We herewith submit the following report : 



Twenty-five hundred dollars, ($2500,00) was appropriated 

 by the General Assembly at the January session, 1871, to be 

 expended as the commissioners deemed best for the interest 

 and promotion of inland fisheries. 



It was determined by the commissioners to make a careful 

 survey of the rivers in the State, in order to select the one 

 best adapted by nature and circumstances for the work of 

 re-stocking. The Pawcatuck river claimed their attention 

 first, and a list of the dams, with the height of most of them 

 is here given ; 



Height of dam. 



Westerly ^ 



Stillmaiiville 4 Feet. 



White Rock 



Potter Hill 



Dorrville 4 " 



Burdickville .'.... 



Carolina Mills 2 



Shannock Mills U 



Clarke's Mills 10 



Kenyon Mills 5 



Plainville clam 6 



Woodville 6 



Hope Valley 



Wyoming' 



Barberville 



Each dam owner was communicated with on the question 

 of re-stocking the stream, and their views were asked on the 

 question of putting fish-ways over their dams. Some of them 

 responded favorably, others were dubious ; one or two said 



