TEANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 855 



8. F. Balrd to Wm. M. JEvarts. 



United States Commission, Fish and Fisiieries, 



WasMngto7i, April 23, 1878. 

 Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 

 20th of April, with the inclosures, and, of course, feel much gratified at 

 the appreciation manifested by the Government of New Zealand and 

 the Foreign Office in Loudon of the efforts made by the United States 

 Fish Commission to supply desirable food fishes to a sister country. 

 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



SPEi^CEK F. BAIRD, 



Commissioner. 

 Hon. William M. Evarts, 



Secretary of State. 



The following is the substance of an official document relative to the 

 introduction of Quinnat salmon, published by the New Zealand Gov- 

 ernment in 1878. Although its substance is contained iu the preceding 

 correspondence, it embraces many facts relative to the California salmon 

 of much interest, and worthy of reproduction. 



H.— 11. 



California Salmon and Whitefish Ova, (Papers Relative to 

 the Introduction of). 



Presented to botli Houses of the General Assembly by command of His Excellency. 



No. 1. 



TJie Under-Secretary to the Hon. Spencer Baird. 



Wellington, 31«^ May^ 1877. 

 Sir : With reference to the offer which you kindly made in your let- 

 ter of the 7 th ultimo, addressed to Dr. Hector, I have the honor to re- 

 quest that arrangements may be made for the transmission to this col- 

 ony during next season of 500,000 of the ova of the Californian salmon, 

 and 250,000 of the ova of lake whitefish {Coregonus alhus). 

 I have, &c., 



G. S. COOPER. 

 Professor Baird, 



Commissioner United States Fisheries Commission^ Washington, 



