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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR 



BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



GEORGE M. BOWERS, Commissioner 



CONDITION AND EXTENT OF THE NATURAL 



OYSTER BEDS AND BARREN BOTTOMS OF 



MISSISSIPPI SOUND, ALABAMA 



By H, F. Moore 



Assista.nt in Charge of Scientific Inquiry 



Bureau of Fisheries Document No, 769 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1913 



