EXPORTATION OF FISHES AND HATCHING APPARATUS. 969 



Premier's Office, 

 Wellington, August 2, 1876. 

 Gentlemen : I have been informed that, by the September or Octo- 

 ber mail-steamer from San Francisco, there will be dispatched a ship- 

 ment of salmon ova for the Acclimatization Societies of Auckland and 

 Canterbury. 



2. The government desire to aid those societies in the attempt to in- 

 troduce American salmon to this colony ; and I have the honor to 

 request that you will cause instructions to be given, so that at San Fran- 

 cisco facilities may be afforded for the careful receipt of the ova, and at 

 Kandavau time may be allowed and assistance rendered to insure their 

 careful transshipment. 



3. It is probable that in December, January, and February next ova 

 may be received at San Francisco through arrangements made by Dr. 

 Hector on behalf of the government; and I therefore ask that the in- 

 structions given to the captains and agents of the mail contractors' 

 vessels may refer to these additional shipments, as well as to that on 

 behalf of the Auckland and Canterbury societies. Directions have been 

 given to the New Zealand mail agents to assist as far they can ; and I 

 am sure that you and your company will be ready to co-operate in a 

 work which, if successful in the case of New Zealand, will be likely to 

 lead to the speedy acclimatization of salmon in various parts of Australia. 



I have, &c., 



JULIUS VOGEL. 

 Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt & Co., Sydney. 



Sydney, August 22, 1876. 

 Sir : We have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 2d 

 instant, respecting shipments of salmon ova expected from America. 



We send by the outgoing mail copy of your letter to the general agents 

 at San Francisco, with a request that they will do all in their power to 

 see the wishes expressed carried out, and every attention paid, so as to 

 insure success to the introduction of the ova. 

 We have, &c., 



GILCHRIST, WATT & CO., 

 General Agents for the Contractors, San Francisco Mail Service. 

 The Hon. the Premier, Wellington. 



Duff & Co., Commission Merchants, 

 316 Davis Street, San Francisco, August 30, 1876. 

 Dear Sir : By last New Zealand mail I received a few lines from my 

 friend, Mr. Ormond, who says: "Our government have made an appro- 

 priation for the purpose of obtaining a supply of salmon and white-fish ova 

 from California; and Dr. Hector, State geologist, has been commissioned 



