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lead to the desired result. In recent years, however, " Mil- 

 lions " have been sent to Australia, India, Burma, and some 

 parts of Africa, but no success has attended these experiments. 

 In cases where the fish survived the journey they did not 

 thrive in the tanks specially prepared for their reception, 

 and when set free rapidly disappeared. 



No attempt has been made to introduce the fish into East 

 Africa. In 1908, however, a consignment was brought out 

 for the Uganda Protectorate, but. unfortunately, perished in 

 the railway journey, owing, it was thought, to the excessive cold 

 on the j\lau Plateau (about 8,000 feet). The Administration of 

 Rhodesia has considered the question of the importation of 

 " Millions " into their territory, and it " does not propose, 

 after due consideration of the value of such a step and the 

 probabilities of success, to take any action in the matter." 



There have been suggestions from time to time of the 

 desirability of importing these fish into South Africa, and Mr. 

 S. Goldreich recently brought the matter to the notice of the 

 Provincial Secretary for Natal. It was then referred to the 

 Cape Provincial Secretary for advice and assistance. In view 

 of the risks attending the introduction of animals from other 

 countries and the unlikelihood of any advantage to the Cape 

 Province, it was not considered desirable that the Cape Pro- 

 vincial Government should take any active steps in the intro- 

 duction of the new fish, but the facilities of the Trout Hatchery 

 at Jonker's Hoek were offered for the experimental breeding 

 of the fish. 



]\Iean while the '' South African Anti-malarial Association " 

 took the matter up and ordered a consignment from the 

 Department of Agriculture of Barbados to arrive about 

 August to escape the South African winter. The consignment 

 was shipped by the "' Kenilworth Castle," which left South- 

 ampton on the 24th August, 1912. It consisted of seven tins, 

 all of which arri\'ed with their contents in a good healthy 

 condition, some of the fish having gi\'en birth to young (the 

 fish is viviparous) on the journey of six weeks' duration. 

 The fish were at once distributed to the trout hatcheries of 

 Jonker's Hoek in the Cape Province, to the Trout Hatchery 

 at Potchefstroom, in the Transvaal, and to the Anti-Malarial 

 Association in Johannesburg. At Jonker's Hoek the fish throve 

 well in thf open-air ponds during the summer months, but 

 began to die ofi' when the winter cold set in. Some were then 

 placed under cover with an apphance for laising the temperature 

 of tlie water and in this way n few liave so far survived the winter. 

 At Potchefstroom the fish were placed in a carefiiilv prepared 

 pond, but after a time they disappeared ; the pond was 



