COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 9 



Occasion is here taken to thank The New York, New Haven and 

 Hartford Railroad Company for its courtesy in granting free trans- 

 portation of fry and messengers. 



The financial statement for the year 1915 is as follows: 



State of Rhode Island in account with the Commissioners oj Inland 



Fisheries. 



1915. DEBIT. 



Dec. 31. To expenses of the Commissioners from 



January 1 to December 31, 1915 SI, 362 51 



To expenses and service of deputies under 

 the lobster laws from January 1 to Decem- 

 ber 31, 1915 3,836 52 



To expenses at the Wickford Hatchery and 

 Experiment Station, January 1 to Decem- 

 ber 31, 1915 7,322 33 



To purchase of egg lobsters 1,857 97 



To purchase of fresh-water fishes 733 35 



$15,122 68 



1915. CREDIT. 



Dec. 31. By received from the State Treasurer $15,122 68 



Amount received for 346 lobster licenses, at $5.00 each, 



as per receipts from the State Treasurer. . . $1,730 00 



Respectfully submitted, 



CHARLES W. WILLARD, 



DANIEL B. FEARING, 



WILLIAM H. BOARDMAN, Secretary. 



ADELBERT D. ROBERTS, 



THEOPHILE GUERIN, 



ISAAC H. CLARKE, 



JAMES G. JOHNSON. 



