TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 863 



No. 10. 

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



Auckland, 21st January, 1878. 



Sir : I beg to inform you that I liave successfully deposited the 100,000 

 salmon ova placed at the disposal of the Auckland Acclimatization So- 

 ciety, as follows : 



40,000 in the Puniu River, in the King country, the chief Rewi Mania- 

 poto co-operating with me and assisting me. 



8,000 in the river Thames. 



7,000 in a small stream near the chief Tirarau's settlement, Wairoa 

 North. 



7,000 in the Mangakahia Eiver, near the Hikurangi stream. 



36,000 in the Mangakahia River, near Te Wero's settlement. 



About 95 per cent, of these hatched out, and, though the occurrence 

 of a fresh in the Mangakahia River interfered somewhat with the suc- 

 cess of the enterijrise, I have no doubt that a very fair measure of suc- 

 cess has been attained. 



I inclose (1) duplicate receipt from Mr. Myron Green for $750, paid by 

 Mr. Creighton to United States Fish Commission, for package and transit 

 charges of 500,000 salmon ova, and (2) letter from Prof. Spencer F. Baird 

 confirming same. For this sum Mr. Creighton drew upon me, which I 

 honored, and was subsequently refunded a like amount by the Treasury 

 at Wellington, £101: Is. M. 



I have to thank you for the very efficient aid you have rendered me 

 in the distribution of the half million ova. 



I have, &c., J. C. FIRTH. 



G. S. Cooper, Esq., 



Under Secretary, Wellington. 



No. 17. 



Fredericlc Ruddleston, Esq., to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



Nelson, 7th January, 1878. 



Sir : I have the honor to report for the information of the government 

 the success that has so far attended the introduction of American salmon 

 ova into the rivers of this district. 



The ova arrived from San Francisco on the evening of Sunday, the 4th 

 of November. On Monday morning I opened the box said to contain 

 50,000. I found eight layers, each about a quart, and packed between 

 a thin material like scrim, and each layer separated by moss. I caused 

 all the dead eggs to be picked out (about 1,500). The sound ones were 

 then put into the hatching ponds, and the ponds covered with boards to 

 protect the eggs from the sun. On Friday, the 9th November, the first fish 



