LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. 



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 Department of Commerce and Labor, 



Coast and Geodetic Survey, 



Washington, June 29, 1908. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the officer detailed from 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey to cooperate with the Bureau of Fisheries and the Mary- 

 land Shell Fish Commission in surveying the oyster bars of the State of Maryland, and 

 certain te> u I res lis which are necessary for the interpretation and use of the plats 

 of the sunt. - n a le by the Government. 



This work has been uone under the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An 

 act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to cooperate, through the Bureau 

 of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, with the shellfish com- 

 missioners of the State of Maryland in making surveys of the natural oyster beds, bars, 

 and rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland," approved May 26, 1906, and of 

 the acts of Congress making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government 

 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1907, 1908, and 1909. 

 Respectfully, 



O. H. Tittmann, Superintendent. 

 To Hon. Oscar S. Straus, 



Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 



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