4 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



State of Rhode Island in account with the Commission of Inland Fisheries. 



1909. ■ Debit. 



Oct. 11. To paid American Fisheries Company for 40,000 year- 

 ling trout, as per voucher on file with the State 



Auditor $1,000 00 



Dec. .31. To expenses distributing same, as per ditto 85 94 



To expenses of Commissioners, as per ditto 681 53 



To services and expenses of deputies under lobster law, 



as per ditto .3,103 10 



To laboratory, as per ditto 6,836 39 



To egg lobsters, as per ditto 330 13 



To legal expenses, as per ditto 75 00 



$12,072 09 



1909. Credit. 



By received from State Treasurer $12,072 09 



STOCKING STREAMS. 



The continual restocking of the fresh- water streams of the State 

 has been a part of the programme of your Commission ever since 

 its creation forty years ago. 



These many years experience has indicated that the most efficient 

 method of stocking under the conditions of our State is the hberation 

 of young fishes of considerable size, " finger lings," from a year to a 

 year and a half old. In pursuance of this method, and by enforce- 

 ment as far as possible of the laws regulating the methods of fishing, 

 the time of year when fish may be caught, and the size of the fish 

 legitimately kept, your Commission has been able to provide good 

 angling in many of the widely distributed streams of the State. 



The trout fishing during the early portion of the open season, which 

 extends from April 1st to July 15th, was good. The severe drought 

 during the summer left the streams unusually low. After the middle 

 of October, when the streams had again filled, forty thousand ex- 

 ceptionally fine yearling trout were purchased and widely distributed 



