OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 2 
Encinecrs Report. 
To the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries of the State of Connecticut : 
GENTLEMEN:—This report is for a period of twelve months, 
ending June 30, 1886. The work of the department has kept me 
actively engaged. 
TRACINGS. 
Each of the Town Clerk’s offices West of Orange has been 
furnished with an outline tracing of the oyster lots, as claimed by 
the owners, in State jurisdiction, off their respective towns. * * * 
From Orange, eastward, your office is so accessible that inter- 
ested persons there residing prefer to call at the office and insure 
to themselves the latest knowledge relative to the territory under 
consideration. Hence no maps for these towns were filed. * * * 
DESCRIPTIONS OF SIGNALS. 
Recognizing the value of complete information relative to the 
descriptions and markings of the signals used by you, I have 
looked up all new objects which have been observed on, and 
made full descriptions of the appearance and location of the 
same. ‘These, together with those before prepared, have been 
bound into two substantial volumes. Several blank pages have 
been left between each description, in order that future occur- 
rences may be properly noted. ‘The whole has been indexed, so 
that the complete history of any signal may be turned to at once. 
The dimensions and shapes of the signals, the surface and other 
marks, date of erection, the color, the dates when visited, repairs 
and alterations of all kinds that have been made and condition 
left in when last visited are all given. 
