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Tlie feasibility of their acclimatization having been 

 proved, a supply was thence obtained at a later period 

 for this colony, and some of its rivers may be said to 

 be now fairly stocked. 



"The aid you thus gave in demonstrating the practi- 

 cability of conveying the fish indigenous to one hemi- 

 sphere to another, and thus establishing a supply for 

 the inhabitants of the latter of food and sport, is one 

 of such eminent practical utihty, that it gives me the 

 greatest pleasure to be instrumental in conveying to 

 you the deep sense of the obligation under which you 

 have ]3laced this colony by your thoughtful donation 

 fifteen years ago. 



" Bryan O'Loghlen. 

 '' Frank Buckland, Esq." 



The authorities of New Zealand have most gene- 

 rously sent me a silver claret jug, with the following 

 inscription : — 



" To Frank Buckland, M.A., M.E.C.S. (late 2nd Life 

 Guards), Her Majesty's Inspector of Salmon Fisheries. 



" From the Superintendent and Provincial Council 

 qf the Province of Ofcago, New Zealand, in acknow- 

 ledgment of the able and valuable ser\T.ces most kindly 

 rendered by him on the occasion of the first trans- 

 mission of salmon ova to the province in January, 

 1868." 



Those who are interested in sending salmon and 

 trout to the Antipodes will find the whole story most 

 admirably recorded in a book entitled, '' Salmon and the 

 Antipodes ; being an account of the Successful Introduc- 

 tion of Salmon and Trout into Australian waters." By 



