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fully completed before the close of the season, so affording an opportunity to 

 make substantial progress upon preliminary work upon the extension of the 

 system from Horton's Point easterly to Orient Point, which is about twelve 

 miles from Horton's Point, and is the most easterly point upon the northerly 

 side of Long Island. In this preparatory work for next year's triangulation 

 survey upon the division mentioned, three new tripod signals and five rock 

 signals were erected, and in addition sixteen other points to be used for signals 

 were selected. Under the system of surveys used in Long Island Sound the 

 lands under water are laid off in townships and lots so that a grant of land 

 being made to a shellfish planter there is no difficulty in fitting the application 

 to the exact land intended, and conflicts of titles and of boundaries are 

 avoided. The system has been described in detail in former reports as a 

 proposed system, so that it is not now necessary to say more about it at 

 this time except to refer to the fact that the Department is just beginning 

 to reap the undoubted benefits accruing from its practical application. 

 Arrangements will be perfected to carry forward the triangulation to the 

 eastward of Horton's Point during the coming season. 



(b) Lot surveys. It will be understood that the township and lot system 

 of triangulation surveys could only be applied in new territory not hereto- 

 fore used for shellfish cultivation. The older localities were originally laid 

 out upon the plan of making special surveys of the several plots or tracts of 

 land and tying the boundary corners to monuments or to natural objects 

 upon the shore. The Department, therefore, had made for each oyster 

 planter a survey for each one of his lots. During the year there were thirty 

 new or original surveys of this character covering three thousand ninety- 

 nine and six-tenths (3,099.6) acres, distributed as follows: 



In Long Island Sound, principally near Port Jefferson and Mattituck, 

 there were fifteen surveys, covering two thousand eight hundred six and 

 four-tenths (2,806.4) acres. In the Hudson river, three surveys, covering 

 two hundred forty-one and two-tenths (241.2) acres. In Jamaica bay, ten 

 surveys, covering thirty-nine (39) acres. In East Chester bay, two surveys, 

 covering thirteen (13) acres. The above mentioned lot surveys, being all 

 original surveys, were all made at the expense of the State, except that cer- 

 tain facilities for doing work, such as furnishing the necessary boats and 

 unskilled labor, were provided by the lot owners. 



