Warrant appointing John A. Blake, Esq., m.p., Francis 

 Francis, Esq., George W. Hart, Esq., and Thomas F. 

 Brady, Esq., to be Commissioners for Inquiring into and 

 Reporting on the Artificial Cultivation and Propagation 

 of Oysters. 



By the Lord Lieutenant-General and General 

 Governor of Ireland. 



Abercorn. 



Whereas it has been represented to us that the artificial pro- 

 pagation of oysters, as an important article of food, is at present 

 imperfectly understood in Ireland, and that it is desirable that 

 inquiries should be made into the methods used in some parts of 

 Great Britain and France, in which it has been more successfully 

 carried on, and into the practicability of introducing improved 

 methods of cultivation of oysters into Ireland. 



We, James Duke of Abercorn, Lord Lieutenant-General and 

 General Governor of Ireland, do hereby nominate and appoint 

 John A. Blake, esq., m.p., Francis Francis, esq., George W. 

 Hart, esq., and Thomas F. Brady, esq., to be Commissioners, 

 to make such inquiries as aforesaid, and to report fully for our 

 information the result thereof. 



Given at Her Majesty's Castle of Dublin this 2nd day of 

 October, 1868. 



By His Grace's Command, 



Thomas A. Larcom. 



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