82 



The second class represents small vessels; the average "take" of this class was 16.6 bushels 

 per vessel. 



In the third class, two-thirds of the vessels were small and* one-third large; the average 

 "take" of this class was 29 bushels to the vessel. 



By actual count, we found the average number of young to a bushel to be 202. 



APPENDIX D. 



With the assistance of Mr. H. J. Eice, the following interrogatories were prepared and used 

 during the season. The information obtained from the oystermen, which has been incorporated in 

 the previous pages, is the result of the answers to the questions. 



NAME AND LOCALITY OF OYSTERMAN. 



1. Please state your name and your P. O. address. 



2. In what place or places do you take oysters? 



3. How long have you been engaged in the business? 



THE BEDS: THEIR LOCALITY, CONDITION, &C. 



4. Please give the location and the names of the beds in your neighborhood with which you 

 are acquainted. 



5. What is about the size of each bed? 



6. On what kind of bottom are these oyster-beds generally formed ? 



7. Is this bottom subject to change in any manner ? 



8. What are the causes of such change or changes? 



9. Does mud or sediment ever accumulate upon the beds? 



10. Is it injurious in any manner to the oysters ? 



11. From whence does it come? 



12. Can such deposit be prevented ? 



13. State average depth of water where these beds are found. 



14. State the greatest and least depths. 



15. Are the largest and best beds found near by, or distant from, the channels? 



16. Does a change of channel affect them in any manner? 



17. Has there been any change in any of the channels in your vicinity? 



18. Have such changes, if any, affected the beds; and, if so, how? 



19. What is the direction and amount of current over these beds? 



20. Do you know of any beds that are " running out;" if so, how and from what causes? 



21. Where are these beds ? 



22. Do you know of beds which are improving in any manner; if so, in what does this im- 

 provement consist? What is the cause of this improvement? 



23. What is the general direction of the gales which are prevalent here in winter? 



24. What in summer? 



25. Which of these gales increase, and which decrease, the depth of the water over the beds? 



26. Do the gales in winter affect the ice-fields in any manner; and, if so, how? 



27. Do they ever seriously affect the beds, or change the neighboring shores ; if so, in what 

 manner, and to what extent? 



28. If the water should be blown off from any of the beds during such gales would it injure 

 them? 



29. How long can the beds remain uncovered without injury? 



30. How long have you ever known any to remain uncovered? 



31. Is this a common occurrence? 



32. Is ice ever piled up on the beds during such times, and on what beds? 



33. For how long ? 



34. Has this piling up of ice any injurious effect upon them; and if so, what effect? 



