1882.] SHELL-FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. 51 
April 30, 1881, a designation of 215 acres in Hast Haven 
to J. N. Buskirk and 107 others, on application dated 
March 23, 1881; assignment to George H. Townsend, dated 
April 30, 1881; papers recorded the same day. 
April 30, 1881, a designation of 130 acres in Hast Haven 
to R. A. Palmer and 64 others, on application dated March 
23, 1881; assignment dated April 30, 1881, and papers 
recorded the same day. 
April 28, 1881, a designation of 200 acres in Bridgeport 
to Henry C. Rowe and 99 others, on application dated Oct. 
27, 1880; assignment to Henry C. Rowe, April 29, 1881, 
and papers recorded the same day. Although only 200 
acres were specified and paid for, excluding unsuitable 
bottom, the description covers over 878 acres ! 
April 27, 1881, a designation of 50 acres in Bridgeport to 
James D. Frary and 24 others, on application dated the 
same day; assignment to Wheeler Hawley, dated same day ; 
papers recorded June 3, 1881. 
April 9, 1881, a designation of 150 acres in Stratford, to 
D. P. Rhodes and 64 others, on application dated December 
31, 1880. Papers recorded April 30, 1881. 
Between April 23 and 30, 1881, designations of a large 
number of acres of grounds in Stratford were recorded, 
most of which were made within that brief period or very 
shortly before. They are described by map letters or 
numbers, and aggregate 2,000 acres or more! In fact, 
during this period the aggregate number of acres designated 
or assigned to one person alone, in the towns of Guilford, 
Milford, East Haven, and Bridgeport, according to the 
descriptions thereof, is 7,735; of which 2,062 acres, over 
26 per cent., are claimed to be unsuitable for oysters, and 
so were not paid for. | 
Besides the instances above specified, there are large 
areas claimed to have been designated by other towns, the 
evidences of which are withheld from record; and the com- 
missioners have been unable to procure any satisfactory 
information about them, except the following: 
April 20, 1881, a designation of 200 acres in Greenwich 
to one hundred different persons. . 
