Artuvur.—On Fish Culture in New Zealand, 189 
Wellington Society. 
Fish rearing in the province of Wellington, which was started in 1874, 
does not appear to have been either very extensive or very successful. I am 
indebted to Dr. Hector for the following summary of the work there :— 
‘* Trout were liberated by the Wellington Acclimatization Society in the 
Kaiwarawara Creek, the Hutt River, and the Wainuiomata, in 1874. From 
the first they have disappeared, and in the latter they keep to the higher 
waters, where they get more congenial food. 
** Californian Salmon were turned out in 1877 in the Hutt, seven miles 
from the sea ; the Manawatu, in the gorge, thirty-five miles from the sea; 
Wairau, fifteen miles up; Wanganui, ten miles up. Except two doubtful 
fish in Wellington Harbour, nothing has yet been seen of them.” 
Reviewing the above somewhat statistical history of fish breeding in the 
North Island of New Zealand, I find that the Auckland society has taken 
the lead. It got the first imported fish into New Zealand, Prussian carp 
in 1867, but its first trout in 1870; and Californian salmon in 1875, unin- 
tentionally, however, as regards the salmon. The American brook trout 
and catfish have also been introduced by it. The results, however, as 
regards trout and salmon, as well as whitefish, are doubtful as yet. In 
Napier, Wanganui, and Wellington, there is every prospect, from the num- 
ber of large fish seen in different rivers, that the trout (Salmo fario) will 
succeed ; but as to the Californian salmon it would be premature to hazard 
any decided opinion, beyond repeating this, that the temperature of the 
rivers need not of itself operate hurtfully, as in California the adult fish at 
least, lives in water sometimes as high as 83°. At the same time I must 
observe that the best authorities say that the fry descend, or are carried 
down to the sea by the floods consequent on the snow melting every 
Summer on the mountains, and as these floods are of cold water, we have 
but a partial approach here to such a condition in our rivers. 
South Island. 
In the South Island of New Zealand, I may say that the rearing of trout 
and Californian salmon, also of English salmon and sea trout, has chiefly 
occupied the attention of the various societies in so far as regards fish 
culture. And, owing no doubt to the fact of the streams discharging colder 
water, and that the work was begun sooner—the success has been much 
greater than in the North Island. 
Grey District Society. 
This society has introduced trout (S. fario), and Californian salmon, 
(S. quinnat), Of the former, several thousands of ova were got from the 
Otago society in the years 1878, ’79, and ’80. The 1879 lot was almost 
entirely a failure, owing I believe to the length of the voyage (some ten 
