24 SIXTH REPORT OF THE SHELL FISH COMMISSIONERS 
BOAT SHEETS AND BUOY ANGLE BOOKS. 
A duplicate set of boat sheets has been made by Mr. Sanford. 
They may be regarded as lot indexes to the details of the buoy 
records of the office. I gave them a thorough revision and con- 
sider them quite free from errors. 
Mr. Sanford has also made a copy of what are termed the buoy 
angle books. ‘These books contain the sextant angles used by 
you in buoying each lot in State jurisdiction. These copies will 
save a great loss in the event of accident to the originals, which 
have thus far been used in the field. ca ig 
GENERAL WORK. 
The principal features of my work not specifically mentioned 
have been attendance at your meetings and _ hearings, taking off 
angles for use in the field, plotting on the working maps of the 
office, making at request of owners certified copies of sextant 
angles used in buoying out their lots, finishing the computations 
relative to quite a number of points which it was necessary to 
triangulate in order to have data for comparisons, furnishing by 
your approval and at the expense of those interested satisfactory 
solutions of difficult cases of buoy work. 
Eleven days have been spent on work relative to the boundary 
line between Connecticut and Rhode Island. 
My journal of daily occupation I have kept as in years past. 
It is to be found on file with the other books of record of the 
office. 
Mr. D. C. Sanford has in addition to work already credited to 
him, rendered assistance in laying assessments for taxes, in 
taking off angles for field use, in preparing the outlines of sev- 
eral of the tracings sent to the town clerk's office, and various 
details incident to the largeness of the work. 
Mr. R. C. Pike, Jr., tendered his resignation in September, 
1885, requesting that it take effect October 1. By request he 
continued his services till November 1st. During the four 
months he was chiefly engaged in buoy work. 
DUMPING GROUND OFF MILFORD AND HOUSATONIC RIVER. 
A conference with Col. Walter McFarland, of the U. S. Army 
Engineer Corps, resulted in the reserving of an area of 485 acres 
on which to dump material dredged from the above named 
places. 
