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you longer, as there is a great deal to do this evening, but will now 

 introduce to you Sir Thomas Brady, and, in doing so, I introduce an old 

 and valued friend and colleague. 8ir Thomas IJrady is not like some of 

 us, a merely iHlitlaiifi fisherman, nor is he a mere scientist. He has had 

 40 years of public service, and during the whole of that time has been 

 engaged in regulating the fisheries of Ireland — a most important in- 

 terest — looking after the public rights in these fisheries, and developing 

 them in tiie interest of commerce and the improvement of the food 

 supply of the people. I think we are to be congratulated upon the 

 presence of Sir Thomas amongst us. I can only hope that his visit here 

 will be as pleasant to himself as I am sure it will be profitable and 

 pleasant to us. 



Sir Thomas Brauy, who was greeted with prolonged applause on 

 rising, said : Your Excellencj', ladies and gentlemen, — Before entering 

 into details of the observations made by me in the recent transport of 

 ova to this colony, will you permit me in the first place to express, 

 however inade(|uately, the great gratification it alTords mc to stand on 

 the present occasion within the precincts of the Royal Society of Tas- 

 mania, and to congratulate its members on the success it has obtained 

 bv the magnificent Museum which gave me such pleasure in visiting on 

 Saturday in company with His Excellency. It would be idle for me to 

 speak to you of the generous patriotic conduct of Dr. Agnew, who is so 

 well known to you all, for the desire he has always shown to promote 

 the interests of the colony, or to comment on the munificent contri- 

 bution he has given towards promoting an industry which I hope, and 

 have every confidence, may become one of the most important products 

 of the island. I trust it may prove to be only the pioneer for other yet 

 undiscovered or undeveloped natural resources of the island, and that 

 the example so nobly given by him may be imitated not only here, but 

 in other places, and may be followed in that country which is my birth- 

 place and has my love, and to which Tasmania is again intlebtcd for 

 another supply of salmon ova. Though perhaps trespassing too far on 

 your indulgence in these preliminary observations, I cannot refrain from 

 mentioning the name of another to whom the colony is indebted for the 

 unpreccilentcd success that has attended our late work, and for the 

 details I will have the honour to give you by and bye, which may 

 probably in future years tend to facilitate fish acclimatisation in this or 

 other colonies, and to dispel some of the mysteries which at jircsent 

 surround it. Is'o doubt money could have procured salmon ova, without 

 my aid, from any country in which that noble fish exists, but, without 

 egotism or claiming to deserve any thanks whatever, I cannot help 

 feeling some doubt as to the wishes of Dr. Agnew or your Society 

 having been so successfully carried out this year as they have been, but 

 for the great interest felt and the prompt action taken by His Excellency 

 the Oovernor, who has in this matter only given another proof of hia 

 anxiety to promote the material interests of any country with which ho 

 may be connected, thus confirming the opinion entertained by all who 

 know his public character, that the country over whose councils or wel- 

 fare he in called on to preside must bo benefited if his advice prove of 

 any avail. The colony of Tasminia is to be congratulated in having as 

 ijovcrnor an able statesman — one who will spare no exertion to promote 

 its interest aa he has done in other places and other climes, wliero his 

 absence is now deeply deplored by the many, and where he has left 

 behind him a name respected and honoured — " the beat to live for and 

 the best to die for." The salmon ova which has been landed and placed 

 in the hatchery was taken from salmon in the celebrated salmrju river, 

 in the county of Donegal, the property of liobert L. Moore, Esq., D.L., 

 of Molcnnan, Londonderry. Tlio intimation I received from the chair- 

 man of the Society arrived too late to enable me to obtain ova from 



