[18] Licences for bait.

[19] Licenses.

[20] Statistics of the number of men engaged were unobtainable.

[INDEX.]

Barnstable:—
Clam industry, [207]-209
Oyster industry, [147]-149
Quahaug industry, [52], [53]
Scallop industry, [96]-98
Berkley:—
Clam industry, [229], [230]
Oyster industry, [156]-158
Beverly, clam industry, [192]
Boston harbor, clam industry, [196]-198
Bourne:—
Clam industry, [220]
Oyster industry, [153], [154]
Quahaug industry, [53], [54]
Scallop industry, [98], [99]
Brewster, scallop industry, [99]
Buzzard's Bay district:—
Clam industry, [219]
Oyster industry, [150]-152
Capital, [36]
Chatham:—
Clam industry, [215], [216]
Oyster industry, [144]-146
Quahaug industry, [55], [56]
Scallop industry, [99]-101
Clam:—
Decline, [165], [166]
Distribution, [159]
Farming, [167]-176
Growth, [171]-173
History in Massachusetts, [176]-178
Industry in Massachusetts, [178]-180
Production for Massachusetts since 1880, [178]
Remedy for decline, [167]
Seed, [174]
Statistics of industry in Massachusetts, [161]-164
Cohasset, clam industry, [200]
Dartmouth:—
Clam industry, [224], [225]
Quahaug industry, [56]
Scallop industry, [103]
Dennis:—
Clam industry, [217], [218]
Oyster industry, [146], [147]
Quahaug industry, [56]
Scallop industry, [101]-103
Dighton:—
Clam industry, [229]
Oyster industry, [156]-158
Duxbury, clam industry, [202]-204
Eastham:—
Clam industry, [211], [212]
Oyster industry, [144]
Quahaug industry, [56],57
Scallop industry, [103]
Edgartown:—
Clam industry, [232], [233]
Quahaug industry, [58]-60
Scallop industry, [103]-105
Essex, clam industry, [188]-190
Fairhaven:—
Clam industry, [223]
Quahaug industry, [60], [61]
Scallop industry, [105], [106]
Fall River, clam industry, [231]
Fall River district:—
Clam industry, [225]-227
Oyster industry, [156]-158
Scallop industry, [106]
Falmouth:—
Clam industry, [219], [220]
Oyster industry, [149], [150]
Quahaug industry, [61], [62]
Scallop industry, [106]
Fishing rights of the public, [26]
Food value of shellfish, [92]
Freetown:—
Clam industry, [230]
Oyster industry, [156]-158
Gloucester, clam industry, [190], [191]
Harwich:—
Clam industry, [217]
Oyster industry, [146]
Quahaug industry, [62], [63]
Scallop industry, [106], [107]
Hingham, clam industry, [199]
Hull, clam industry, [199], [200]
Ipswich, clam industry, [185]-188
Kingston, clam industry, [205], [206]
Laws:—
Oyster, [127]-132
Quahaug, [50], [51]
Scallop, [92], [93]
Shellfish, [25]-30
Lynn, clam industry, [193], [194]
Manchester, clam industry, [191], [192]
Marion:—
Clam industry, [221], [222]
Oyster industry, [156]
Quahaug industry, [63], [64]
Scallop industry, [107], [108]
Marshfield, clam industry, [201], [202]
Mashpee:—
Clam industry, [218]
Oyster industry, [149]
Quahaug industry, [64], [65]
Scallop industry, [108]
Mattapoisett:—
Clam industry, [222]
Quahaug industry, [65], [66]
Scallop industry, [108], [109]
Methods of work, [16]
Clam, [160], [161]
Oyster, [117], [118]
Quahaug, [38]
Scallop, [81]
Monopoly, [36]
Nahant, clam industry, [195], [196]
Nantucket:—
Clam industry, [231], [232]
Oyster industry, [158], [159]
Quahaug industry, [66]-69
Scallop industry, [109]-111
Narragansett Bay:—
Clam industry, [225]-227
Oyster industry, [156]-158
New Bedford:—
Clam industry, [223], [224]
Quahaug industry, [69], [70]
Scallop industry, [111]-113
Newbury, clam industry, [184], [185]
Newburyport, clam industry, [182], [183]
Orleans:—
Clam industry, [210], [211]
Oyster industry, [144]
Quahaug industry, [70]-72
Scallop industry, [113]
Overfishing, [23]
Oyster:—
Enemies, [155]
Grants, [119]
Natural beds, [119]-123
Statistics, [136]-138
Spat collecting, [133], [134]
Oystermen v. quahaugers, [152]
Plymouth, clam industry, [206], [207]
Pollution, water, [23]-25, [236]
Protection, [26], [27]
Provincetown:—
Clam industry, [214], [215]
Quahaug industry, [72]
Scallop industry, [113]
Quahaug:—
Decline, [38]-40
Distribution, [36], [37]
Farming, [40]-43
Growth, [42]
History in Massachusetts, [49], [50]
Industry, [43]-49
Rakes, [44], [45]
Spat collecting, [43]
Statistics, [51]
Quahaugers v. oystermen, [152]
Resources, unimproved, [19]
Salem, clam industry, [193]
Salisbury, clam industry, [180]-182
Sanitary conditions, [236]
Saugus, clam industry, [194], [195]
Scallop:—
Decline, [82]-84
Distribution, [80]
Dredges, [86]-88
"Eye," [88]
History in Massachusetts, [93], [94]
Improvements, [84]
Industry, [85]-91
Maine, [90]
Market, [90]
Openers, [88]
Outfit, [90], [91]
"Pusher," [85]
Season, [91]
Shanties, [88]
Soaking, [89], [90]
Statistics, [95]
Scituate, clam industry, [201]
Sectional jealousy, [31]
Shellfisheries:—
Abuses, [25]-33
Decline, [20]-25
Development, [19]
Production since 1879, [20]
Remedy, [33]-35
Statistics, [19]
Somerset:—
Clam industry, [228], [229]
Oyster industry, [156]-158
Statistical summaries:—
Clam industry, [161]-164
Oyster industry, [136]-138
Quahaug industry, [51]
Scallop industry, [95]
Shellfish industry, [19]
Swansea:—
Clam industry, [227], [228]
Oyster industry, [156]-158
Quahaug industry, [72]
Tisbury, scallop industry, [113]
Town jealousy, [31]
Truro:—
Clam industry, [213], [214]
Quahaug industry, [72]
Wareham:—
Clam industry, [221]
Oyster industry, [154]-156
Quahaug industry, [72]-74
Scallop industry, [114], [115]
Waste of competition, [31]
Wastefulness, historical, [17]-19
Wellfleet:—
Clam industry, [212], [213]
Oyster industry, [138]-143
Quahaug industry, [74]-79
Scallop industry, [115]
Weymouth, clam industry, [198]
Yarmouth:—
Clam industry, [209], [210]
Oyster industry, [146], [147]
Quahaug industry, [79], [80]
Scallop industry, [115], [116]

[The above map of the coast line of Massachusetts, with its numbered sections, furnishes an index to the following series of shellfish areas.]