CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 General report upon the work of the Commission, and the financial state- 

 ment for 1907 3 



The stocking of ponds and streams with fresh-water fishes 32 



Collection of data and statistics relating to the commercial fisheries 33 



Fish traps set in Rhode Island waters and list of trap owners 38 



The continued examination of the physical and biological conditions of the 



Bay 46 



Distribution of clam sets in 1907 92 



Report on the lobster culture at the Wickford Station for 1907, by E. W. 



Barnes, Superintendent of Station 93 



The salt water aquarium and sea-farming exhibit at the Washington County 



Fair 116 



List of officers of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and of the State, 



Fisheries Authorities 117 



Fisheries laws of Rhode Island 127 



General index to the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries 



of the State of Rhode Island 141 



Titles of special papers published in the Annual Reports of the Commis- 

 sioners of Inland Fisheries of the State of Rhode Island 157 



Special papers: — 



The Fishes of Rhode Island. V.— The Flat-fishes, by H. C. Tracy 47 



The Fishes of Rhode Island. VI. — A Description of Two Young Speci- 

 mens of Squeteague {Cynoscion regalis), with Notes on the Rate of 



their Growth, by H. C. Tracy 85 



The Problem of Feeding in Artificial Lobster Culture, by Victor E. Emmel, 



Ph. D 99 



