SEWAGE CONTAMINATION OF OYSTER BEDS. 
213 
eral trips were made to this section in the spring and fall of 1901. 
The results obtained from the analysis of the samples may be tabu- 
lated as follows: 
TasLe TV.—Analysis of water samples collected on the Bullock Neck, Nayatt Point, and 
Conimicut Point oyster beds. 
Date 
and station, 
Dextrose 
fermented. 
Red colo- 
nies on 
litmus lae- 
tose agar. 
B. coli. 
| Other fecal 
| bacteria. 
March 30, tide rising. 
Station 1, surface tube 
deep tube... 
2, surface tube 
deep tube... 
3, surface tube 
deep tube... 
6, surface tube 
deep tube... 
7, surface tube 
deep tube... 
May 2, tide falling. 
Station 1, surface tube 
deep tube... 
2, surface tube 
deep tube... 
3, surface tube 
deep tube... 
May 15, tide falling. 
1, surface tube. 
deep tube. -- 
2, surface tube 
deep tube... 
8, surface tube 
deep tube... 
4, surface tube 
deep tube... 
5, suriace tube 
deep tube 
Station 
October 
8, surface tube 
deep tube... 
9, surface tube 
deep tube... 
Station 
11, tide rising. 
October 24, tide rising. 
Station 4, surface tube 
deep tube... 
5, surface tube 
deep tube... 
8, surface tube 
deep tube... 
9, surface tube 
deep tube... 
October 
4, surface tube 
deep tube... 
, surface tube 
Station 
5 
8, surface tube 
deep tube... 
9, surface tube 
deep tube... 
29, tide falling. 
November 3, tide rising. 
Station 
deep tube 
9, surface tube 
deep tube... 
4, surface tube. 
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+t+4+4+/+ 
+14++++1+4++ 
l+++ 
P1 ite + 
+4+4+4+1]4+4+ 
aNot made. 
{ 
T 
+44+54++ +4+4+54++44 | 
f+t+++4 
+++4 }+++ +++ 
Q 
Ww 
b++ 
H1tt 04, 
Sed a 
arllett a 
eles 
Wesel [hale 
+4+4++1141 
