REPORT. 



To the Honorable the General Asseonhly of the State of Rhode Is- 

 land and Providence Plantations, at its January Session, 1893: 



The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith present their 

 annual report for the year 1892. 



SHAD. 



No shad fry were had this year from the United States Fish 

 Commissioner. The catch in the waters of our state has not been 

 large this year. 



TROUT. 



Forty thousand (40,000) trout eggs were purchased this year. 

 The fry from these were sent to various parts of the state to per- 

 sons who apphed for them, and deposited in the streams. 



Trout fishing has been the poorest the past season of any yet 

 known by the Commissioners, the past two seasons having been 

 very dry and the brooks and streams low. It has been reported 

 to us by reliable persons that trout have been found dead in the 

 pools on the streams where they were left by the falling waters. 



We are still of the belief that quicker results are obtained by 

 putting in yearlings than by the method formerly pursued by us 

 of depositing the fry. 



TAUTOG 



are reported more plenty than ever before known. 



It is estimated that twenty tons, 40,000 pounds, were taken with 



