REPORT. 



To the Honorable General Assembly of the Stale of Rhode Island, 

 etc., at its January Session, 1887 : 



The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith present their 

 Annual Report for the year 1886. 



In January, 1886, ten thousand (10,000) Michigan trout spawn 

 were received from the U. S. Fish Commission and were very success- 

 fully hatched, which, together with thirty-eight thousand (38,000) 

 other trout fry purchased by us, were distributed in the various 

 waters of the State. 



We also received from the U. S. Fish Commission in May, 1886, 

 one million five hundred tliousand (1,500,000) shad fry, which were 

 placed in the head waters of Palmer river. 



Two thousand (2,000) German carp were received from the U. S. 

 Fish Commission in November, 1886, which have been freely applied 

 for by parties interested in their culture. 



SALMON". 



If proper fish-ways could be constructed at the dams of the manu- 

 facturing companies along the Pawtuxet river, to allow the fish to 

 pass up and return to the salt water, your Commissioners are of the 

 opinion that this fine stream could be re-stocked with this game fish. 



TROUT. 



From personal observations as well as from information derived 

 from other reliable sources, we are convinced that the efforts to 



