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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

 BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



GEORGE M. BOWERS, CommisBioner 



CONDITION AND EXTENTIdF THE NATURAL 

 OYSTER BEDS AND BARREN BOTTOMS 

 -^ >0F MISSISSIPPI EAST OF BILOXI 



By H. F, Moore// 



Assistant in Ch3.rge of Scientific Inquiry 



Bureau of Fisheries Document No, 774 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1913 



