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INDEX TO FISHERY INDUSTRY. 



Orleans, Massachusetts Continued. Page. 



Early history of 725 



Mackerel fleet of, in 1851 116 



Osmerus mordax 26 



Osmtrus thalcichthys 612 



Osterville, Massachusetts 248 



Oswego fishermen 672 



Oswego, New York 673 



Otis, James, defense of the fisheries by 126 



Ottawa, lake Erie 664 



Otter, sea 592,504,602 



Otter-skins 62 



Overshore island, Connecticut 322 



Owl's head, Maine 55 



Oxford, Maryland 428,445,467 



Oyster- 

 Bedding, method of 237 



Beds in Boston district 199 



Beds of Chesapeake bay 469 



Cannery 410 



Canning 367,443,444 



Carrying trade 223,224 



Culture at New Haven 330 



Culture in France 472 



Culture in Taunton river 278 



Dredging - 431 



Interests of Rhode Island 285-294 



Licenses 436 



Packing 443,466,469 



Peddling in Boston 199 



Runners 440,465 



Scraping 437 



Steamers, introduction of 333 



Tonging 437 



Tonging licenses 439 



Vessels 10, 53, 77, 107, 120, 178, 182, 187, 



224, 314, 438, 441, 465, 4C6 



Oyster bay, Florida..... 554 



Oyster bay, New York 348 



Oyster fishery in 



Connecticut 308,313,318 



Maine 10,53 



Maryland 423,425 



Massachusetts ... 118, 120, 178, 187, 223, 224, 234, 248, 

 249, 253, 272, 275, 712, 719, 725, 727, 731, 733 



Mississippi 575 



New Hampshire 110 



New Jersey 381,384,386,392 



New York 343, 345, 346, 347,348 



North Carolina 481,487 



Rhode Island 285 



Texas 584 



Virginia 451, 456, 457,460,461 



Washi ngton territory 626, 629 



Western Florida 552 



Oyster industry 



Statistics for Chesapeake bay 469 



Statistics for Rhode Island 294 



Oyster industry of 



Alabama 571 



Connecticut 313,321,325 



Delaware 410 



France 433 



Great Britain 433 



Oyster industry of Continued. Page. 



Louisiana 579 



Maryland 424,429,447,448 



Massachusetts 117,181,264,205,277 



New Hampshire 106, 110 



New Jersey 399 



N&w London, Connecticut 318 



New York 348 



North Carolina 478 



Pennsylvania 403 



Philadelphia 404 



Virginia 464-473 



Western Florida 555, 563, 567 



Oyster planting in 



Chesapeake bay 471 



Connecticut 318,322,326 



Massachusetts 239, 247, 248, 250, 266 



Narragansett bay 287 



Virginia 469 



Oyster Pond point, New York 351,359 



Oyster river, Connecticut 320, 334 



Oyster-shells, utilization of 203 



Oyster-shucking 468 



Industry 445 



Method of 181, 1?2 



Oyster trade of 



Boston 199,204 



New Orleans 578 



Wellfleet 236 



Oystermen 



Of Louisiana 580 



Of Maryland 434,435,438 



Of Virginia 464,465,466 



Wages of 440,466 



Oysters, price of, in 



Alabama 571 



Western Florida 553,568 



Oysters, production of, in 



Alabama 569 



Connecticut 314 



Delaware 411 



Eastern Florida 523 



Georgia 515 



Gulf states 536 



Louisiana 576 



Maryland 424,442,448 



Massachusetts 117, 121, 133, 139, 179, 188, 



225, 263, 265, 276, 735 



Mississippi 574 



New Hampshire 106,109 



New Jersey 382 



New York 344, 345, 347, 349, 350, 351, 354, 357, 



360, 361, 362, 366, 371, 372, 373 



North Carolina 479,485 



On Pacific coast 592,596,597,626 



Pennsylvania 404 



Rhode Island 284,285, 293 



South Carolina 505 



Texas 582 



Virginia 452,462,469 



Western Florida 537,551,566 



Oysters, receipts of, at Boston 190,193 



Oysters, transplanted 11,78 



Oysters, transportation of 325 



