Artnur.—On Fish Culture in New Zealand. 1938 
From year to year since 1876 they have been found to be so numerous 
and to have attained so great a size that angling has not only been per- 
mitted but some very excellent baskets of trout have been taken in the 
Avon and the Cust. In fact there could be hardly finer fishing anywhere— 
so far as numbers and weight go—the local Press during the season pub- 
lishing almost daily an account of the success of some keen angler. In 
1877, Mr. Farr states that he saw trout which weighed 11lbs. and 14lbs., 
and had heard of others weighing 20lbs.; and a Christchurch paper of 
November 24th, 1880, has the following :—* A trout weighing 21lbs. was 
caught in the River Avon yesterday.” I could easily add other cases of heavy 
trout being caught, but these will suffice to show the rate at which brown 
trout have gained weight in the Avon and the Cust. Supposing the 
heaviest of these fish to be one of those hatched out in 1868, then it shows 
an average yearly growth of 13lbs. This indicates the capacity of the par- 
ticular breed to become heavy, and the present excellence of the food 
supply. 
As to the trout in Lake Coleridge, I have heard that they have done 
well, but I have no corroborative facts in my possession in support of this. 
Salmon ( British )—Two boxes of salmon ova brought from England to 
Melbourne, as part of a large shipment by the ‘“s.s. Durham,” were 
obtained by the Canterbury society from Mr. Macandrew, of Otago. These 
were received at Lyttelton in April, 1876, but only 175 ova appear to have 
hatched out, which were placed in the river Ashley in 1878. Nothing 
is to be found in any of the society’s reports, showing whether these 
English salmon have survived or not, so their fate is involved in doubt as 
yet. 
But the Californian salmon (Salmo quinnat) introduced from San 
Francisco in November 1876, and in the following year, appear to have 
been a great success, so far at least as hatching out the ova and distributing 
the young fish go. About 80,000 ova altogether were hatched, and 65,000 
parr liberated in different rivers of Canterbury, these rivers being the 
Waimakariri, Rangitata, Shag, Hurunui, Heathcote, Ashley, Opihi and 
Little Rakaia. As usual rumours have arisen from time to time regarding 
Specimens of these salmon having been taken in the rivers. It was reserved, 
however, for Dr. Campbell and other members of the society to put the 
question to the test. Provided with the proper authority from the Governor 
they netted the Cam, a branch of the Waimakariri river, in July, 1880, and 
_ Succeeded in getting three salmon from 5 to 8lbs. in weight. These were 
_ compared and found to be identical with the specimens of Salmo quinnat 
_ Confined in the society's ponds, and which had been retained there from 
E she original hatehing of Californian salmon. At the same time, curiously 
