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Schaffhausen. Now this looked to me a very good solution of the ques- 

 tiou, but what in the case ? At Basel we find just as well and at the 

 same time the salmon in i)rime spawning condition and the winter sal- 

 mon ; this upsets my whole theory, unless I am able to prove that the 

 salmon caught in spawning condition at Basel has been a round year in 

 the river, which is not probable and which I don't believe, as being in 

 too good condition for that. If you have an opinion about this I will 

 be very glad to know it. 



Oyster culture is taking here such a swing that it is becoming a na- 

 tional interest. The board has proposed to exhibit next year in Pa,ris. 

 As soon as the decision is known I will let you know. I think to go there 

 anyhow. Whenever you come across, either to France or England, try 

 to stop here too. When arriving in England, by leaving London via 

 Queensborough-Flushing for the Continent, it takes about eight hours to 

 cross the North Sea, and from Flushing one hour per rail to get here, 

 and from here you are within 25 minutes on the route Amsterdam, 

 Brussels, or Paris. 



Offering you my sincere thanks for your great liberality in sending the 

 eggs, 



I remain, dear sir, yours respectfully, 



C. J. BOTTEMANNE, M. D., 

 Superintendent of Fisheries^ Netherlands. 



Prof. Spencer F. Baird, 



United States Commissioner Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, D. G. 



Report on the salmon eggs sent hy the United States Government to the 



Netherlands.* 



On the 24th October, Mr. Bottemanne, superintendent of fisheries in 

 the Netherlands, wired to us that the steamer Mosel, with destination 

 for Bremerhaveu, has arrived at Southampton, and that Mr. Fred Ma- 

 ther had under his care four crates, with one hundred thousand eggs. 



At the same time Mr. Bottemanne sent us a letter to Mr. Fred Mather, 

 to authorize the undersigned to receive the above salmon eggs. 



Immediately we made here all preparations to jjlace the eggs on ar- 

 rival, and I went to Bremerhaveu to receive them. I waited there for 

 the steamer bringing down the passengers from the Mosel, and the 2Cth 

 October, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, I met Mr. Mather and 

 received the four crates destined for the Netherlands. I found there 

 Messrs. Dr. Haack, director of the Imiierial German Institution at 

 Hiinningen ; Dr. Finch, director of the museum in • Bremen ; Mr. 

 Schiever, superintendent of the breeding station at Hameln. They all, 

 came for the same purpose. We agreed to move the crates unopened, 



"* Made by tlie KoningUjk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, Amster- 

 dam. 



