242 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



the salmon the chances of success are greatly 

 increased. It is impossible to tell which river 

 may prove best suited to them ; but when all 

 the rivers in the colony of any note have been 

 tried, if at all suitable to the climate, the fish 

 must succeed in some of them, and I had so 

 many applications for a portion of the fish, 

 that I could not well refuse fco send a few to 

 each river. 



Even from Tasmania I had a request for a 

 few of the fry to put in the Mersey, and sent 

 off 200 there ; but from some cause, which I 

 could not ascertain (possibly mal-de-mer), all 

 but seven fish perished during the sea voyage, 

 and these, I fear, will never be heard of again, 

 although they were safely liberated in that 

 fine stream, the Mersey river. I hope that 

 my Tasmanian friends will be more fortunate 

 the next time that a similar attempt is made. 



The Zoological and Acclimatization Society 

 acknowledged their indebtedness for services 

 rendered, by awarding medals to Sir George 

 Grey, K.C.B., Premier of New Zealand; the 

 Hon. Spencer Baird, President of the Smith- 

 sonian Institute, Washington ; the Hon. Mr. 

 Woods, M.L.A., Minister of Eailways in Yic- 



