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prevent it. A few close seasons woiiUl uiul()ul)te(lly enal)lo them 

 to gain a foothold again, and then, with proper regulation of the 

 fishing, they could be protected from complete extermination. 

 Your Commission has made some efforts toward planting scallops 

 in favorable places in the Bay. ])Ut a.s long as fishing is permitted to 

 such an extent that all opportunities for breeding are destroyed, it 

 will be impossible to get results. 



The following table indicates the amount of the lobster catch for 

 the year 1905, as far as can be estimated from the reports of market- 

 men and wholesale dealers. It will be noticed that the amount of 

 lobsters has increased 122,296 pounds over last year. 



Ninnbcr of Pounds of Lobsters Caught in Rhode Island Waters for the Season of 

 1904 and 1905. 



Fish Markets. 

 Burlingame & Carey. . . . 



Toliefson & Dewitt 



Lawton 



Wyat 



Ring 



Smith 



Easterbrooks 



Ash 



Lancaster 



Crowly 



C. B. Anderson 



H. McGinn 



Saloons and Restaurants 

 Sakonnet, \ 



Block Island, 

 Watch Hill, 

 Xarragansett Pier 



Sakonnet 



Block Island, 

 AVatch Hill. 

 Narragansett Pier 



Total 



1904, 



12,000 Poll 



10,000 



6,000 



9,000 



800 



9,500 



5,000 



15.000 



5,000 



500 



34,074 



11.3,430 



6,700 



nds. 



;- about 150,000 



377,004 Pounds. 



1905. 



8,079 Pounds. 



15,000 " 



8,000 " 



8,004 •' 



550 " 



10,000 " 



6,.525 " 



20,636 '• 



31,965 Pounds. 

 147,484 " 

 45.436 •• 



97,641 Pounds. 

 100.000 " 



499,300 Pounds. 



