G INLAND FISHERIES. 



Account of Fish shipped from Newp)ort, R. J., hy Old Colony 

 Steamboat Co., in 1894. 



Month. Lobsters. Fresh Fish. Salt Fish. 



January 43 barrels. 08 barrels. barrels. 



February 14 " 83 " 



March 12 " 142 " 



April 69 " 178 " 



May 192 " 7,509 '' 



June 270 " 6,089 " 



July 844 " 1,240 " 



August 476 " 184 " 



September 392 " 587 " 



October 31 '' 1,040 " 



November 14 " 363 " 24 



December .. 35 " 286 " 68 



Total 2,392 17,769 92 



Total for 1893. Lobsters, 1,399 barrels. Fish, 24,452 barrels. 



Estimate of salt luater fishes caught in Rhode Island waters 

 from shore, ivest of Point Judith. 



Porgies 2,315 barrels. 



232 



Sea Bass 



Flounders 516 



Flat Fish 216 



Blue Fish 259 



Weak Fish 53 



Eels , 172 



Smelts 187 



Herring 1,500 



Black 60 



Mackerel 40 



