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Table III. 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



-Anahjsh of ivater samples collected off Fawtuxet Neck and over the Sahins 

 Point oyster beds. 



Date and station. 



Dextrose 

 fermented. 



Red colo- 

 nies on lit- 

 mus lac- 

 tose agar. 



B. coli. 



Other fecal 

 bacteria. 



March IS, tide falling. 



Station 1, .surface tube ^ 



deep tube 



2, surface tube 



deep tube 



March I'j. tide falling. 



Station 1, surface tube 



deep tube 



2, deep tube 



April 10, tide falling. 



Station 1, surface tube 



deep tube 



2, deep tube 



April 17, tide rifling, near flood 



Station 1, surface tube 



deep tube 



2, surface tube 



deep tube 



March 27, loiv tide. 



Station 3 



4 



5 





(«) 

 -t- 



+ 



(I Not made. 



In this section of the river the water is apparently much cleaner 

 along the eastern shore over the oyster bed, while the condition on 

 the Pawtuxet shore was evidently so bad that only one collection of 

 samples was made at this point. Still, analysis of samples from sta- 

 tions 1 and 2 showed that Jj. coll was usually present in the water 

 through this section of the river, at least during a falling tide, though 

 only one of the four samples taken April 17 was found to be contam- 

 inated. It must be remembered, however, that these samples were 

 taken at flood — the time, if ever, that the river will be free from pol- 

 lution. 



A mile and a half below the Sabins Point ground arc found the 

 northern limits of the extensive Bullock Neck beds. No samples were 

 collected in that portion of the river botvv^een these beds, but five sta- 

 tions were located below this point over the oyster bed that extends 

 along the eastern shore, past Drownville and Nayatt Point to Town 

 Beach, and four on the western side of the river. These stations were 

 located as follows: Station 1, at the northern end of the Bullock Neck 

 03'Ster bed, 3i miles below Fields Point; station 2, to the north of 

 Bullock Point Light; station 3, off the Drownville shore, 41 miles 

 from the sewer outlet; station 4, directly south of Nayatt Point; and 

 station 5, on the southern portion of these oyster layings, well over 

 toward Rumstick Point. On the western side of the river, station 6 

 was placed at buoy No. 3; station 7, at buoy No. 1; and stations 8 and 

 9, over the oyster beds off' the north shore of Conjmicut Point. Sev- 



