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who had gone to much trouble in conveying 

 various kinds of fresh-water fish to stock the 

 streams and lagoons near Colac ; and I offered 

 to pay the cost of an experiment with the 

 desired object in view. He very heartily 

 entered into my scheme, and, as a prepara- 

 tory measure, obtained from the Government 

 analytical chemist, Mr. Johnson, an analysis of 

 the water of Lake Corangamite. Samples were 

 taken at three different places, which, however, 

 did not vary much from each other. The water 

 contained some earthy impurities which were 

 not taken into account, and the following 

 soluble salts. One imperial gallon yields : — 



Grains. 

 Chloride of sodium (common salt) . . . 1280 



Sulphate of sodium ... ... ... 43 



Carbonate of sodium ... ... ... 35 



Total 1358 



Mr. Johnston states that, in his opinion, 

 " this water can be safely trusted not to injure 

 a great variety of fish, the foreign substances 

 present being of the most innocent nature." 



This analysis being encouraging, Mr. 

 Connor started with a lot of various kinds 

 of sea fish from Geelong, a proportion of 



