The production for 1907-08 was 8,000 gallons, valued at $10,480. Scallops were shipped to New York and Boston markets. CAPITAL INVESTED. Value of boats, $3,750 Value of dories, 200 Value of gear, 475 ------ Total, $4,425 The same laws as were quoted for Dennis, the two towns having common fishery rights. The 1904-05 season was prosperous, as Yarmouth scallopers had the privilege of scalloping in the large bed off Dennis. The two following years were very poor, and even the last season has not been up to the average. FOOTNOTES: [10] E. Ingersoll, "The Scallop Fishery," United States Fish Commission report, 1881. [11] United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 85, 1898. [12] Statistics taken from the United States Fish Commission reports. [13] Licenses. [14] Return of Special Agent William C. Dunham. OYSTER (_Ostrea Virginiana_). _Introduction._ RESOLVES OF 1905, CHAPTER 73. _Resolved_, That the commissioners on fisheries and game are hereby authorized and directed to make a biological investigation and report as to the best methods, conditions and localities for the propagation of oysters under the conditions found in Massachusetts waters. The commissioners may expend for the purposes of this resolve a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars a year for a period of three years. As authorized by the above act, the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game have conducted experiments of a biological nature upon the oyster. At the start of the investigations, for a proper understanding of the various conditions in the different localities, it was necessary to make a survey of the oyster industry of the State. Recently this survey has been supplemented by sending printed questions to the oystermen, and the whole put in the form of a report, which gives an account of the industry. This first report on the oyster is merely a broad survey of the whole industry of the State, and is preliminary to future reports of a more scientific character.