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taken, and from otiiers we soon shall take, a fresh supply of 

 ova. About eight years ago fourteen tench arrived here from 

 England, their progeny are now breeding in some dozens of 

 pools, rivers, and lakes in Tasmania besides numbers having 

 been sent to Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney, and New Zealand. 

 About four years ago 13 English perch arrived here (after 

 many attempts to introduce them had failed), and they are 

 now so numerous that their increase will be distributed in 

 vast numbers throughout suitable waters in this colony and 

 in Victoria during the coming summer. In the face of these 

 facts can any man justly speak of the result of the present 

 experiment as a lame and impotent conclusion ? 



I feel it dueto Mr. Eamsbottom to mention one most signi- 

 ficant fact which speaks volumes for the care and attention 

 bestowed upon the young fish. When the last of the parr were 

 removed from the large pond to the new ripples below it, a 

 small deformed fish which had been from the time of hatching 

 so doubled up as to be unable to swim, except in small 

 circles, was found apparently in good health and considerably 

 grown ; if straightened this fish would measure about five 

 inches in length, in a state of nature it would have been eaten 

 by some water beast long ago, and even in our ponds without 

 great care and an ample supply of food it must have come to 

 grief. 



In conclusion I beg to exhibit for the inspection ol the 

 Fellows some of the unfecundated eggs saved after each ex- 

 periment. 



