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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  PISHERIES. 
  

  

  Oyster 
  Industry 
  op 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Virginia, 
  1912 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

   VIR 
  GINI 
  A— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  In 
  Maryland 
  the 
  revenue 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  leases 
  on 
  oyster 
  grounds, 
  license 
  fees, 
  and 
  other 
  sources, 
  

   in 
  1912, 
  was 
  $83,997, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  administration 
  was 
  $117,949. 
  In 
  Virginia 
  the 
  revenue 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   was 
  $61,305. 
  There 
  was 
  considerable 
  interchange 
  of 
  persons, 
  boats, 
  and 
  apparatus 
  between 
  private 
  and 
  

   public 
  areas 
  in 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  States, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  table 
  they 
  are 
  shown 
  where 
  they 
  did 
  the 
  most 
  work. 
  

  

  Comparative 
  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  Oyster 
  Product 
  op 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Virginia 
  

   FOR 
  Various 
  Years 
  from 
  1880 
  to 
  1912. 
  a 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  statistics 
  for 
  1908 
  in 
  this 
  table 
  are 
  from 
  data 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Census, 
  

   of 
  Virginia 
  for 
  1887 
  do 
  not 
  include 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  James 
  and 
  I'otomac 
  Rivers. 
  

  

  The 
  produoto 
  

  

  