TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 851 



Robert Creighton to 8. F. Baird. 



San Francisco, Cal., Junuary 15, 1878. 

 S. F. Baird : 



Thauks for tlic contribution of food-fish for New Zealand. I have 

 forwarded your letters and telegrams to government, at New Zealand. 

 Clark shipped ova on the 11th, and to-night they have arrived and are 

 on the City of Sydney, and will sail to-morrow, 21st of January. I have 

 sent a cablegram to the Government of New Zealand. Shipment of sal- 

 mon arrived safely and have proved a great success. I think New Zea- 

 land is now fully stocked with salmon, at least to such an extent as to 

 render further shipments of ova unnecessary for some time to come. 

 Small parcels of eastern trout have been sent from time to time and 

 have been successful. I attach greater importance to whitetish than 

 any other, because of delicacy of flesh and commercial value. New 

 Zealand is a country of lakes and rivers ijeculiarly adapted for white- 

 fish. I hope that this consignment will survive better than last year. 



EOBT. CEEIGHTON. 



Robert Creighton to S. F. Baird. 



[Telegram.] 



San Francisco, Cal., January 19, 1878. 

 S.F. Baird: 



Whitefish eggs arrived in good order. Shipped per steamer City of 

 Sydney. Sails 21st instant, 



CREIGHTON. 



James Sector to S. F. Baird. 



Colonial Museum of New Zealand, 



Wellington, April 27, 1878. 



My Dear Professor Baird : I have been away for the last two 

 months and find that you have not been informed of the result of the 

 whitefish shipment of January last, which reached Auckland on the 

 15th February. I inclose a copy of my report to government, of 8th 

 March, which you should have received by last mail. You will see that 

 the experiment has been so far successful as to prove that these fish can 

 be introduced with proper care into the most distant part of the col- 

 ony. The partial failure must be attributed to some error during the 

 transit. If due to overpacking with moss, as suggested by some, I 

 don't see how any could have survived. On looking through the pa- 

 X)ers I find that Mr. Creighton states, as follows : 



" The entire shipment of whitefish ova for California and Nevada^ 

 from Northville, Michigan, jjacked i)recisely as those for New Zealand. 



