18 ACCLIMATISATION OF THE SALMONID.E IN TASMANIA. 



Brady to the colouy, which were conveyed to London and 

 there packed by Mr. Youl in the usual manner in moss, and 

 shipped in an ice tank in the s.s. Abington, sailing for 

 Hobart on 19th February, 1884; she arrived in the 

 Derwent 1st May, after a passage of 71 days ; the ova 

 being deposited in the hatching boxes at the Plenty on the 

 following day. The following tables extracted from the 

 Salmon Commissionei-s' report, dated 15th July, 1884 

 (Parliamentary paper, No. 68, Session 1884), furnish full 

 particulars relating to this shipment : — 



The hatching continued up to the 1st July, and on that 

 date there were in the boxes 1,825 fry. 



The following return shows the mortality of ova and fry 

 from the date of the first count, 5th May, to the end of the 

 hatching, 1st July. 



Not including 3,000 sent to Launceston. 



Markings on boxes. 



Kerry 



Erne and Erne Top. 



Limavady 



X 



Eyed ova , 



Number 



of ovii 

 shipped. 



20,000 



30,000 



10,000 



20,000 



Unknown 



Living] 



nn 

 May 5- 



1,095 



518 

 165* 



1,274 

 1,331 



S Q 



5-47 



■ 2-27 



12-74 

 6-65 



Pate of 



takiiiR ova 

 from parent. 



17&22 Dee., 1883 



15 Jan., 1884. 



15 Jan., 1884. 



28 Jan., 1884. 



1 Dec, 1883. 







6 May 



6 May 



5 May 



59 May 



3 May 



£*•§ 



142 dayH 



112day.s 



112 day. s 

 123 days 

 155 days 



• At I.,aunceHton. 



The cause of comparative failure on this occasion was a 

 defect in the drainage of the ice-house which became choked 

 with debris, thus preventing the exit of the melted ice and 

 causing the ova boxes to float and knock about with the rolling 



