6 REPORT OF COMMISSTONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Fish. Lobsters. Clams, 



January Barrels Barrels 17 Barrels. 



February '' " 12 '' 



March '' 1 " 30 



April. *. 49 '^ " 



May 357 " 20 '' 1 " 



June 404 " 23 " 4 " 



July 417 " 44 " 23 " 



August 20(1 " 43 " 2 '■'■ 



September. 129 " '' 9 



October ISG " " '^ 



November 54 " " " 



December " " " 



Total 1802 " 131 " 104 '' 



Besides these unusually large shipments, there were shipped by 

 vessels to 



New York about 5,000 Ban-els. 



Providence '' 5,000 '' 



Fall River " 3,000 " 



Total " 13,000 



Making a total of 41,634 barrels for this season's shipment of 

 fish from Newport county alone. 



It is also estimated that 1,500 barrels of fish were lost from the 

 traps by storms. 



The following is the amount of fish and lobsters shipped by the 

 Old Colony line for the last ten years from Newport : 



1882 12,514 Barrels. 



1883 13,874 



1884 20,301 



1885 18,421 " 



1880 18,439 " 



1887 17,491 " 



1888 10,194 " 



1889 21,353 " 



