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German Lake Trout {Salmo (Salvelinus) umbla) 



In 1868 the Otago Society received 6000 eggs of this species by 

 the ' Celestial Queen.' These were taken to the ponds at Opoho and 

 hatched out there, but I cannot trace their subsequent history. This 

 is the "Ombre chevalier" of the Swiss lakes. 



* American Brook Trout or Char {Salmo (Salvelinus) fontinalts) 



Mr A. M. Johnson of Opawa, who came out to Christchurch 

 in 1864, claimed that the first Salmo fontinalis were brought out at 

 his expense. I have no means of verifying the accuracy of this state- 

 ment, but he certainly received a considerable stock of eggs from 

 New York {via San Francisco) in March, 1877. From these a large 

 stock of fish was obtained, and they were sold to many parts of the 

 colony. Thus, in 1883, the Canterbury Society purchased 100 fry 

 from him. In 1884 the Auckland Society obtained a small lot from 

 him, and liberated them at Western Springs; and in 1885 the Otago 

 Society got 50 fry, which were kept in their ponds and were reported 

 to be doing well. 



In 1877 the Auckland Society received 5000 ova from Mr T, 

 Russell of San Francisco. From these 400 fry were hatched out, of 

 which half were liberated in a tributary of the Waikato near 

 Cambridge ; and half in the Kaukapakapa stream, Kaipara. 



In 1880 the Wellington Society placed 250 fry in a tributary of 

 the Hutt River, but there is no record as to where they came from. 

 In 1 88 1 they liberated a further lot of 220 in the same stream and these 

 were obtained from Christchurch — ^presumably from Mr Johnson. In 

 the same year they placed 900 fry in the Makara and Ohariu streams. 



In 1883 the Canterbury Society received 25,000 ova in January 

 from Mr R. J. Creighton of San Francisco, and in February a second 

 lot of 10,000. Unfortunately all the eggs in both shipments were dead. 



In 1884 the Auckland Society received 30,000 ova from San 

 Francisco, but again all were dead. 



In 1887 the 'Kaikoura' brought 30,000 ova from the Solway 

 Fisheries to Wellington, but only about 4000 arrived in good con- 

 dition, for they travelled in the cool chamber and not in one of the 

 insulated cases. About 2500 healthy fry resulted, of which between 

 500 and 600 were retained at the hatchery at Masterton, and the rest 

 were distributed in various streams. 



These appear to be all the direct shipments received from home 

 or America ; the other societies obtained their supplies from Christ- 

 church chiefly. 



Thus in 1885 the Otago Society received 400 young fry from the 

 Canterbury Society. These were placed in the boxes at Opoho, but 



