12 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 
The following is a table showing the shipment of fish, lobsters, 
and sword-fish by the principal transportation lines from Newport 
during the last eleven years : 
Fish, Lobster, No. of 
Barrels. Barrels. Sword-fish. 
PSB face 5. cove Sechs a RRS etal ars tetova sace eu tiene fe 18,032 2,204 
HSE Drncpcrt ixcthn ups aca ens Pact el adn cree eee ce 26,832 2,123 
WS Bes ge i Pe ice sos es rakele es stetteos eregens Sites) Sacre ts 24,452 1,899 
SOS serer. «infers Poca ech tan omer eae cette os Cees See | dltistoul 2,392 
MSO eee csnoycate = Sie ep cteineiew ebotarete tN siaiexe apentens 24,622 2,119 
UBS OG Bras eroteee ut ce tuens a vekevacevauor ete iaye Seber oes 38,064 2,115 148 
PEON as Seopa teh cust sie ee Suclars coeecreMoneNa lene 25,098 2,039 45 
BOS eFepray tae ee arorctele ere eo katara Nideveusis haut 34,065 1,165 74 
ite}? |} reise Eaton Carte Orrechowr.o.d aes OU 384,917 4,143 162 
OOO Aetis cele. meee ye sore rat een ta ee 38,184 4,793 166 
MOOS mages ereiccin Sere oR creitet = sioicl rs © 50,500 4,395 21 
MOCA lea SG secs eRe te artes oats 327,627 28,823 611 
Bay Fishing. 
The early fishing for tautog was exceptionally good this year. 
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A few small “tinker” mackerel were taken in the upper part of 
the Bay, above Gaspee Point, which is very unusual. 
Menhaden. 
The menhaden have been extremely numerous in Narragansett 
Bay during the summer, great numbers of them having come into 
the upper parts of the Bay and died for one reason or another. 
InWickford there were many schools throughout the greater part 
of the summer, and sometimes were so numerous about the house- 
boat that they mand#ged to flop over into the cars which contained 
the young lobster fry. 
Blue Fish. 
During the early part of the season, the blue fish were observed 
in enormous numbers in the Bay, and on one or two occasions the 
