REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 13 



I. The Stocking of our Ponds and Streams with Suitable 

 Fresh-water Fish, Through the Distribution of Fry. 



Trout. 



Your Commission has purchased 48,300 yearhng trout, and these 

 have been placed in suitable streams throughout the state. The 

 distribution of these fish in the northern part of the state was in 

 charge of Messrs. Roberts and Boardman; in the central part, of 

 Messrs. Root and Morton; while Newport county and the southern 

 part of the state were cared for by Messrs. Southwick and Willard, 

 respectively. 



Bass. 



During the year 1905 we again received, through the kindness 

 of the Bureau of Fisheries of the Department of Commerce and 

 Labor, a consignment of black bass. In all 700 small-mouth black 

 bass and 300 large-mouth black bass were distributed in such ponds 

 as are known to be suitable for the propagation of these fish. This 

 number is slightly larger than the number received last year. 



Pickerel. 



A slight addition to the General Laws of the state was made by 

 the General Assembly at its last session, to make the taking of 

 pickerel under 10 inches illegal. A copy of the law follows: 



CHAPTER 1125. 



An Act for the Protection of Pickerel and in Addition to 

 Chapter 171 of the General Laws, Entitled "Of 

 Certain Fisheries." 



Section 1. Every person who catches or takes from any of the 

 waters of this state or has in his or her possession any pickerel less 



