COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 23 



Xicenae 



No. Name. Location. 



414. Thomas E. Tew Prudence Island. 



415. Michael J. Donoghue Warren. 



416. Erik Gustafson Tiverton. 



417. Thomas Robertson Newport. 



418. Leroy C. Wilbour Little Compton. 



419. Henry Bannister Peacedale. 



420. Arnold R. Millikin Block Island. 



421. William Gorden 



422. E. A. Larkin Wakefield. 



423. J. R. Larkin 



424. Josephine L. Towle " 



425. Anest Vatikitocs Newport. 



FISH-TRAPS, SET IN RHODE ISLAND WATERS. 



A table giving the number and distribution of the fish-traps in 

 Rhode Island waters for the past fourteen years is given below. 



In this table the following arbitrary divisions have been made for 

 the sake of convenience : 



I. Providence River. — South to a line joining Warwick Point and 

 Popasquash Point. 



II. Greenwich Bay. — The West Passage south of Providence 

 River division and north of a line drawn east and west, touching the 

 southern part of Hope Island. 



III. West Passage. — The West Passage south of the Greenwich 

 Bay division, north of a line drawn due west from Beaver Tail and 

 west of a line connecting the south point of Prudence Island and 

 North Point, Conanicut Island. 



IV. Mount Hope Bay. — North of Railroad Bridge, Tiverton, and 

 a line connecting Bristol Ferry and Mussel Shoal Light. 



V. East Passage.— South of Providence and Mount Hope Bay 

 divisions and north of a line from Beaver Tail to Brenton 's Point. 



