TRANSMISSION OF EGGS OF QUINNAT SALMON. 919 



C. J. Bottemanne to 8. F. Boird. 



Bergen-op-Zoom, September 4, 1878. 

 Prof. Spencer F. Bated, 



Washington, D. C, TJ. 8. A. : 



Dear Sir : Tour favor came to hand in due time, and beg to inform 

 you that the sailing days of the Rotterdam steamers where the eggs 

 may go by are, September 28, Schiedam ; October 19, Scholten ; No- 

 vember 9, Caland. Between each of those is a smaller steamer, but 

 neither of those have a proper ice-house, so they are of no use. 



The captains of the Scholten and Caland I'll give instructions to before 

 they leave. I missed the captain of the Schiedam at Eotterdam, but 

 111 write to him. I have not seen the accommodation on board the 

 Schiedam, but the directors say she has the best of the three ; still the 

 place on board the other two is in my opinion well suited, too. 



The captains will be instructed that in case you give them instructions, 

 they have to obey yours punctually without taking any regard of mine. 



In case neither of those dates of departure suit, and there is a 

 steamer for Bremerhaven leaving at better time, having proper accom- 

 modation for the eggs, you are free to ship thereby on my account. In 

 this case it will be necessary that you provide them with instructions. If 

 you can manage to ship by the Rotterdam line I think we have better 

 chance of success, as the captains of those steamers, if on no other ac- 

 count, will take an interest in the afiair on my account. The directors, 

 too, are interested, so it seems, as they are willing to dehver the eggs at 

 Eotterdam free of cost. One of the directors, Mr. Plate, is in !N"ew York 

 now ; a very nice gentleman he is. 



I am convinced that the whole trouble of last year was nothing else 

 but that the eggs have not been kept cool enough and so come out too 

 soon. 



If you can do me the favor please advise them a couple of days before 

 the departure of the steamer where the eggs are to go by, as it will give 

 me a chance to await the arrival of the ships in port. 



The New York address of the company is Punch, Edye & Co., 27 

 South William street. 



Oyster culture is quite a success this year. The catch of spat on the 

 tiles and shells is very plentiful ; the season for it is ended just now. It 

 is really worth the while seeing, aud whenever you come to this side of 

 the water be sure not to miss it. Of course as long as I am here, I am 

 at your disposal. 



With kind regards, I remain, dear sir, your obedient servant, 



C. J. BOTTEMANNE, 



8u]^erintendent of Fisheries. 



