348 REPORT OF THE CbMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



1891 e— Drake, J. C. Sounds find estuaries of Gooro,ia, with reference to oyster cul- 

 ture. <Hu]l(;tiu U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, No. 19. Washington, 

 1891, pp. 179-209, 7 maps. 



Describes tbo specific gravity, currents, and clinracteristics of the bottom of each 

 tide-water area in the State. The .area of natural oyster reefs of the State was determined 

 to be 1,756.8 acres. The maps indicate the location of Iho reefs on a scale of jnJorn- 



1891 f— Dii Bois, C. A. The necessity for restricting dredging a few years. <'l'he 

 Daily American, Baltimore, February 2, 1891. 



1891 g~Felton, Franklin. What oyster farming would do for Maryland. <The 

 Daily Ameriran, Baltimore, April 11, 1891. 



1891 li— Gilbert, Charles H. Report upon certain investigations relating to the 

 planting of oysters in Southern California. <Bulletin U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, 1889. Washington, 1891, vol. 9, pp. 95-98. 



Discusses the advantages and disadvantages in the planting of oysters possessed by 

 Alaniitos and Newport bays and tlie Gulf of California. 



1891 i — Hodson, Thomas S. Oyster laws. <Th6 Daily American, Baltimore, Feb- 

 ruary 2, 1891. 

 Compares the oyster regulations of Maryland with those of Connecticut. 



1891J— Hopkins, Jenny Ii. An oyster village. <Cosniopolitan, New York, October, 

 1891, vol. II, i)p. 717 ct seq. 

 A dcscripti.m of Inwood, N. Y., and the oyster industry thereof. 



1891 k— Hudson, "W. M.; Waldo, George C, and Treat, B. A. <Auuual Report 

 of the ShelKish Commissioners, State of Connecticut, 1891. Hartford, 

 Conn., 1891. 8°, 24 pp. 



1891 1 — Jones, A. C. A new oyster law. <^The Daily American, Baltimore, April 



20, 1891. 

 Suggests and rccomineud.s certain now regulations for the oyster industry of Maryl.and. 

 1891m — Knowles, Horace G. Artificial oyster culture in France <U. S. Cou- 

 snlar Reports, October, 1891, Washijigtou, 1891, No. 133, pp. 244-246. 

 General references to the methods practiced at Arcachon. 

 1891 n — McDonald, Marshall. State oyster policy. <Forest and Stream, New 

 York, April IG, 1891, vol. xxxvi, p. 253. 

 Abstract of address delivered at Baltimore, March 18, 1891. 

 1891 o—McKinney, Philip W. The oyster question. < Virginian, Norfolk, De- 

 comber 10, 1891. 



Keprint of a special message of the governor o; Virginia on the oyster industry of tliat 

 State. 

 1891 p — Martin, H. Newell. The oyster question. <;Sciencc, New York, March 27, 

 1891, vol. XVII, pp. 1(59-170. 



Discusses the progress of scientific investigations towards the preservation of ttie 

 Maryland oyster. 

 1091 q — Page, Henry, and others. Oyster beds. <:^The Sun, Baltimore, April 30, 

 1891. 



Abstract of addresses delivered in Baltimore, April 29. 1891, in opposition to the leasing 

 of natural oyster beds in Maryland. 



1891r-Philpots, John R. Oyster.s, and All About Them. Being a Complete His 

 tory of the Titular Subject, Exhau.stive on all Points of Neccssarj-^ and 

 Curious Information from the Earliest Writers to those of the Present 

 Time, with Ninnerous Additions, Facts, and Notes. London, John Rich- 

 ardson & Co., 1891. 8°, 2 vols, 1370 pp. 



A voluminous publication filled with repetitions, abstracts, and the undigested results 

 of the inquiries of naturalists and government officials. The first volume, which con- 

 tained 042 pages, was issued in 1890. 



