TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 831 



merely on the ground of policy, to secure future co-operation, but be- 

 cause they have well deserved recognition. Of my own humble services 

 I say nothing beyond this, that the cost of transit from San Francisco, 

 cost of ice, ova, and ice-chests, provided in Auckland, have been de- 

 frayed by me, which I pray you to i)ermit me through your columns to 

 present to the peoi)le of Victoria as my contribution to the great work 

 of introducing salmon into your noble colony. 

 I am, &c., 



J. 0. FIETH. 

 Auckland, Becemh. 27. 



Sir Samuel Wilson to S. F. Baird. 



Ercildoune, Burrumbeet, March 16, 1878. 



Sir : I have learned from Mr. Firth, the president of the Auckland 

 Acclimatization Society, that 50,000 salmon ova which were received by 

 me from IS'ew Zealand have been supplied by the liberality and generosity 

 of the United States Government, and I now, on behalf of myself, who 

 carried out the experiment to a successful result, and on behalf of the 

 colony of Victoria, which will, I hope, benefit greatly by the acclimati- 

 zation of such a valuable fish as the salmon, beg to offer my best thanks 

 for the very valuable consignment of ova, and for your care and trouble 

 in sending them so safely. 



I have to request that you will convey to the Government of the United 

 States the warm appreciation by the i)eople of Victoria of the noble and 

 generous spirit which prompts them to support so liberally an estab- 

 lishment calculated to do so much good to the human race. On behalf 

 of this colony I tender them my most hearty thanks. 



It will interest you to know that the ova arrived, after their long voy- 

 age and transshipment at various ports, with a loss of only G per cent., 

 and out of 50,000 about 28,000 were hatched successfully. The bulk of 

 these were distributed safely in all the rivers and streams likely to suit 

 them in the colony, and, from their capability of resisting high tempera- 

 tures, they promise to succeed admirably, so far as can be judged at 

 present. The next report of the zoological and acclimatization society 

 will contain a report of the experiment, and I shall do myself the honor 

 of sending you a copy. 



I should much like to introduce here some of your Salmo fontinalis and 

 Coregonus albus, if the ova are procurable. I observe that the latter has 

 not hitherto succeeded in New Zealand. 



I have just received a small quantity of English salmon ova {Sahiio, 

 salar), which, I hope, will succeed as well as your S. quinnat. 

 I have the honor to be your obedient servant, 



SAML. WILSON. 



