904 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



is this : " He is willing, if an order be received by him for several million 

 whitefish eggs, jointly from the New Zealand Government and the State 

 fish commissioners of California and Nevada, to furnish the eggs, 

 carefully j^acked, at*65 cents per 1,000, and further, to insure their safe 

 delivery at San Francisco for shipment to the colony and deposit in our 

 lakes and rivers here ; he would come across the continent in charge, 

 on receiving his traveling expenses to and fro, asking nothing whatever 

 for his time— this extra to be borne proportionately by the colony and 

 California and Nevada." I think the proposal is an extremely liberal 

 one. New Zealand might procure 1,000,000 whitefish eggs in this way 

 for a trifliug sum, under conditions which would insure the absolute suc- 

 cess of the exi^eriment. I have no doubt I could arrange matters with 

 the fish commissioners of these States. I should state that Mr. Clark 

 explained that to insure success the order for the eggs should be in by 

 October, or early in November. The order passing through Professor 

 Baird, came at a time when the eggs were in a too advanced state. The 

 ova should have been packed at least a month earlier. As it was, the 

 Pacific coast shipment all went back en route, and I saved our lot by 

 the best of good luck. 



No. 43. 



The Hon. the Minister for Public Works to Mr. R. J. Creighton. 



Public Works Office, 

 Wellington, New Zealand, nth August, 1878. 

 Dear Sir : Eeferring to your j)rivate letter to me of 8th July, in 

 which you inform me that Mr. Clark has offered to supply whitefish ova 

 at 65 cents per 1,000 f. o. b. at San Francisco, and that Mr. Clark un- 

 dertakes personally to superintend the shipment at that port provided 

 his actual expenses across the continent are defrayed jointly by the 

 State fish commissioners of California, Nevada, and this colony. 



The Government of New Zealand will be glad to be a party to this 

 arrangement, and wiU take 1,000,000 ova on these terms. 



If Mr. Clark will forward his account along with the ova, the amount 

 will be remitted to him in due course. 



Thanking you for the interest and trouble which you have taken in 

 this matter, 



I have, &c., 



J. MACANDREW. 

 E. J. Creighton, Esq., 



Evening Post Office, San Francisco. 



