314 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



thoaglit to have beeu tlie most saccessfiil season for twenty years. Au 

 inspection of the reco];d of weirs Nos. 161 and 1G2, at the south end of Wet- 

 more Island, (given below,) shows that it was the most successful season 

 during all the time (eighteen years) covered by the record. In some 

 localities, where in ordinary years very few salmon are caught, they 

 appeared in large numbers. The drift-nets above Bangor were unusiMilly 

 successful ; and after all the decimation the ranks of the salmon suffered 

 on the way, an uncommonly large number was observed on the upj)er 

 waters and near the breeding-grounds. 



The following statement exhibits the yield, for thirteen years, of two 

 of the best weirs on the Penobscot, the owner of which (Hon. A. H. Whit- 

 more, of Verona) has with commendable public spirit offered it for pub - 

 lication. Each entry is made at the time of sale, and includes all the 

 salmon caught since the previous sale : 



Table XIII. — Record of salmon sold * from iveirs Xos. 161 and 162, south end of JVetmore 



Island. 



Date. 



1860. 



April 21 



April 30 



Mavl 



May 9 



May 12 



May 14 



May 17 



May 18 



May22 



May 24 



May 26 



May 30 



May 31 



June 4 



June 7 



June 8 



June 9 



June 11 



June 14 , 



June 15 



June 18 



1862. 



May 5 



May 13 



May 19 



May 22 



May 24 



May 25 



May 26 



May 29 



Julie 2 



June 9 



June 12 



June 14 , 



June 19 



June 23 , 



June 26 



June 30 



July 1 



Date. 



June 19 . 

 June 21 . 

 June 23 . 

 June 25 . 

 June 26 . 

 June 27 . 

 June 30 . 

 Julyl... 

 July 2... 

 July 5... 

 July 11.. 



31 



79* 

 71" 

 229 

 17 

 47 

 98J- 

 39* 

 56* 

 43| 



15.5 

 19.8 

 14.2 

 12.0 



8.5 

 11.7 

 12.3 



9.8 

 11.3 

 10.8 



July 3 .... 

 July 13 . . . 

 Jvily 20... 

 July 25 ... 

 August 5 



12.5 



10.2 

 11.5 

 10.8 

 12.6 



May 



June 



July 



Aug 



Total 



15.0 

 12.1 

 10.3 

 12.6 



12.1 



* These salmon were sold -within a few days after catching, commonly within three 

 days. 



