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The salmon ova were obtained by Mr. J. A. 

 Youl, C.M.G., from the Severn, the Eibble, 

 the Tyne, and the Tweed ; and under his 

 personal care and superintendence they were 

 put on board the Norfolk. To Mr. Youl is 

 due the credit of the discovery of the proper 

 mode of packing the ova for transmission on 

 a long sea voyage, by placing them in moss 

 and charcoal, in wooden boxes placed below 

 the ice in an ice-house. The boxes con- 

 taining the ova were placed in an ice-house 

 made to receive them, and were surrounded 

 by 32 tons of ice. The ship sailed on the 

 21st of January, 1864, and the voyage 

 occupied 77 days. The undertaking was a 

 joint affair between the Victorian Govern- 

 ment, represented by the Acclimatization 

 Society, and the Salmon Commissioners on 

 behalf of the Government of Tasmania. The 

 greater portion of the ova were forwarded to 

 Tasmania, reaching Hobart Town on the 20th 

 April. Arrangements had been made by the 

 Salmon Commissioners appointed by the 

 Tasmanian Government, and ,a hatching 

 apparatus was ready for the reception of 

 the ova. On the boxes . being opened, only 



