TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 853 



cors, did all in tlieir power to secure success. The goverujiieiit of this 

 colony will doubtless furnish you with full particulars. 



Of the 30 only 9 hatched ; 6 of these died immediately ; 2 died yes- 

 terday — only one remaining alive. 



You will be glad to learn those fine healthy salmon from your ova 

 have been seen a week ago, about 15 to 18 inches long, in the river 

 Thames, not fiir from the point where I j)laced them two years ago. 

 I am, dear sir, yoiu-s truly, 



J. C. FIRTH, 

 President A. A. Society. 

 I send newspaper witli account of whitefish. 



W. M. Evarts to S. F. Baird. 



DEPART3IENT OF STATE, 



Washington, B. C, Aiwil 20, 1878. 

 Spencer F. Baird, Esq., 



Commissioner, &c., Washington, D. C. : 

 Sir : I inclose herewith for your information copy of a note of the 

 18th instant, from the British minister at this capital, and of its inclo- 

 sures, relating to the manner of the shipment under your direction of 

 salmon ova to New Zealand. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



WM. M. EVARTS. 



Sir Edward Thornton to W. M. Evarts. 



Washington, D. C, April 18, 1878. 

 Sir : In compliance with an instruction which I have received from 

 the Earl of Derby, I have the honor to inform you that the governor of 

 New Zealand, at the instance of his ministers, has requested that the 

 thanks of the colony may be conveyed to the Government of the United 

 States for the very handsome and enective manner in which salmon ova 

 have been shij^ped to New Zealand by the Fishery Commission of the 

 United States, under the direction of the chief Commissioner, the hon- 

 orable Spencer F. Baird. 



I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of the dispatch and of its 

 inclosure upon this subject from the governor of New Zealand to the 

 secretary of state for the colonies. 

 I have, &c., 



EDWD. THORNTON. 



