24 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



FISH-TRAPS, SET IN RHODE ISLAND WATERS, 



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

 Rhose Island waters for the past sixteen 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 

 Eiver 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 drawm due west from Beaver Tail and 

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

 North Point, Conanicut Island. 



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

 a Ime 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. 



VI. Sakonnet River.- — The Sakonnet River south of Railroad 

 Bridge to a line connecting Flint Point and the Breakwater, Sakonnet 

 Point. 



VII. Off Shore. — Traps south of above divisions and east of 

 Point Judith, not including those off Block Island. 



VIII. Block Island. — Traps set off this island. 



IX. Watch Hill. — Traps set along the mainland of Rhode Island,, 

 west of Point Judith. 



