SURVEYOR'S REPORT 



November 21, 1913. 

 Hon. Edwi?n t Bailey, Supervisor, Bureau of Marine Fisheries, 

 Conservation Commission, New York City: 



Dear Sir. — The following is the report of the surveys made 

 in connection with the location of the lands under water in the 

 State of New York used for oyster cultivation during the fiscal 

 year ending September 30, 1913. 



Appended hereto is a list of the forty-two lots surveyed, show- 

 ing a total area of 2,917.8 acres, the larger part of which are 

 in Baritan Bay. 



Besides the work done in surveying and mapping the above 

 grounds, a reconnaissance was made of the oyster grounds in 

 Greata South Bay and detailed lists made of all the individual 

 lots, the total area of which is 7,549.26 acres. The triangulation 

 signals on Staten Island were inspected, repaired and painted. 

 Some of the signals on the north shore of Long Island were in- 

 spected and the majority found to be in good condition. As the 

 Conservation Commission's boat " Olive " was placed at my dis- 

 posal for only a few days this inspection was not completed, but 

 should be in the immediate future. 



Application has been made for relocation surveys of oyster 

 grounds in Smithtown Bay where most of the signals have been 

 destroyed. It will be impossible to make these surveys and re- 

 establish the signals until a boat is available for use by the sur- 

 veyor. 



The maps and note-books of all former surveys have been in- 

 dexed and filed, tracings made of the maps, and blue prints placed 

 on file in the Albany office. Lists have been made of all lots 

 which have been assigned back to the State of New York, and 

 these lists made available to the oyster men. 



During the past year there were leased 657.2 acres of ground 

 in the Hudson river. No triangulation or polyconic projection 

 has ever been made in this locality, and if applications continue 



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