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COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Table XI. 



Total Number of Fourth and Fifth Stage Lobsters Reared Each Year Since 1900. 



Year. 



Fourth 

 Stage. 



Fifth 

 Stage. 



1900. 

 1901. 

 1902. 

 1903. 

 1904. 

 1905. , 

 1906. 

 1907., 

 1908. . 

 1909.. 

 1910.. 

 1911. 

 1912.. 

 1913.. 

 1914. 

 1915. 



3,425 



8,974 



27,300 



13,500 



50,597 



103,572 



189,384 



294,896 



322,672 



178,542 



511,274 



*299,042 



*521,861 



*469,344 



*682,348 



*683,840 



24,800 

 4,900 

 5,481 



28,372 



*The entire number liberated were in the latter part of the fourth or fifth stage. 



