REPORT. 



To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, at its 

 January Session, 1877 ; 



The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries beg leave to submit their 

 seventh annual report : 



The State hatching house and its appurtenances are in excellent 

 condition. We received the past year from Mr. C. S. Atkins 20,- 

 000 land-locked or Schoodic salmon ova. These were hatched and 

 distributed as follows, with a loss of only about 2 per cent.: 



Wallum Pond in Burrillville. 



Moswansicut Pond in Scituate. 



Steers Pond in Scituate. 



Searles Pond in Foster. 



Lilly Pond , in Foster. 



Gorton's Pond in Warwick. 



Warwick Pond in Warwick. 



Beach Pond in Richmond. 



The following ponds have been stocked with black bass by the 

 present commissioners, which we append in this order for conven- 

 ience of reference : 



June and July, 1870. 



Wauchog Pond in Charlestown. 



Moswansicut Pond in Scituate. 



Sneach Poud in Cumberland. 



Herring Pond in Burrillville. 



