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1891 s— Smith, Hugh M. Notes ou an improved form of oyster tongs. < Bulletin 

 U. S. Fish Commissiou, 1889. Washington, 1801, a^oI. 9, pp. lGl-164. 



Describes and recommends the employment of the implement commonly known as the 

 "deep-water toiig." 

 1891 1— Thompson, "W.H, Some reasons why the State of Maryland should im- 

 prove the oyster heds. <The Daily American, Baltimore, January 21, 

 1891. 

 1891 u— "Weeks, Thomas C. Speech delivered at the Concordia Opera House [Bal- 

 timore], on Thursday, April 30, 1891, under the auspices of the Canton 

 Oyster Exchange of Baltimore City. 1891. 8°, 16 pp. 



Cites reasons why Maryland should not lease or sell to individuals or corporations any 

 portion of the oyster-grounds of the Chesapeake Bay. 

 1891 V— "Wilson, E. L. Biography of the oyster. <Scribner's Monthly, New York, 



October, 1891, vol. x, pp. 469 et seq. 

 1891 w— Anonymous. Facts about the oyster. <The Daily American, Baltimore, 

 January 26, 1891. 



A review of the industry in Maryland and Virginia, with brief references to other 

 States. 

 1891 X— Anonymous. Oysters. <Saturday Review, London, October 3, 1891, vol. 

 72, p. 381. 



Brief popular reference to the beginning of the oyster season and the reproduction of 

 oysters. 

 1891 y— Tilton, John. Oysters in the British Provinces. Annual Report of the 

 Department of Fisheries, Dominion of Canada, for the year 1890. Printed 

 by oMer of Parliament. Ottawa, 1891, pp. li-lxii. 

 A history of the regulations of the fishery in Canada. 

 1891 z— Fullarton, J. H. On the suitability of Scottish waters for oyster culture. 

 <Niath Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, being for the 

 year 1890. Part iii. Scientiiic Investigations. Edinburgh, 1891, pp. 184- 

 200. 



Paper based on a phj'sical and biological examination made during the summer of 1800. 

 "In Scotland itcan hardly be said that the oyster industry exists. If it does exist at all, it 

 is only in the earliest initiatory stage. It seems as if it were merely a groping after oyster 

 culture, and that, too, on a minimum scale." The product of the oyster beds of Scotland 

 in 1888 was valued at £742. 

 1891 aa— Fullarton, J. H. Oyster fishery of Scotland. <Transactions of the 

 Philosophical Society of Glasgow, session 1890-91. Glasgow, 1891. 



A contribution to the economic phases of the industry in Scotland. Compares the 

 present status of the fishery witli the condition a century ago. 

 1891 ab— Nelson, Julius. Report of the biologist. <Eleventh Annual Report of 

 the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station aud the Third 

 Annual Report of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station 

 for the year 1890. Trenton, N. J., 1891, pp. 251-320. 



A report of experiments conducted by the author during the summer of 1890, looking 

 towiird a practical method of artificially fertilizing and growing oysters. 

 1891 ac— Collins, J. "W. Notes on the oyster fishery of Connecticut. <Bulletin 

 U. S. Fish Commission, 1889. "Washington, 1891, vol. ix, pp. 461-497, plates 



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1891 ad— Cox, James C. New South "Wales. Fisheries of the Colony. Report of 

 the Commissioners of Fisheries for the year ending 31st December, 1890. 

 [Sydney, 1891.] 4°, 44 pp. 



Reports the condition of the oyster industry of New South Wales in 1800, and contains 

 a copy ol the act of 1891 that consolidated aud amended the oyster laws of the colony. 



