10 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 
The following tables are similar to those that have been pub- 
lished heretofore by the Commission. They show a gratifying in- 
crease in the number of fish shipped from Newport, although the 
data by no means represent the actual conditions. Many fish are 
taken to the New York market in smacks and by private steamer, 
and the lobsters shipped from Newport are not all taken from our 
own shores. The sword-fish, one hundred and sixty-two in num- 
ber, were much more abundant than in previous years. 
Shipment of Fish and Lobsters by Regular Lines of Freight Transpor- 
tation from Newport, for the Years 1898 and 1899. 
1898. 1899. 1898. 1899. 1898. 1899. 
Bbls. Bbls. Number. 
Fish Lobsters. Swordfish. 
January so. Saelee ae Re 518 561 11 296 es és 
Pebruaryint totes hs ate 509 276 a 519 =e 
INGA G vaca: cementite 112 224 a 362 
April) :% wie 5s ka8eie sew epee 475-2, 004 38 578 
IUIBA A ase Soe CoS wooo F575 Fonr 11,583 12,971 219 584 ce 6 
STAMPS Mites wacnaah wales Celene rete 8,668 6,945 212 489 i 38 
Wily). se ats eee cee eee oe $3,144 3,869 432 642 14 6 
AO USL i. cio eee cine mea ee Bees sed be Ske? SIi/ 213 401 7 52 
Septemberi 4 Ln ieae seers. 2,351 2,106 25 182 1 26 
OGtober.ceys. shee A Gs eee 2,441 1,575 4 51 ie in ae 
Nowember¢hkane. eee 648-804 5 5 52 8 
IDECEMDET MAS sieowue elu ae ee 235 B45 13 2 8 
Mig ailicccehb 4 toh eevee ele weeate 34,065 34,917 1,163 4,148 74 162 
Total of fish and lobsters, 1898 : 35,228 barrels. 
Total of fish and lobsters, 1899 : 39,222. 
The following is a tabulated statement of the relative quanti- 
ties of fish shipped by freight from Newport, over the Old Colony 
ilnes for the past fourteen years : 
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