TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGGS TO AUSTRALIA, ETC. 905 



No. 44. 



Professor Baird to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



United States CoaniiissioN Fish and Fisheries, 



Gloucester, Mass., 2dth July, 1878. 



Dear Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your let- 

 ter of the 20th of June with the accompanying check for £104 3s. 4:d., 

 being the amount of indebtedness to Mr. N. W. Clark for eggs of white- 

 fish furnished by him at my request for the use of the New Zealand 

 Government. The charge was for the cost of collecting and keeping in 

 the hatching-house one month, so as to bring forward the embryo, and 

 for packing and shijiping ; and of course the price of one dollar per 

 thousand was merely nominal. 



I greatly regret that, after all, the eggs arrived in an unsatisfactory 

 condition ; but, if you desire to renew the order, I think I can promise 

 better results. 



I have sent the account to Mr. Frank N. Clark, a son of the deceased N. 

 W. Clark, for his signature, and on receiving it wiU forward it promptly 

 to you. 



I have, &c., 



SPENCER F. BATED, 



Commissioner. 

 The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, 



Wellington, N'. Z. 



No. 45. 



The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to Prof. Spencer F. Baird. 



Colonial Secretary's Office, 



WeUingto7i, 21st October, 1878. 

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

 the 29th July, and to thaak you for your offer to endeavor to procure a 

 better result than was before obtained should this government think fit 

 to renew the order for whitefish ova. 



An order for 1,000,000 ova had been sent to Mr. Clark through Mr. 

 Creighton, an old New Zealand colonist who is settled in San Francisco, 

 before your letter arrived, and it will, therefore, be unnecessary that 

 the government of this colony should avail itself of your kind offer to 

 send a shipment of ova this season. 

 I have, &c., 



G. S. WHITMOEE. 



