INLAND FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. 9 



disregarded all due warnings was arrested and brought before Justice 

 Tillingliast at East Greenwich for violation of the weekly close- 

 time from Saturday morning at sunrise to Monday morning at sun- 

 rise from May 1st to August 1st. Two heart nets, or pounds were 

 maintained by him in Dutch Island harbor. It was thought best to 

 bring an action against him in East Greenwich before a justice of 

 the peace, and that necessitated his arrest by a sheriff of that county. 

 To accomplish this his arrest had to be made 07i the wafers of the 

 bay. Mr. Burlingame, the very efficient sheriff of that county 

 took the job in hand. One of the Commissioners of Inland Fish- 

 eries was obliged to go to Greenwich and give bond. This was 

 done. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Tillinghast, and held 

 for two weeks for advisement. He was then bound over to appear 

 before the Supreme Court of Kent County at the March term. The 

 case is therefore in the hands of the Attorney General of the State. 



In prosecuting this case to the end, it is the desire of the commis- 

 sioners to test the working of the law, and endeavor to enforce the 

 same as in duty bound. We find the amendments suggested to be 

 very much needed. (See Sections 9 and 10 in amendment.) 



To show the workings, cost, catch and profits of trap fishing, we 

 submit the following statistics collected by our deputy, at Newport the 

 past summer, and his remarks thereon. 



(Many barrels of valuable fish taken in the heart nets set in the 

 vicinity of Wickford, and owned by Mr. Farnum, were used as manure 

 the past season.) 



Amount of fish taken from trap at Boat House Point, Newport, R. 

 I., and prices realized for same during the season of 1880. Taken 

 from clerk's books: 



$4.00 $58 00 



4.00 146 00 



3.50 113 87 



5.00 7 50 



3.60 59 50 



5.00 7 50 



3.50 93 87 



