Report on Inland Fisheries. 9 



MICHIGAN. 



Gov. J. J. Bagley, - - . . Detroit. 



George H. Jerome, - - . . Niles. 



George Clark, ----- Ecorse. 



FINANCES. 



1873. State of Rhode Island in account with Commissioners on Lilajid Fisheries. 



Dk. 



To labor and lumber for hatching house, - - - $262 15 



To amount paid Charles G. Atkins, for salmon spawn, - 400 00 



" " for stocking Pawcatuck river with salmon, - 10 20 



" " " express and telegrams on salmon, - 3 34 



" " '• freight on salmon, - - - - 1 25 



" " R. Holmes, for snlmon spawn from Maine, - 48 20 



" for trout ova, 60,000, - - - - 409 34 

 " " " black bass, and expense of stocking the follow- 

 ing ponds with 284 black bass, viz. : Yawgoo, 

 Worden's, Bellville, Johnson, Newport, 



Wickeboxet, and Block Island, - - 826 71 

 " " " stocking with shad the following rivers, viz. : 



Blackstone, Pa wtuxet and Pawcatack rivers, 60 29 



" '♦ " rent of land, 1 year, - - - 13 00 



" " John Howe, for surveying Pawtuxet dam, etc., - 58 80 



" " officers for watching ponds, - - - 40 00 



" " for printing, stationery, and postage, - - 8 12 



" '' " travelling expenses, . _ . 155 30 



$2,297 70 

 To balance carried forward, - - - - 462 40 



1873. Cr. 



February 24. By balance on hand Feb. 24, 1873, - $1,260 10 



" appropriation by State for 1873, 1,500 00 



,760 10 



2,760 10 



1874. 



February 19. By balance on hand, - * - - - $462 40 



RECAPITULATION. 



Hatching house, ----'- $262 15 



Salmon, ------. 462 99 



Trout, - - - - - - - 409 34 



Black Bass, - - - - - - 826 71 



Shad, - - - - - - - 60 29 



Travelling expenses, ----- 156 30 



Sundries, . - - - - - - 119 92 



$2,297 70 



