8 Report of the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners. 
The second publication consists in a set of two charts and 
a technical report and forms a permanent record, similar in 
every way to that for Somerset County, of the work of the 
Commission and the Federal Government in Wicomico 
County. It was filed in the office of the Commission in An- 
napolis and in the office of the Clerk of the Cireuit Court for 
Wicomico County, on December 1, 1908. 
CO-OPERATION, 
The Commission has continued to receive the same hearty 
co-operation in its field work from the U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey, the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, the State 
Fishery Force, and boards of County Commissioners which 
it has hitherto received. A full statement of the extent of 
this co-operation and the Acts authorizing it may be found 
in the First Report of the Shell Fish Commission, pages 17 
to 26. A statement concerning the assistance rendered by 
the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries 
may be found also in the reports published by the Coast and 
Geodetic Survey entitled ‘* Survey of Oyster Bars.’’ 
The names of the men appointed by the boards of County 
Commissioners to accompany the Chief Engineer during the 
survey of their respective counties and point out the approxi- 
mate location of the oyster bars and select.the stations on 
each ground at which examinations were made, are: 
J. K. Covington..... SP OMA, Se tri yt ee 9, H3h6 Tor Wicomico County. 
William T. Pruitt... Stockton............ ‘* ‘Worcester County. 
James A, Duke....., Broome Island....... ‘* Calvert County. 
J. F. Robrecht...... Piney Point..... 0.5; ‘* St. Marys County. 
Z. T. Hayden....... SEuTeIO Ot. sks sno ‘* Charles County. 
From these gentlemen the Commission has received much 
information and help beyond that contemplated in the Act 
providing for their services and it gladly acknowledges its 
appreciation of this and many courtesies. 
To Hon. John Gill, the Commission desires to express its, 
thanks for the attention he has given to the work of securing 
the continued co-operation of the Federal Government with 
the Maryland Shell Fish Comimission in making the survey 
of the natural oyster grounds. Without the assistance of the 
