72 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Conditions were also sufficiently favorable to produce a great 

 quantity of starfish. 



On the other hand, the sets of clams and scallops were failures, as 

 were also the runs of fish of all sorts and the abundance of lobsters. 

 An examination for clam set revealed a scarcity at all points except- 

 ing in the vicinity of Field's Point, Providence, and certain very 

 small areas near Wickford. 



