburgh, January, 18 8, No. cclix, pp. 22-39. 



Reviews and comprises much of the valuable material contained in the following publi- 

 cations : "A history of the oyster and the oyster fisheries ; " by T. C. Eyton, London, 1858. 

 "Voyage d'Esploration sur le Littoral de la France et de I'ltalie; " par M. Coste, Paris, 

 1861. "The Oyster, where, how, and when to find, breed, coolc, and eat it; " London, 1863. 

 "The Harvest of the Sea;" by James G. Bertram, London, 1865. "Report of the Commis- 

 sioners appointed to inquire into the sea fisheries of the TTnited Kingdom;" London, 1866, 

 and "Successful Oyster Culture;" by Harry Lobb, London, 1867. 



1868 k — Parliamentary Paper. Sea Fisheries Act, 1868. I'art iii. Oyster and 



Mussel Fisheries. Board of Trade Regulations for the Instruction and 

 Guidance of Persons applying for Fishery Orders under Part ui of the Sea 

 Fisheries Act, 1868 (31 and 32 Vict., chap. 45). London, 1883. 4°, 12 pp. 



1869 a — Buckland, Prank. On the progress of oyster and salmon cultivation in 



England. <Report of the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, thirty-eighth meeting, held at Norwich in August, 1868. London, 



1869, pp. 90-91. 



Attributes the failure of spat along the British coasts during the preceding six years 

 to the cold weather and the rough water iirevalent throughout the spawning season. 



1869 b — Jeffreys, John Gvwyn. Ostrea edulis. <^British Couchology, London, 

 John Van Voorst, 186;), vol. V, pp. 165-166. 

 Refers to several writings in which this species is discussed. 



1869 c— K , W. The oyster trade in the United States. <The Field, Loudon, 



May, 1869, vol. 33, p. 388. 



Reviews three consular reports emanating from the I$ritish Foreign Office, relative to 

 the oyster industry of Chesapeake Bay, Louisiana, and New England waters. 



1869 d — "Ostrea." Artificial oyster culture. <^The Field, London, February 13, 



1869, p. 139. 

 1869 e — Pennell, A. Francis. Oyster culture. <^Times, London, January 29, 1869. 



J869f— Wilcocks, J. C. Oyster fisheries. <The Field, London, 1869. 



Describes the location of certain oyster beds on the coast of Great Britain and cites the 

 probabilities for dtacovering now areas. 



