38 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



TABLE SHOWING NUMBER AND GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF FISH- 

 TRAPS since 1898. 



The following arbitrary divisions have been made for the sake of 

 convenience : 



I. Providence River. — South to a line joining Warwick Point and 

 Popasquash Point. 



II. Greenwich Bay. — South of Providence River division in West 

 Passage to a line drawn east and west, touching the southern part of 

 Hope Island. 



III. West Passage. — The West Passage south of Greenwich Bay 

 region to a line drawn due west from Beaver Tail and west of a line 

 connecting the east end of Greenwich Bay boundary and North 

 Point, Conanicut Island. 



IV. Mount Hope Bay. — North of Railroad Bridge, Tiverton, and 

 a line connecting Bristol Ferry and Mussel Shoal Light. 



V. East Passage. — South of Providence and Mount Hope Bay 

 divisions and north of a line from Beaver Tail to Brenton 's Point. 



VI. — Sakonnet River. — The Sakonnet River south of Railroad 

 Bridge to a line connecting Flint Point and the Breakwater. 



VII. — Off Shore. — Traps south of above divisions and east of Point 

 Judith and not including those off Block Island. 



VIII. Block Island. — Traps set off this island. 



IX. Watch Hill. — Traps set along mainland of Rhode Island, 

 west of Point Judith. 



