LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. 



Department of Commerce, 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, 



Washington, May 23, 1913. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the final report of the officer de- 

 tailed from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as representative of that 

 service on the work of the Maryland Oyster Survey. 



The report, together with its accompanying index chart, is designed to serve both 

 as a summary of and as an index to the 17 technical publications and 43 oyster charts 

 resulting from the cooperation of the Maryland Shell Fish Commission, the United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries, and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in the 

 survey of the oyster resources of Maryland. 



The work has been done under the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An 



act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to cooperate, through the 



Bureau of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, with the 



Shell Fish Commissioners of the State of Maryland in making surveys of the natural 



oyster beds, bars, and rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland," approved 



May 26, 1906, and of the acts of Congress making appropriations for sundry civil 



expenses of the Government for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1907, 1908, 1909, 



1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, 



Respectfully, O. H, Tittmann, 



Superintendent. 

 To Hon. William C. Redfield, 



Secretary of Commerce. 



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