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7. January 1873. By Oberon, from London to Otago, New Zealand. Salmon 



ova, 120,000. 



8. January 1876. By S.S. Durham, from London to Melbourne and New 



Zealand, joint shipment. Mr. J. A. Youl, salmon ova, 90,000 ; Mr. 

 Frank Buckland, salmon ova, 85,000. 



9. January 1878. By S.S. Chimborazo, from London to New Zealand, joint 



shipment. Mr. J. A. Youl, salmon ova, 24,000 ; Mr. Frank Buckland, 

 salmon ova, 20,000. 



10. January 1879. By P. & 0. S.S. and Orient Line S.S. Cuzco, five boxes brook 

 trout, about 5000. 



These ten shipments seem all to have been made under the 

 superintendence of Mr. You], and it is probable that other con- 

 signments may have been made privately, of which there is no 

 record. 



Mr. Charles C. Capel made a shipment by the John Elder, 

 January 1882, of 130,000 salmon ova. In the previous month, 

 namely, on the 27th December 1881, we made our first consign- 

 ment to the Otago Acclimatisation Society, Mr. Arthur having 

 written to Mr. Handyside to procure some Lochleven trout ova. 1 



He communicated with me, and the result was that 10,000 

 Lochleven trout eggs were sent as an experiment to test the 

 journey, and the suitability of our mode of packing. They were 

 carried by the Potosi, with the simple instruction that it was 

 requested the box should not be opened until it reached its desti- 



OTAOO ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY, 



DUNEDIN, June 23d, 1881. 



DEAR HANDYSIDE, As I see a mail goes to-day via Melbourne, I hasten to instruct you 

 re the Lochleven trout ova. At our Council meeting on April 20th it was determined to try 

 to get out some ova of the Lochleven trout, and I have now, on behalf of our Society, to ask 

 you to be so good as to take the necessary steps to procure for us 10,000 ova (more or less) from 

 Sir James G. Maitland, or any other person who can guarantee them to you. By more or less 

 of course I mean 20,000, if we can get them, or it may be a few short of the lesser number. I 

 have already instructed Mr. Capel of Foot's Cray, Kent, about the sea trout and salmon ova. 

 // you can arrange for both lots, or all three (as perhaps I should write) to come by one 

 steamer, so much the better. Only, as sea trout are said to spawn in October, salmon in 

 December, and Lochleven trout in January and February, I fear they cannot all be sent at 

 once. We will pay any expenses, and send Deans to Melbourne to meet the steamer if one 

 direct to Lyttleton or Otago cannot be got. I fear that no steamer to N. Z. would have an 

 ice-house, on which we must rely for the success of the venture mainly. I would like if you 

 could also procure for us heads of, say the Tay salmon, male and female of a good big sea 

 trout, both sexes of Lochleven trout and common burn trout. Hoping you have had a good 

 voyage, and found everybody well, I am yours faithfully, W. ARTHUR, Hon. Sec. 



T. S. Handyside, Esq., Edinburgh. 



