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mapping did not agree with the occupations: but as cultivation had not 
begun no inconvenience or loss resulted. All commissioners’ work is 
based on meridian lines, which have recorded relations to define 
points. The relative position of these points is precisely known. 
BRANFORD. 
The records for many of the lots off Branford, are such that a survey 
of the occcpation and the mutual recognition and acceptance of the sur- 
vey by the owners was the only practicable method of locating and 
mapping their lots. 
EAST HAVEN, NEW HAVEN AND ORANGE. 
Off East Haven, New Haven and Orange, nearly all the lots were 
surveyed. The records of these lots substantially cover the ground sur- 
veyed. The map shows correctly the ground as held for years and as 
recognized by the planters. So far as possible, the ranges used at the 
time of designation years ago, were used and recorded at the time of 
the survey. The corners thus surveyed became points common to both 
the map and the water, and any desired changes are spoken of as having 
certain relations to these corners, the location of which are mutually 
understood. Hence accurate data for adjusting differences between 
adjoining owners without additional surveying is at hand. 
MILFORD, 
At Pond Point, Mr. William M. Merwin, some years ago, placed a 
post, which, when taken in connection with a certain rock, forms a base 
line for oyster lots extending for upwards of three miles off shore. The 
records were, for a large section, found to be explicit, and taken in con- 
nection with this base line enabled you to produce a map which must 
stand alllegal tests. A large number of the occupations were surveyed, 
however. If the owners have their grounds buoyed by this office, they 
will be placed in correct record position, and no trouble need arise. 
STRATFORD, 
About 7,000 acres were designated by the town committee off this 
town. The lots are rectangular in outline, and referred to a me- 
ridian line through the Stratford Point lighthouse. The north and south 
sides of the lots are each 3,000 feet in length. The east and west sides 
are each 1,500 feet in length. Not a single buoy was surveyed for pur- 
poses of mapping the lots off this town. 
BRIDGEPORT, 
The map made by the town committee is a group of two-acre rectan- 
gles. The sides are in a ratio of four to five, and therefore the sides are 
