318 REPOKT OF TII15 COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



18S9 g Anonymous. Oysters. <^Bioa(hviiy, l.oiulon. 18(5!), vol, V, ])p. 405 et seq. 



1870 a— Blake, J. A. ; Francis, Francis; Hart, G. W., nnd Brady, T. F. Report of 

 the Coininissioii Ai)itointe(l to IiKiiiiro into the Methods of Oyster Culture 

 ill the liiitetl Kingdom and Fi'anee, with ii View to the Introduction of 

 Improved Methods of Cultivation of Oysters into Ireland. Dublin, Her 

 Majesty's Stationery (Mlic-tv 1870. .S-^, 51 pp., with appendic(;s. pp. 5.5-102, 

 and 10 platt'sJ. 



This coniniissioii was apiiointcil in Octobor, 1808, and was diieetcrt to visit the prinoipar 

 oyster regious ol' France, Kiigland, ami Ireland, to consult the best-informed authoritioB 

 on tlie oyster industry, lo ascertain, so far as possible, the causes which had led to fail- 

 nrt'S in the oyster fishery and to suggest the remedy. The report discusses the natural 

 history of the oyster, the various brandies of the oyster industry, including an inti-resting 

 eiiitouieof Coste's experiments and the results thereof and concludes with the following 

 recommendations : 



1. All reguhitions witli regard to close liini- around the liisli coast slioiild bo strictly 

 maintained. 



2. I'he inspectors of Irish lislierios should have power, whenever they determine to 

 resirve a banl< or any portion thereof from public dredging for thw purpose oi' recovery, 

 to make such arrangements as may seem desiraldo forkeei)ing the restricted part free from 

 weeds and vermin. 



:!. There should be procurable at each coast-guard station, at a .small cost, general infor- 

 mation as to oyster-cnilture and simple instructions as to tlie best modes of procewling. 



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(). I'acililies sliould be atforde<l to llu> coast population to acquiie the use of small por- 

 tions of foreshore, or sea bottom, for oyster cultivation, and to obtain loans on satisfactory- 

 security for the preparation of sanu', and for tlie purchase of oysters, collectors, etc. 

 1870 b— Brady, Thomas F. Digest of the Acts of Parliament and the By-Laws at 

 jireseut in force in Ireland for the Iieoulation of the Oyster Fisheries, to 

 which is added an Abstract of the Law Enabling certain Persons to Form 

 or Plant Halt Beds. Appendix to Report of the Commissioners Appointed 

 to Intiuire into the Methods of Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and 

 France, Avith a View to the Introduction of Imju'oved Methods of Cultiva- 

 tion of Oysters into Ireland. Dublin, 1870, p|>. 155-105. 



1870 c Davidson, Hunter. Report upon the Oyster Resources of ^Maryland to the 



General Assembly. Annajiolis, William Thompson of E., 1870. 8'^, 20p]). 

 1870 d Gould, A. A. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts. Second edi- 

 tion, edited by W. G. Binney. Boston, 1870. 8°, viii-|-52-l: pp., 12 plates 

 and uKiny wood cuts. 

 See 18tl b. 



1870 e Knight, T. F. Oyster culture in France. <^Proceedings and Transactions 



of the Nova Scotian ln.stitute of Natural Science, for 1867, 18(58, 1869, 

 1870. Vol. II, part ii. jip. 42-51. HalifaK, 1870. 



A "-roup of facts ol)taincd from two authorities: (1) A pamphlet in French, by J. L. 

 Soubeirau, secretary of the Imperial Society of Acclimatization of France, 1866. (2) The 

 Harvest of the Sea, by James (i. Hertniin, 180.'). 



1870f— Pennell, H. Cholmondeley. Report to the Boaidof Trade upon the State 

 of the Oyster Fisheries in the Rivers lilackwater and Roach. Parliament- 

 ary pa]>er, London, If^lO. 



A detailed rei>ort on thi' upeiations of an ovster coniiiany in each of llie rivers nieu- 

 tioneil. 



1870 g — Sullivan, W. K. Composition of the Soils of Oyster (Grounds. A])piiidix 

 to Re])ort of the Commissioners Ai)i>ointed to Inquire into the Methods of 

 Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and France, with a View to the 

 Introduction of Improved Methods of Cultivation of Oysters into Ireland. 

 Dublin, 1870, pp. 166-.176. 



Because of the small amount of attention which this subject has ri'ceived and the 

 dilUi'ulty ill olitaining or consulting coiiies of this re))ort, the ciHiclusions of Prof. Sullivau 

 (who was & chemist rather llian a naturalist) are here (juoted in full: 



