INLAND FISHERIES. 7 



Shipment of Fisli (Did Lobsters by Regular Lines of Freif/ht Transportation, from 

 Newport, for the Years 1897 and 1S98. 



1897. 189S. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898 



Fish. Lobsters. Swordfish 



Bbls. Bbls. Number 



January 270 518 17 11 



February 489 509 



March 46 112 1 1 



April 204 475 63 38 



May 7,670 11,583 225 219 



June 6,154 8,668 452 212 



July 1,610 3,144 638 432 44 14 



August 1,664 3,378 380 213 1 7 



September 3,112 2,351 170 25 .. 1 



October 2,557 2,441 15 4 .. .. 



November 1,135 648 19 5 .. 52 



December 147 235 60 13 . . . . 



Total 25,058 34,065 2,039 1,163 45 74 



Total of lish and lobsters, 1897 ; 27,097 barrels. 

 Total of fish and lobsters, 1898 ; 35,228 barrels. 



To the above shipments by freight may be added the following : 



Fish. Lobsters. 



Shipments from Newport by express . 4,229 2,560 



Total shipment 38,294 3,723 = 42,017 bbls. 



The following is a tabulated statement of the relative quantities 

 of fish shipped hj freight from Newport over the Old Colony lines 

 for the past thirteen years. It will be noticed that the shipment 

 for 1898 is considerably greater than for any previous year, and 

 is more than 50 per cent, greater than for 1897. 



