6 SIXTH REPORT OF THE SHELL FISH COMMISSIONERS 
MAPPING. 
The work of surveying, mapping and buoying grounds accord- 
ing to their occupation was completed during the summer, and 
as there was no more work for the field party, the connection of 
Messrs. Sanford and Pike, Jr., with the Commissioners ceased 
as above stated. During the year, 351 buoys have been set and 
110 buoys surveyed. The geodetic position of every oyster lot 
in the waters under Commissioners’ jurisdiction has been deter- 
mined with scientific accuracy and recorded, showing every detail 
necessary to enable any one familiar with sextant work to find 
and buoy it. 
The lots of each town, west of New Haven, have been mapped 
in accordance with these surveys, and each town has been sup- 
plied with a complete copy thereof, filed in the office of its town 
clerk. On each map was conspicuously placed the following 
notice: 
OCCUPATION TRACINGS 
Prepared by the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries of the State of Connecticut, 
showing the outline and location of each lot of oyster ground as now claimed, 
buoyed and occupied, under the waters of Long Island Sound, within the bound- 
ary lines of the Town of t—— under State management, subject to re- 
vision and correction wherever any claim or occupation may be found incon- 
sistent with any legal title, or otherwise, as may be found necessary. 
N. B.—As it is desirable to complete as soon as possible the final mapping 
of these grounds—upon which duty the Commissioners are now engaged—all 
persons interested are urgently requested to examine this map and promptly 
notify the Commissioners of any error which may be found. 
R. (G. Pixs; 
Wn. M. Hupson, Commrs. of 
James A. BIx1, Shell Fisheries. 
New Haven, CONN., JUNE 26, 1886. 
As about five months have passed since the filing of these maps 
and no error has yet been reported to the Commissioners, it is 
anticipated that the work of revising these maps in con- 
nection with the legal titles will be completed rapidly and without 
further interruption, 
The maps of the Towns of New Haven and Orange were not 
filed, as the work of testing occupation claims by legal title, was 
nearly finished for these towns. Many disputes touching the out- 
lines and areas of lots designated by town committees have been 
settled by the Commissioners, and the New Haven map would have 
been done some time ago, but for the fact that the Commissioners’ 
