38 OYSTER BEDS OF JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA. 
the beds the production of young oysters is good on the very scatter- 
ing and depleted areas, which in their other parts are deficient in 
immature growth. 
The following data furnish the basis for the foregoing: 
Details of Examination of Blunt Point Rock. 
Station 
num- 
Date of exam- 
ination. 
Mean 
depth 
of wa- 
ter. 
Character of growth 
of market oysters. 
Oysters caught per 
square yard. 
Estimated quantity oys- 
ters per acre. 
ber. 
Spat. 
Culls. 
Counts. 
Seed. 
Market. 
Total. 
252 
Aug. 21,1909 
Feet. 
9.5 
Dense 
7.9 
17.5 
7.5 
Bush. 
165 
Bush. 
103 
Bush. 
268 
253 
do 
12.5 
do 
3.1 
24.5 
15.9 
178 
219 
397 
180 
Aug. 18,1909 
12.5 
Scattering 
1.5 
33.9 
5.3 
230 
73 
303 
187 
do 
6.5 
do 
.0 
.8 
3.5 
5 
48 
53 
254 
Aug. 21,1909 , 
11.0 
do 
.3 
22.9 
4.2 
151 
58 
209 
173 
Aug. 18,1909 
16.0 
Very scattering 
.9 
5.0 
4.6 
38 
63 
101 
175 
do i 
10.5 
! do 
2.6 
42.3 
3.5 
292 
48 
340 
178 
do 
10.5 
I do 
1.3 
27.1 
2.9 
184 
40 
224 
182 
do 
11.0 
do 
2.0 
7.1 
3.7 
59 
51 
110 
188 
do 
9.5 
do 
.0 
4.0 
2.0 
26 
28 
54 
380 
Aug. 26,1909 
14.5 
do 
1.0 
3.1 
4.1 
27 
57 
84 
381 
do 
13.0 
do 
.3 
16.0 
2.1 
106 
29 
135 
174 
Aug. 18,1909 
16.0 
Depleted 
1.9 
35.2 
2.6 
241 
36 
277 
177 
do 
13.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
.0 
0 
0 
0 
179 
do 
16.5 
do 
.0 
3.6 
.9 
23 
7 
30 
181 
do 
13.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
.0 
0 
0 
0 
189 
do 
8.5 
do 
1.3 
12.1 
1.3 
87 
18 
105 
190 
Aug. 19,1909 
9.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
1.3 
0 
18 
18 
251 
Aug. 21.1909 
11.5 
do 
.8 
2.9 
1.3 
24 
18 
42 
378 
Aug. 26,1909 
12.5 
— .do 
.0 
.0 
1.8 
0 
25 
25 
379 
do 
15.5 
do. 
.0 
.0 
.0 
0 
0 
0 
WHITE SHOAL ROCKS. 
These are two rocks in very shallow water, with slightly greater 
depths between and deep channels surrounding. The westernmost 
lies about a bare shell bank and the easternmost is nearly awash at 
low water. 
The following exhibits their extent and condition at the beginning 
of the oyster season of 1909-10. 
Oyster Growth on White Shoal Rocks. 
Character of growth of market oysters. 
Area. 
| Oysters per acre. 
Estimated 
content of 
market 
oysters. 
Seed. 
Market. 
Dense 
Acres. 
44 
10 
52 
Bushels. 
312 
108 
53 
Bushels. 
127 
36 
12 
Bushels. 
5,588 
360 
624 
Very scattering 
Depleted 
Total 
106 
6,572 
The dense areas produce a good quantity of marketable oysters 
and at the beginning of the present season should be capable of yield- 
ing about 12 bushels of oysters per full day of tonging. There are 
no areas of scattered growth within the definition of this report, but at 
