856 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



No. 2. 

 Dr. Hector to Professor Baird. 



WELLiNaTON, 28th July, 1877. 



Dear Sir: I am directed by governmeut to ask you to be good 

 enough to have the next shipments of salmon ova packed, if i^ossible, in 

 cases containing 50,000 ova each, in order to facilitate their transit to 

 the different districts throughout the colony. 



The government proposes to distribute the ova as follows : 



Auckland 2 



Napier 1 



Nelson 1 



Greymouth 1 



Wellington 1 



Christchurch 1 



Dunedin 1 



Makarewa 2 



10 = 600,000 

 I have, &c., 



JAMES HEOTOE. 

 The Hon. Spencer F. Baird. 



No. 3. 

 Professor S. F. Baird to tlie Hon. tJie Colonial Secretary. 



Washington, 10th July, 1877. 

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

 the 31st of May, asking for 500,000 eggs of the Cahfornia salmon and 

 250,000 of the whiteflsh, to be sent to New Zealand during the present 

 year. 



This request I shall take pleasure in supplying, and in the meantime 

 beg to be advised of the proper address of the packages, and whether 

 they shall be subdivided into smaller quantities. Of course I can only 

 promise them conditionally — in the event of nothing imtoward haj>pen- 

 ing to the fisheries. 

 I have, &c., 



SPENCER F. BAIED. 

 The Hon. the Colonlal Secretary. 



