10 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



I. The Stocking of Our Ponds and Streams with Suitable 

 Fresh-water Fish, Through the Distribution of Eggs 

 AND Fry. 



Trout. 



Your commission has purchased and, with the assistance of fisher- 

 men who are interested in the preservation of this species of game 

 fish, has distributed very generally throughout the State 40,000 

 yearling trout, viz.: in Hope Valley, Beaver River, Barboursville, 

 East and West Greenwich, Exeter, Foster, Runnins River, North 

 and South Kingstown, Natick, Usquepaugh, Brek Heart Brook, as 

 well as through all the northern part of the State, and at Newport. 

 The fishing has been quite equal to that of last year. We are in- 

 formed that in some instances this line of fishing is followed for the 

 market. In some states this is prohibited. 



V Black Bass. 



We received from the Department of Commerce and Tabor, 

 Bureau of Fisheries, 400 small-mouth and 500 large-mouth black 

 bass; these were placed in Fenners, Quidnick, and other ponds. 

 This is the first consignment the Bureau of Fisheries has been able to 

 send us, but in the future it is expected that we may receive for dis- 

 tribution larger numbers. 



Shad. 



Your commission received from the Bureau of Fisheries a car- 

 load of shad fry. Three millions of these were distributed as follows: 



Palmer River, at shad factory 1,050,000 



Runnins River 950,000 



Pawtuxet River 800,000 



Oaks and Beach Cove ' 200,000 



3,000,000 



