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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



not entirely past the experimental stage, we have had sufficient 

 success to warrant building cars to replace all the canvas bags. 

 Last summer six cars were used with good results. The proportion 

 of lobsters carried through to the fourth stage in -the boxes was 

 determined in case of one counted lot .of 20,000 fry: forty-two per 

 cent, arrived at the fourth or "bottom" stage. 



One very favorable feature of the box scheme is that the old 

 lobsters bearing mature eggs can be put into the box and allowed 

 to crawl about on the bottom. The fry, when hatched, rise in the 

 water and are kept in motion by the current created by the revolution 

 of the paddles. 



Liberation of Fourth and Fifth Stage Lobsters, 1907. 



Locality. 



Number. 



Fourth 

 Stage. 



Fifth 

 Stage. 



Character 

 of shore. 



East Poplar Point 



Mill Cove No. 1 



Rocky Point 



Mill Cove No. 2 



Portsmouth 



Kickemuit River 



Conanicut Island 



Hope Island 



White Rocks 



Total liberated 



Used for experiments, etc. . . 

 Used in rearing to fifth stage 



Total counted out 



30,000 



3,000 



40,000 



2,000 



25, 00 



45,000 



54,000 



75,000 



5,000 



279,000 



5,896 



10,000 



294,896 



2,500 



1,000 



Rocky. 

 Rocky. 

 Rocky. 

 Muddy. 

 Stony. I 

 Stony. 

 Rocky ledge. 

 Stony. 

 Rocky ledge. 



3,500 

 1,400 



4,900 



