842 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ing the young fish from Mr. Woodbury. I also arranged for a telegram 

 to Canterbury and Otago, informmg them that 50,000 eggs were at each 

 of their disposal if prepared to receive them ; but requested Mr. Firth 

 to hatch all out in Auckland if there was the slightest risk of losing any. 

 The steamer sailed on January 21, at 11 p. m., and will probably make 

 a short run. I shall advise you of the result. Apologizing for this ram- 

 bling letter, 



I am yours, very truly, 



EOBT. J. CEEIGHTON. 

 Prof. Spencer F. Baird, 



Washington, D. C. 



Extracts from the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Canterbury Acclimatiza- 

 tion Society for 1878.* 



" In February the society received 20,000 ova of the whitefish {Gore- 

 gonus albus) through the 'New Zealand Government from America, but 

 we regret to state that only 12 were hatched, out of which only 8 sur- 

 vived. These were taken to Lake Coleridge and liberated in a small 

 tributary by the chairman. Sir J. Cracroft Wilson. 



" The 240 young salmon remaining in the fish -house from last season 

 were liberated in the river Heathcote by the chairman, and during the 

 year reports have been received of salmon having been seen and caught, 

 and little doubt remains about their success, some having been taken 

 12 and 14 inches in length, and sold among some trout." 



" Correspondence with agents and others in America have been insti- 

 tuted, whereby the society may anticii)ate the arrival of a variety of 

 suitable game and fish from California and the Eastern States, as also 

 seeds of the sugar maple and other useful and ornamental trees. The 

 hearty thanks of the society are due to Prof. S. Baird, Commissioner of 

 American Fisheries, and also to Livingstone Stone, esq., for the great 

 interest taken in furthering the wishes of the society. E. Creighton, 

 esq., of San Francisco, had also taken a great interest in procuring 

 'prame chickens 'for the society, but owing to circumstances his at- 

 tempts have proved unsuccessful. But steps have been taken which 

 may prove a success next season ; our thanks, therefore, are due to him 

 for what he has done." 



From the Report of ths Auckland Acclimatization Society for 1877-'78. 



Salmon. — At the last annual meeting the council were instructed to 

 make arrangements for a further supi)ly of Californian salmon ova, and 



*The I Fifteentli Annual Report | of | Canterbury | Acclimatization Society, | as 

 adopted at the annual meeting of the society, | held at | the Commercial Hotel, Cathe- 

 dral Square, | Christchurch, N. Z., | together with | the rules and list of subscribers. 

 I — I Christchurch: | Printed at the "Press" office, Cashel street. | 1879. (8vo pam- 

 phlet, pp. 16.) 



