986 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



[Inclosnre in last letter.] 



San Francisco, December 14, 187G. 



Dear Sir : I have much pleasure in informing you that the shipment 

 of salmon ova arrived at its destination in excellent order, and that the 

 hatching out has been successful. The press of New Zealand has ac- 

 knowledged the liberality of the United States Fish Commissioners, and 

 I am advised that the colonial secretary has written to you expressing 

 the thanks of the New Zealand Government for your considerate atten- 

 tion to their requests. Mr. Firth, president of the Auckland Acclima- 

 tization Society, writes in similar terms, and doubtless you will have 

 received a letter from him before this reaches you. I forward to your 

 address a copy of the Auckland Southern Cross, containing a notice of 

 the arrival of the consignment of eggs, and I have arranged to forward 

 to you copies of the San Francisco Evening Post, containing a special 

 article on the subject. 



In obedience to instructions, I have requested Mr. Stone to inform me 

 the amount of indebtedness by the New Zealand Government on account 

 of their share of the shipment, on receipt of which the money will be 

 paid. 



I trust there will be no difficulty in the way of supplying the white- 

 fish arranged for by Dr. Hector, which you requested me to remind you 

 of about the new year. 



I am certain the success of the experiment hitherto will be a source 

 of satisfaction to yourself, as, unquestionably, it is to all classes in New 

 Zealand. 



I have, &c., E. J. CREIGHTON. 



Hon. S. F. Baird, 



WasMngton, D. C. 



[Inclosure in last letter.] 



National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, December 12, 1876. 

 Dear Sir : I propose to send, about or after the 20th of December, a 

 quarter of a million of whitefish eggs to the Acclimatization Society at 

 Wellington, care of Dr. James Hector, and I beg that you will kindly 

 take charge of the shipment of these, paying the necessary expenses of 

 transportation from Northville, Mich., and of fitting up any provision on 

 the steamer for their safe transmission. The weather will be so cool that 

 a delay of some time in San Francisco will probably not affect them. It 

 is probable that these eggs will be sent to Mr. B. B. Bedding, fish com- 

 missioner of California, with some for the California commission. Please 

 see Mr. Bedding on this subject. I cannot tell here when the steamer 

 leaves, but hope the eggs may go on soon after reaching San Francisco. 



I have, &c., 



SPENCER F. BAIPwD. 

 B. J. Creighton, Esq., 



San Francisco, Cal. 



