COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 35 



Nos. Applicants. Locations. 



343. Frederick J. Gray Tiverton Four Corners. 



344. Patrick Henry Dillon Wakefield. 



345. George W. Hart Warren. 



346. C. Francis Newport. 



347. James B. Phillips 



348. L. C. Luth 



349. Charles Eugene Larkin Westerly. 



350. Robert F. Shaw Little Compton. 



351. Willard P. Hall Westerly. 



352. Elvery C. Sherman Newport. 



353. Albert E. Sherman 



354. Gean Carrol North Tiverton. 



355. Henry Binns, Jr Warwick. 



356. Gordon Bliven Newport. 



357. Walter S. Bliven 



358. Morris Fleetwood " 



359. George L. Payne Block Island. 



360. Edwin W. Nash Westerly. 



361. Thomas Bliven Newport. 



362. Elisha M. Taylor Narragansett Pier. 



363. John E. Sowle Little Compton. 



364. Manuel Ramos Middletown. 



365. Arnold James Newport. 



366. Annie D. Parks Little Compton. 



367. James Attmore Wright Wakefield. 



368. Seth W. M. Battene Newport. 



369. Daniel McKeown " 



370. James S. Kapinakes " 



THE FYKE NET FISHERIES. 



In this branch of our fisheries there has been for a number of years 

 a steady decline in the abundance of fish caught per net and also a 

 decrease in the size. The cause for this is attributed, by those en- 



