REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 15 



Shad. 



The commission have received during the past year, through 

 the courtesy of the United States Fish Commission, a car-load of 

 shad fry numbering three million (3,000,000), which were placed 

 in Runnin's and Palmer's rivers, one million two hundred thou- 

 sand (1,200,000) in the former river, and one million eight hundred 

 thousand (1,800,000) in the latter. The run of shad in both these 

 rivers was later than that of last year, and the fish averaged 

 larger size. 



Alewives. 



The commission are indebted to Mr. George A. Griffin, of Wake- 

 field, for information regarding the catch of alewives. Since the 

 opening of the branch in Point Judith Pond, alewives have been 

 unusually abundant, but the shipment during the past year has 

 been rather less than usual, owing to the fact that the market has 

 been low. The fish, for the most part, are shipped to the West Indies, 

 and the recent political and other disturbances in these islands 

 have decidedly interfered with the market. Only about five or six 

 hundred barrels were shipped this year, and the price was some- 

 what lower than usual. Three or four hundred barrels were sold 

 to the local trade. 



