866 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Fish Commission of the United States, under the direction of the Hon. 

 Spencer F. Baird, as Chief Commissioner. 



Ministers venture to think that so generous an action on the part of a 

 foreign nation is worthy of being acknowledged in a special manner. 

 They would, therefore, respectfully ask his excellency to bring the matter 

 under the notice of Her Majesty's Government, through the secretary of 

 state for the colonies, in the hope that Her Majesty's Government will 

 permit a communication to be made to the Government of the United 

 States of the thanks of the colony of E"ew Zealand for the generous and 

 valuable gift of a million salmon ova to the colony. 

 I have, &c., 



His Excellency the Governor. 



G. S. WHITMOEE, 



Colonial Secretary. 



E"o. 21. 

 The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to Mr. J. C. Firth. 



Wellington, Gth December^ 1877. 



Sir : Eeferring to the correspondence which has taken place on the 

 subject of the salmon ova supphed by the American Fish Commissioner, 

 and which reached New Zealand by the November mail, I have the 

 honor to inform you that communications have been received from all 

 the acclimatization societies to which consignments were sent, stating 

 that the importation seems likely to turn out perfectly successful. 



It gives me great pleasure to offer you the thanks of the government 

 for the readiness with which you undertook the arduous task of attend- 

 ing to the shipment on its arrival and for the judicious arrangements 

 you made for the distribution of the portions assigned to southern socie- 

 ties. There can be no doubt that to those arrangements is largely 

 attributable the success which has attended the experiment. 

 I have, &c., 



G. S. WHITMORE. 



J. 0. Firth, Esq., AucMand. 



No. 22. 



Mr. J. C. Firth to the Ron. the Colonial Secretary. 



Auckland, 11th February, 1878. 

 Sir : I have the honor to thank you for your letter of 6th December 

 last, conveying the thanks of the government to me for my services in 

 distributiDg the salmon ova recently presented to this colony by the 

 United States Government. 



