Survey of Oyster Bars, Somerset Coiuity, Md. 



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Appendix C— STATISTICS OF RESULTS OF THE COMBINED OPERATIONS OF THE 



GOVERNMENT AND STATE. 



For a further understanding of the character of the oyster survey work that is being carried on 

 in Maryland the following statistical tabulations of the combined results of the various operations of 

 both the Government and State will be of value. In this connection it should be remembered that 

 these statistics only include the new work required to supplement the large amount of existing data 

 obtained from the archives of Coast and Geodetic Survey and utilized in the preparation of the charts 

 and technical records. 



Operation. 



Natural oyster bars surveyed and delineated 



Acres of natural oyster bars 



Crab bottoms surveyed and delineated 



Acres of crab bottoms 



Clam beds surveyed and delineated 



Acres of clam beds 



Number of oyster lots leased and surveyed. 



Acres of oyster lots leased and surveyed 



Boundary buoys located and planted 



Triangulation landmarks established 



Miles of shore line covered by triangulation 



Square miles of -water covered by triangulation 



Miles of examination of shell bottom with chain apparatus. 



Oyster investigation stations occupied 



Number of soundings over shell bottoms 



Square miles covered by soundings and chain apparatus 



Projections prepared and plotted 



Leasing charts prepared 



Oyster charts published 



Reports published 



Progress maps published 



Anne 

 Arundel 

 County. 



9i 

 33.666 



38 



203 



362 



123 



1 10 



220 



369 



440 



37.049 



58 



9 



13 



4 



Somerset 

 County. 



37 



27.566 



54 



32, 108 



3 



506 



185 



920 



154 



86 



125 



375 



296 



679 



17.904 



47 



13 



Total. («) 



r28 

 (fc) 61 , 232 



54 



32, 108 



3 

 506 

 223 



1. 123 

 516 

 209 

 23 5 

 595 

 665 



1,119 



54.953 



105 



(«) Less quantities covered by statistics of more than one county. 

 (.'') Total area of natural oyster bars of Connecticut is 5,770 acres. 



Appendix D— THE HAMAN OYSTER CULTURE LAW. 



[Extract from First Report of Shell Fish Commission.] 



OBJECT. 



"The legislature in placing chapter 7 1 1 of the acts of 1906, better known as the Haman Oyster 

 Culture Law, upon the statute books of Maryland had a twofold object in view: 



1. To encourage an industry in oyster culture upon the barren bottoms beneath the tidewaters 

 of the State. 



2. To prevent the leasing of natural oyster bars for the purpose of oyster culture." 



SURVEY. 



" To make the leasing of barren bottoms possible and the leasing of natural bars impossible, provision 

 was made for a survey of the natural bars for the purpose of accurately locating and marking the same. 

 It was definitely provided that no barren bottoms should be leased in any part of the State until the 

 natural bars of that region had been surveyed, charted, and marked with buoys." 



