EXPORTATION OF FISHES AND HATCHING APPARATUS. 987 



[Inclosure in last letter.] 



United States Commission Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, December 22, 187G. 

 Dear Sir: I am duly iu receipt of your letter of the lith of Decern- 

 ber, informiug me of the safe arrival of the salmon eggs in New Zealand. 

 It is, indeed, gratifying to know that such a brilliant success has been 

 experienced; and I trust it may be in my power to assist in having sub- 

 sequent shipments, not only to New Zealand, but to other points in 

 Australia. 



I am in momentary expectation of receiving the announcement of the 

 shipment from Northville, Mich., by Mr. James W. Milner, my deputy, of 

 a lot of whitefish eggs for New Zealand ; 500,000 Jlre to be forwarded 

 to San Francisco, of which 250,000 are intended for Wellington, and 

 250,000 for the California commissioners. To save expense, and to in- 

 sure greater care of the eggs, I directed .that all be addressed to Mr. B. 

 B. Bedding, of the Central Pacific Eailroad, and fish commissioner of 

 California. 



The consignments are to leave at intervals of about a week, so as to 

 avoid the risk of injury to the whole. I have also asked that each con- 

 signment be so arranged that it can be divided into two lots of 125,000 

 each. If, for any reason, as that of the departure of a steamer after the 

 arrival of the first lot and before that of the second, it would be better 

 to take all of consignment number one for New Zealand, I have no doubt 

 that Mr. Bedding will consent to it. Of course you will see that all 

 proper precautions are taken for the packing of the eggs on the steamer. 

 I have, &c., 



SPENCEB F. BAIBD, 



Commissioner. 

 B. J. Creighton, Esq., 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Napier, New Zealand, January 26, 1877. 



Sir: By direction of the Hon. J. D. Ormond, the president of the 

 Hawkes Bay Acclimatization Society, I have the honor to address you 

 in reference to a shipment of salmon ova received here on the 12th 

 November last. 



The ova were landed from the City of Sydney early in the morning 

 and were at once dispatched by rail to the principal hatching-grounds, 

 10 miles ofi", where it was forthwith unpacked. 



The icechest had been replenished in Auckland, and upon arrival here 

 contained about 7 cwt. ice, the greater part of which was evidently 

 natural ice and must have been part of that used in San Francisco. 



