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xiii., 65 ; the British variety rapidly 

 diminishing, v., 85 ; Zeeland oyster 

 bed, v., 86 : abundance of oysters at 

 one time in Holland, v., 86 ; the 

 Dutch oyster trade concentrated in 

 Zeeland, v., 86; destruction of beds 

 by over fishing, v., 86 ; beds sur- 

 rendered to culturists, v., 87 ; xiii., 

 97 ; those in the Schelde affected 

 by a railway dam, v., 87 ; xiii., 97 ; 

 the Yerseke beds, v., 87, 91 ; how 

 leased out there, v., 88; xiii., 97; 

 amount of rent paid for them and 

 when relet, v. , 88 ; xiii. , 97 ; locali- 

 ties and methods adopted for collect- 

 ing spat, v., 89 ; source from which 

 the spat is derived, v., 91 ; xiii., 98 ; 

 natural beds in the west portion of 

 Oosterschelde, v., 92 ; a fair pro- 

 portion of oysters in a bed should be 

 left undisturbed, v., 92 ; natural beds 

 in the Schelde, v., 93 ; description 

 of an oyster park, v., 95 ; failure of 

 attempts to collect spat artificially, 

 v., 95 ; the young of the North 

 European variety partly developed in 

 the shell, v., 97 ; oyster beds in the 

 Zuyder Zee, v., 97; xiii., 96; close 

 times need not be at the same period 

 for all localities, v., 98 ; restrictions 

 should be placed on taking oysters, 

 v., 99; fishery in the Thames and 

 Mersey would be ruined if beds were 

 left undisturbed, v., 101 ; abundance 

 of oysters between Cancale and Gren- 

 ville, v., 101 ; oyster beds at Arennes, 

 v., 101 ; instance of adhesion of spat 

 to iron rails, v., 101 ; further discus- 

 sion required on the oyster question, 

 v., 101 ; no spat found in oyster beds 

 in Scotland, v., 102; breeding does 

 not pay at Arcachon, v., 102; nor 

 in Holland, v., 102; treatment of 

 old and young oysters at Arcachon, 

 v., 102 ; abundance of parent oysters 

 at the present time at Whitstable, 

 v., 103 ; oyster breeding in ponds a 

 failure in England, v., 105, 106 ; 

 habits of oysters in the embryo stage, 

 v., 1 06 ; number of eggs produced 

 by the oyster in Europe and America, 



v., 107 ; egg producing age in the 

 Schelde, v., 109 ; fisheries in Canada, 

 v., 145 ; cultivation of oysters in 

 China, v., 177 ; fisheries in Sweden, 

 v., 265; in Norway, v., 290; depth 

 of water and locality of the principal 

 fisheries in New South Wales, v., 

 340-346; exhibit of oysters in the 

 New South Wales section of the 

 Exhibition, v., 338-3465x111. 26; 

 mode of taking oysters on the Gold 

 Coast, v., 462-463 ; their fertility 

 affected by parasites, vi. , 30 ; effect 

 upon them of the Sea Fisheries Act 

 of 1868, vi., 307 ; the Norfolk coast 

 fishery, vi., 308-309; provisional 

 orders should be granted for cultiva- 

 tion of oysters, vi., 312; Spanish 

 oyster beds, vii., 246; grants of 

 foreshore for cultivation of oysters, 

 ix., 186, 187; protection of oysters 

 possibly a fit subject for legislation, 

 ix., 208; present state of the law 

 respecting them, ix., 220; Act of 

 1875, ix., 253; position of principal 

 oyster beds of the United Kingdom, 

 ix., 260 ; protection of spawning beds, 

 ix., 261-265 legislation affecting the 

 artificial cultivation of oysters, ix., 265, 

 268 ; as to prohibiting the taking of 

 oysters in particular localities, ix., 267 ; 

 provisions of Act of 1877 with respect 

 to close time, ix., 268 ; legislation 

 with respect to close time, ix., 271, 

 272; value of oysters as food, xi., 

 267 ; oyster cultivation among the 

 Romans, xi., 268, 395 ; and recently 

 in France, xi., 269, 396, 397 ; impor- 

 tation into England of foreign oysters 

 for fattening, xi., 270 ; points of a 

 good oyster, xi., 271 ; characteristics 

 of French, Portuguese, and Blue 

 Point oysters, xi., 272 ; anatomy 01 

 the oyster, xi., 273, 385, 389; func- 

 tions of the mantle or beard, xi., 274, 

 286; reproduction, xi., 275-277; 

 white-sickness, xi., 277, 391 ; black- 

 sickness, xi., 278, 391 ; adhesion ot 

 spat, xi., 278, 392; age at which 

 reproduction takes place, xi., 279; 

 frequency of reproduction, xi., 279 ; 



