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THE OYSTER FISHERY OF CONNECTICUT. 
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52 . — Tahle showing the quantities and values of oysters and shells, etc. — Continued. 
Oysters and shells taken from private and public 
grounds at the towns named. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
1887. 
1888. 
1889. 
1887. 
1888. 
1889. 
11. Public grounds : 
Greenwich 
Stamford 
Noroton 
Norwalk 
Westport and Fairfield 
Bridgeport 
Stratford 
Milford 
New Haven 
Branford 
Madison 
Clinton 
Westbrook 
Saybrook 
6,200 
2,400 
2, 000 
28, 000 
7, 000 
115, 000 
19, 000 
6, 000 
35, OtO 
850 
12, 500 
3, 500 
1,800 
750 
6, 000 
2, 000 
1,900 
21,500 
7, 000 
3i 0(10 
8, COO 
10, 000 
81,000 
900 
7, 000 
3, .500 
1,300 
1, 500 
1,200 
1, 500 
1, 100 
12, 500 
6, 000 
3, 500 
4, 500 
8, 000 
24, 000 
1, 100 
5, 500 
3, 500 
1, 000 
200 
40 
120 
90 
$3, 170 
800 
800 
8, 400 
2, 000 
19, 800 
3, 800 
2, 150 
12, 500 
285 
4, 500 
1, 800 
1,300 
950 
$2, 350 
700 
800 
6,260 
2, 000 
12, 610 
2, 500 
3, 400 
18, 000 
270 
2, 850 
1,800 
1, 000 
1, 900 
$360 
500 
520 
5, 750 
2, 000 
1, 700 
2, 200 
2, 400 
9, 875 
330 
2, 580 
1, 800 
650 
275 
80 
60 
225 
Thames River 
Poquonoek 
Total 
III. Total from -nublic and private grounds (not 
iiicludirig shells) : 
Greenwich 
Stamford 
Noroton 
Norwalk 
Westport and Fairfield - 
Bridgeport 
Stratford 
Milford 
New Haven 
Branford 
Guilford 
Madison 
Clinton 
Westbrook 
Say brook 
2, OOC 
800 
1, 850 
460 
1,000 
2, 000 
925 
1, 150 
242, 800 
184,910 
73, 850 
64, 255 
58, 515 
31, 305 
35, 200 
18, 900 
22, (100 
278, 420 
7, 600 
146,777 
134, (187 
73, 000 
815, 136 
11, 850 
1,400 
13, 7.50 
7, .500 
1, 8110 
750 
35, COO 
16, 100 
19, 900 
284, 397 
8, 200 
78, 379 
64, 284 
129, 000 
836, 507 
12, 400 
560 
7,980 
7, 200 
1, 300 
1,500 
23, 700 
15, 650 
19, 100 
275, 841 
12,300 
55, 580 
54, 240 
115, 800 
887, 890 
7, 600 
600 
6, 600 
7,600 
1,000 
200 
40 
120 
90 
1,910 
24, 920 
14, 700 
17, 900 
174, 069 
3, 100 
54, 260 
97, 434 
53, 400 
557, 715 
13, 685 
1,500 
5, 950 
7,800 
1, 300 
950 
25, 500 
]2, 600 
15, 300 
205, 798 
4, 000 
59, 870 
52, 706 
95, 100 
547, 435 
14, 270 
670 
3, 900 
7, 700 
1, 000 
1, 900 
17,810 
12, 560 
15, 120 
215, 117 
7,425 
53, 365 
47, 500 
77, 370 
583, 220 
8, 430 
720 
3, 780 
8,300 
650 
275 
80 
60 
225 
3, 809 
Thames Kiver 
Poquonoek 
Quiambog and Mumford’s Cove 
Total 
2, 000 
800 
1,700 
1,850 
460 
4, 250 
1,000 
2, 000 
4, 100 
925 
1, 150 
9. 880 
1 , 572, 670 
1, 509, 867 
1, 485, 861 
], 035, 783 
1, 059, 704 
1 , 055, K07 
Note The total figures include the quantity and value of oyster-shells resulting from the stock opened before being 
sold ; but the shells taken up from the beds as such do not enter into the totals. 
X.— OYSTER LEGISLATION OF CONNECTICUT. 
The following digest of Oonnecticnt laws enacted prior to 1881 for the control of 
the shellfish fisheries of the State is from “ The Oyster Industry,” by Ernest Ingersoll, 
pages 67 to 70. The legislation of 1881 is the most important enacted by the State, 
and for this reason it is given in full, as supplementary to the digest. 
[Laws of State of Connecticut, Chapter IV, Part I, Article I.] 
Section 1. Describes the particular territory within which the selectmen of East Haven may 
“ designate” or grant ground for the planting and cultivation of oysters ; describes within what other 
waters the oyster committee of the same town may designate ; and gives to the selectmen of Orange all 
the powers of an oyster committee. 
Sec. 2. Provides that any town except East Haven and Orange may appoint a committee of not 
more than five electors, which shall designate to applicants suitable places in the navigable waters of 
the town for planting or cultivating oysters, clams, or mussels. 
Sec. 3. Any person desiring to plant or cultivate oysters, clams, or mussels may apply in writing 
for a suitable place, and such committee or selectmen may make such designation, not exceeding 2 
acres in extent, after the applicant has proved that the ground has not previously been set off for this 
