TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 833 



all died but 32, which are still alive aud doing well. The remainder, 

 about 52,000, that went on to New Zealand, were nearly all bad, but a 

 few hundred were hatched. I have not heard how many survived. The 

 English trout ova, by the same shipment, came to New Zealand in good 

 order, but they are the large species Salmofario misonii, of Giiuther, and 

 prove too large for many of our streams. We want here your smaller 

 variety — the 8. fontinalis or the 8. fario gamiardi — the "burn trout" of 

 the Highlands of Scotland. 



I cannot close this letter without again expressing my admiration of 

 the generosity and public spirit, in a cosmopolitan sense, which is dis- 

 played in the kind manner in which you, as the representative of the 

 United States, have so freely supx)lied ova of your valuable fish for the 

 purpose of stocking the waters of Australia and other countries, and I 

 only wish that we had something of equal value to offer in return. 



Pray accept my best thanks on behalf of the colony, which is greatly 

 indebted to you, 



And believe me to be, yours, very truly, « 



SAM'L WILSON. 



P. S. — Any expenditure incurred I shall be happy to liquidate on hear- 

 ing the amount. 



S. W. 



NEW ZEALAND. 

 J. C. Firth to 8. F. Baird. 



Auckland, Axwil 11, 1877. 



Dear Sir : I have duly received your valued favors of December 21 

 and 19th January, and have read their contents with a great deal of 

 pleasure. 



I thank you for your cordial and generous offer to sujiply a further 

 quantity of salmon ova, if necessary, under certain conditions detailed 

 in your letter of January 19. 



I have now the pleasure to inform you that the council of Auckland 

 Acclimatization Society, of which society the members have done me the 

 honor to elect me president for the current year, are desirous of obtain- 

 ing a further supply of salmon ova on terms of your letter before cited,* 

 and I have the honor to ask you to be good enough to cause to be for- 

 warded tons at the proper time, through our agents, Messrs. Cross & Co., 

 of San Francisco, 200,000 salmon ova. 



E. J. Creighton, esq., New Zealand agent in San Francisco, will also 

 interest himself in seeing that every facility be offered by the mail steamer. 



About a month ago I located the last batch of young salmon for the 

 season. 



* Payment of actual espeaaes of obtaining and forwarding eggs. — S. F. Baird.. 

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