4 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



The herring and the bass have failed to appear in numbers. The 

 menhaden fishing has been very light. The catch is indicated in the 

 table of shipments as follows. 



The following table shows the amount of fish and lobsters shipped 

 from Newport by the Old Colony Steamboat and Railroad for each 

 month of the year 1891 : 



Month. Fish. Lobsters. 



January 23 Barrels. 44 Barrels. 



February 51 " 48 



March 61 " 62 



April 288 " 227 



May 12,174 " 236 



June 3,010 " 317 



July 1,072 " 542 



August 610 " 401 



September 353 " 265 



October 268 " 24 



November 100 ' ' 5 



December 22 " 33 



Total 18,032 " 2,204 



Total of fish and lobsters shipped from Newport by the Old Colony 

 lines : 



1886 17,434 Barrels. 



1887 '. 17,491 



1888 16,194 



1889 21,353 " 



1890 11,583 



1891 20,236 " 



For further statistics of the fisheries of Rhode Island we copy from 

 the Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries, published by United 

 States Commission, 1891. 



