340 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1886 j — Fhillips, Thomas. Aiuerican oysters. <^The Fish Trades Gazette and 

 (iaiiie and r()ultr3- Trades Clironiclo, London, October 30 and November 6, 

 1881), vol. IV, Nos. 180 and 181. 



Tlie English trade in Aiiiciican oysters from tho staudpoint of a Liverpool oystor 

 dealer. 



1886 k— Pike, R. G.; Hudson, W. M., and Bill, J. A. <Sixtb Report of the Shell 

 Fish Commission of tho State of Connecticut to tho General Assembly, 

 January session, 1887. Middletown, Conn., 1886. 8°, 30 pp. 



A report of the procedures of tho comniissiouers, tho jioneriil condition of the oyster 

 industry in tho State during the preceding year, and the shelllish enactments ot 1885. 

 See 1886 I. 



1886 1— Pike, R. G. ; Hudson, W. M., and Bill, J. A. The oyster industry. <The 

 New Haven Register, New Haven, November 26, 1886, 

 A reprint of 1886/>-. 

 1886 m — Verrill, A, E. How long will oysters live out of water. <^The Fish 

 Tr;<des Gazette and Poultry Trades Chronicle, Loudon, July 3, 1886, vol. 

 IV, No. 163. 

 A reprint of 1885 j«. 

 1886 n — White, William. Tho American oysters. <Eagle, Brooklyn, September 

 12, 1886. 



A lengthy acconut of tho developnicni and methods of the exportation of Americin 

 oysters to England. 



1886 o — Wiiislovy, Francis. Report on the Waters of North Carolina, with Ref- 

 erence to their Possibilities for Oyster-Culture; together with the Results 

 Obtained by tho Surveys directed by tho Resolution of the General Assem- 

 bly, ratified March 11, 1885. Raleigh, 1886. 8°, 151 pp., 2 maps. 



Discusses for each water area of the State the character of the bottom, the depth and 

 specific gravity of the waters, the strength and direction of the currents, and the character 

 of the indigenous fauna. Tlie maps indicate the location of the public and private oyster 

 beds and the areas considered suitable for cultivation. See 1889 n. 



1886 p — Anonymous. Shell tisli in Connecticut. <^Scionce, New York, January 15, 

 1886, vol. VII, pp. 59-60. 



Reviews briefly the fifth report of the shellfish commissioners of the State of Connecti- 

 cut. See 1885p. 



1886 q— Anonymous. Oyster grotmds. <^A11 the Year Round, London, 1886, vol. 



Lix, i)p. 250 et seq. 

 1886 r — Anonymous. The Oyster Packers of Crisfield. <^The Times, Philadelphia, 



February 1, 1886. 

 1886 s — Anonymous. Maryland's oyster wealth. <^Tho Sun, Baltimore, August 10, 



1886. 

 1886 t — Anonymous. Our oyster supplies. <The Fish Trades CJazette and Game 



aud Poultry Trades Chronicle, London, September 25, 1886, vol. IV, No. 175. 

 Discusses tho oyster supplies available for the London niarlvet. 

 1886 u — Anonymous. The Connecticut shell-fish commission. ^Forest and 



Stream, New York, December 30, 1886, vol. xxvii, p. 449. 

 A review of the sixth annual report. See 1886 A-. 

 1886 V — Duvar, J. Hunter. Oysters in Prince Edward Island. <^Anuual Report of 



tho Department of Fisheries, Dominion of Canada, for the year 1885. 



Printed by order of Parliament, Ottawa. Printed by Maclean, Ixogers & 



Co., 1886. 8'^, pp. 257-261. 

 A report on the condition of the oystor industry of Prince Edward Island during 1885. 



