858 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



No. 6. 

 Mr. J. C. FirtJi to the Under Secretary. 



[Telegram.] 



Auckland, 2d November. 

 Preparations for safe distribution of salmon ova completed. Shall 

 send ova-boxes and ice-chests for Xelson or Greymouth, Wellington, and 

 Christchurch per Wanaka ; those for Napier, Dunedin, and Invercar- 

 gill per Rotorua. Make prior arrangements for forwarding ova for In- 

 vercargill from Dunedin if mail arrives to-morrow. I wish to convey 

 to King country and Upper Thames. Pray ask minister to authorize of 

 running of locomotive to Newcastle on Sunday morning. 



No. 7. 

 Mr. Frederick Huddlestone to the Under Secretary. 



Nelson, 16^/^ October, 1877. 



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

 the llth instant, wherein you inform me that a shipment of 50,000 sal- 

 mon ova may be expected by the Nelson Acclimatization Society by the 

 next or, at the latest, the following San Francisco mail. 



In reply, I have to request that you will be good enough to convey 



the thanks of this society to the government, and inform the Hon. the 



Colonial Secretary that the ponds will be ready for the reception of the 



ova before the arrival of the next mail, and every care will be taken to 



hatch the fish. 



I have, &c., 



FEEDEEICK HUDDLESTONE, 



Hon. Secretary Nelson Acclimatization Society. 



The Under Secretary, 



Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington. 



No. 8. 

 Mr. James Payne to the Son. the Colonial Secretary. 



Greymouth, 2Uh October, 1877. 



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

 and number as per margin, and to inform you that this society will have 

 all its hatching-boxes and ponds in i^erfect readiness to receive the sal- 

 mon ova on its arrival. 



The boxes have been cleaned from all trout, and are available at any 

 moment. 



