322 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1877e— Kiug, John T. Oysters. <TIie :SIirror, Baltimora, January 13, 20, aud 27, 



and Novt'uibor 1, 1877. 

 A compilaliou on Iho natural liistory of oystors and on the oyster industry of tlio Ches- 



apoalie Bay. 

 1877 f— Lockyer, J.N. Oyster culture. <Nature, Loudon, October 11, 1877, vol. 



XVI, pp. 499-500. 

 A brief review of Die Austor und die AtwtoniwirlbscLaft, by Karl iiobiut., Berlin, 1877. 



See 1883 u. 

 1877g— Page, John R. Oyster-beds aud oysttr culture iu Virginia. < Annual 



Report of the Fish Couunissioner of the t?tate of Virginia for the year 1877. 



Richmond, 1877, pp. 23-25. 

 A brief diacusHion of tlie area and location of the oyster beds of A'lrginla, with reference 



to their injurious efiecls on the agticuKural interests of the tide-water counties of the 



State. Keconiniends individual ownership of oyster beds. 

 1877 h— Richardson, James. American oyster culture. <Scribuer'8 Monthly, New 



York, Deceniljor, 1877, vol. xv, pp, 225-238. 



Touches upon the uatur.il history of tlio oyster and describes the origin and develop- 

 ment of tlie oystei'-i)lanting industry iu the western part of Couuectiout, with references to 



the industry in otlier Amoricau localities. 

 18771 Woods, W. Fell. Letters on Oyster Fisheries; the Causes of Scarcity; the 



Remedies, etc. Reprinted from the "Field," London. Edward Buuipus, 



1877. 8^, 44 pp. 



These letters appeared in the "Field," London, in 1870, and were intended to controvert 

 evidence which had been given before the "Select Committee on Oyster Fisheries," of 187S. 



1877J— Beale, Anne. Oyster dredging. <Good Words, London, November, 1877, 

 vol. XIX, pp. 756'-759. 



A popular account of a visit to certain oyster beds on the shores of Great Britain. 



1877k— Jones, J. Matthew. Mollusca of Nova Scotia. <Proceediugs and Trans- 

 actions of Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 1877, vol. iv, part 

 III, pp. 321-330. 



1877 1— Anonymous. The lobster, crab and oyster fisheries. <The Quarterly 



Review, London, October, 1877, No. 288, vol. cxLir, pp. 474-498. 



An abstract publication and review of the following: (1) Report from the Select Com- 

 mittee on Oyster Fisheries; together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of 

 Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, .July 

 7, 1876. (2) Keport on the Fisheries of Norfolk, especially Crabs, Lobsters, Herrings, 

 aud the Broads. By Frank Buckland, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries. Presented by Her 

 Majesty's Command. Ordered by the House of Commons to he printed, August Uth, 1875. 

 (3) Keport on the Crab and Lobster of England and Wales, of Scotland and Ireland. Pre- 

 sented to both Houses of Parliameut. I5y Comni.and of Her Majesty. 1877. 



1878 a— Bledsoe, A. T. The oyster at home. <|Southern Review, Baltimore, Octo- 



ber, 1878, vol. XXIV, pp. 385-404. 



A popular discussion of the oj'ster tishery of the Chesapeake Bay, with brief abstracts 

 from Guide praticjuo de I'ostreiculteur et precedes d'61ovage et de multiplication des races 

 marines comestibles. By F61ix Fraiche, Paris, 1865. 12°, 174 pp. 



1878 b— Chambers, W. and R. French oyster nurseries. <Cnamber8' Journal, 

 Edinburgh, August 3, 1878, vol. T.V, pp. 516-518. 



Describes tlie oyster industry of Arcachou, He d'016ron, Cancale, Vannes, and Auray, 

 on the French co.-ist, and discusses the possibilities for applicationof the methods of those 

 localities to the shores of Great Britain. 



1878 c — Hayes, Jos. Report on the Principal Oyster Fisheries of France; with a 

 short Description of the System of Oyster Culture pursued at some of the 

 most Important Places, from Inspections made in September and Octo- 

 ber, 1877. Presented to both Houses of Parliameut by command of Her 

 Majesty. Dublin, 1878. Royal 8", 28 pp., 3 maps. 



Reports on the oyster fisheries of (1) CourseuUes sur Mer, (2) Grand Camp, (3) St. 

 Vatist de laHoguc, (1) Granville, (5) Cancale, (6) Brest, (7) Auray, '8) Vannes, (9) Lea 

 Sables D'Olonne, (10) He de K6, (11) He D'CJluion, (12) Maiennea, (13) La Trembla<le, (14) 

 La Vcrdou, aud (15) Arcachou. 



