Oyster Mortality in 1920

Abstract

PART I. of the report under notice? was reviewed A in NATURE of July 19, p. 82. It contained Dr. Orton's Final Report, while Part II. commences with his Interim Report of December 30, 1920, which apparently is now published for the first time. It shows the preliminary biological investigations that were made by Dr. Orton, together with his examination of the dumping-ground for explosives in the Black Deep, and is altogether admirable. Why this was not printed in proper sequence, these being the preliminary conclusions of the same author, it is impossible to understand. Further, if it had been published as soon as received instead of in 1024, it would have relieved the minds of those concerned with the oyster industry, and probably elicited from them much further information, besides stimulating and directing their own observations; those responsible for the industry are not unheeding of the results of scientific research.