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  " 
  First. 
  An 
  oyster 
  bank 
  will 
  yield 
  permanently 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   " 
  profit 
  if 
  it 
  possesses 
  such 
  a 
  stock 
  of 
  full 
  grown 
  oysters 
  as 
  

   " 
  will 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  fecundity 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  in 
  

   " 
  accordance 
  with 
  its 
  bioconotic 
  conditions. 
  

  

  " 
  Secondly. 
  When 
  the 
  natural 
  conditions 
  will 
  admit 
  of 
  it, 
  

   " 
  the 
  yielding 
  capacity 
  of 
  an 
  oyster 
  bed 
  may 
  be 
  increased 
  by 
  

   " 
  improving 
  and 
  enlarging 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  young 
  brood. 
  The 
  natural 
  banks 
  should 
  be 
  improved 
  by 
  

   " 
  removing 
  the 
  weeds 
  and 
  plants 
  with 
  dredges 
  and 
  properly 
  

   " 
  constructed 
  harrows, 
  and 
  by 
  scattering 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  oysters 
  

   " 
  and 
  other 
  mussels 
  over 
  the 
  bottom. 
  When 
  circumstances 
  

   " 
  will 
  permit, 
  all 
  the 
  animals 
  which 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  dredge, 
  

   " 
  and 
  which 
  kill 
  the 
  oysters 
  or 
  use 
  up 
  their 
  food, 
  should 
  be 
  

   " 
  destroyed. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  more 
  judicious 
  and 
  much 
  

   " 
  better 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  eat 
  oysters 
  if 
  the 
  ' 
  close 
  time 
  ' 
  could 
  be 
  

   " 
  extended 
  until 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  September 
  or 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  October, 
  

   " 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  oysters 
  some 
  time 
  after 
  the 
  expulsion 
  of 
  

   " 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  generative 
  organs 
  to 
  become 
  fat 
  before 
  

   " 
  being 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  table. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  that 
  the 
  oyster 
  

   " 
  banks 
  should 
  remain 
  of 
  general 
  advantage 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  and 
  

   " 
  a 
  permanent 
  source 
  of 
  profit 
  to 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  coast, 
  

   " 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  beds 
  yearly 
  must 
  not 
  

   " 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  the 
  consumers 
  or 
  be 
  governed 
  

   " 
  by 
  high 
  price, 
  but 
  must 
  be 
  regulated 
  solely 
  and 
  entirely 
  

   " 
  by 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  increase 
  upon 
  the 
  beds. 
  The 
  preservation 
  

   " 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  beds 
  is 
  as 
  much 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  statesmanship 
  as- 
  

   *' 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  forests." 
  

  

  