14 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



The number of boats engaged in lobster fishing in this State are : 



State. Sail boats. Row boats. Pots. 



Newport 36 35 5,000 



Narragansett 3 3 400 



Saunderstown 1 2 150 



Sakonnet 1 5 250 



East River 3 185 



Warren 2 ISO 



Green Hill 1 70 



Watch Hill 1 4 400 



Block Island 8 1,200 



Jamestown 3 100 



55 53 7,935 



April 14, at Long Wharf, Newport, there was a large fleet of lob- 

 ster boats awaiting the end of close time. This fleet included 1 

 launch, 3 sloop-rigged, 28 cat-boats, and 26 skiffs. These were sup- 

 plied with 541 lobster pots. 



Lobsters Received From Nova Scotia From December 17, 1903, to June 30, 1904. 



Packages. Pounds. Shorts. Egg Lobsters. 



December 254 44,450 470 



January 414 72,450 1,585 



February 273 47,765 903 



March 374 65,450 1,097 



April 390 68,250 383 ' 28 



May, 292 51,100 29 40 



June 212 37,100 110 48 



Total from December 17, 1903 to July 1, 1904, 2,209 packages; 386,575 

 pounds; 4,577 shorts; 116 egg. 



The short lobsters and egg lobsters imported from Nova Scotia 

 were handed over to the deputies and liberated in Rhode Island 

 waters. 



The important industry of trap fishing is growing steadily, as will 

 be seen by the statistics of the next chapter. In Narragansett Bay, 



