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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



II. The Collection of Data and Statistics Relating to the 



Commercial Fisheries. 



The tables here submitted, made up from data derived from the 

 books of the transportation company, show the yearly variation in 

 shipments, but do not pretend to give the total amount of fish caught. 

 It is extremely difficult to get complete statistics of the State without 

 depending upon estimates or guesses. An estimate of the catch of 

 lobsters in the waters of the State has been made up by our deputies 

 and is submitted. 



Table of Fish, Lobsters 

 Regular 



Barrels 



Year. Fish. 



1887 16,657 



1888 15,033 



1889 19,306 



1900 8,933 



1891 18,032 



1892 26,832 



1893 24,452 



1894 17,769 



1895 24,622 



1896 20,425 



1897 25,098 



1898 34,065 



1899 34,917 



1900 38,184 



1901 50,500 



1902 53,986 



1903 54,384 



1904 62,106 



,Etc., Shipped From Neivport During the Last 19 Years by 

 Transportation Lines Out of the State. 



Barrels 

 Lobsters. 



834 



1,161 



2,047 



2,650 



2,204 



2,123 



1,399 



2,392 



2,119 



1,728 



2,039 



1,163 



4,143 



4,793 



4,393 



4,342 



1,474 



1,921 



No. of 

 Barrels Barrels Barrels No. of Horse- 



Eels. Crabs. Sturgeon. Sword-fish, mackerel. 



1 



84 



11 



18 



143 



45 



74 



162 



166 



21 



179 



164 



554 



79 

 336 



Total . 



545,301 



42,925 



18 



85 



11 



1,508 



415 



