MARYLAND OYSTEE SURVEY. 13 



STATISTICS OF OFFICE WORK INDICATING CHARACTER OF RESULTS. 



Hydrograhic positions plotted - 8, 600 



Large-scale projections prepared, showing legal boundaries of shellfish bottoms 87 



Geographic positions of triangulation stations computed 1, 100 



Large-scale leasing charts prepared 63 



Triangles computed 2, 600 



Description of triangulation stations prepared for publication 1, 112 



Back azimuths and distances from corners of boundaries to triangulation stations computed 10, 000 



STATISTICS OF PUBLICATIONS INDICATING QUANTITY OF WORE.. 



Reports of Maryland Shell Fish Commission 4 



Printed pages in Maryland Shell Fish Commission reports , 900 



Publications of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 13 



Printed pages in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey publications 1, 560 



Progress maps in United States Coast and Geodetic Survey publications 12 



Oyster charts showing boundaries of shellfish bottoms published by United States Coast and 



Geodetic Survey 43 



EQUIPMENT. 



The equipment for the work of the Maryland Oyster Survey is fully described 

 in the publications of the Maryland Shell Fish Commission (XLIII, pp. 34-36)' 

 and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (XVI, pp. 102-104). ' 



In a general way it may be stated that the equipment was ample and satisfac- 

 tory, especially in respect to the large living and office quarters on the Maryland Shell 

 Fish Commission houseboat Oyster (XLIII, p. 35) 1 and the equipment of instruments 

 furnished by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for both the work of the 

 Government and State. 



COST. 



On account of the divided administration that naturally goes along with coop- 

 erative work of several independent institutions, the problem of fixing the cost of 

 the six years' work of the Maryland Oyster Survey presents many difficulties. But 

 Dr. Grave in the "Fourth Keport of the Shell Fish Commission of Maryland" 

 (XLIII, p. 33) 1 has placed the figure at something more than a total of $200,000 

 for all the work of both the Government and the State. 



Accepting $200,000 as the cost of the Maryland Oyster Survey, the following 

 deductions will be of interest : 



The total area of the tidewaters of Maryland covered by the Maryland Oyster 

 Survey, including natural oyster bars, crab bottoms, clam beds, bottoms suitable 

 for oyster culture, and all other bottoms interspaced between these shellfish areas, 

 is approximately 1,600 square miles, or 1,020,000 acres. This makes the cost of 

 surveying and charting this area approximately $125 a square mile, or 20 cents 

 an acre. 



The total annual production of oysters in Maryland is now approximately 

 5,000,000 bushels, and the estimated ultimate production is 20,000,000 bushels. 

 This makes a total cost of 1 cent per bushel for the estimated ultimate annual yield 

 of the oyster industry to be operated on the surveying basis established by the 



' See " References," p. 19. 



