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house at about 35°, would at least be a severe 

 trial, if not absolutely fatal. One lot of 

 these ova contained a much larger propor- 

 tion of dead than the remainder, owing, 

 Mr. Eamsbottom informed me, to the fish 

 from which they were taken making a severe 

 struggle while being stripped of its burden. 

 About six hundred fish were hatched from 

 this large consignment. The funds for all 

 the shipments to New Zealand were con- 

 tributed by its various provincial govern- 

 ments and acclimatisation societies ; and, 

 as in all other cases, Mr. Youl's time and 

 experience were freely given, and many 

 minor expenses besides defrayed by himself. 

 The ice-houses were constructed under 

 his supervision, and all the ova packed by 

 his own hands, with the exception of a few 

 boxes manipulated by visitors and his sub- 

 ordinates when the bulk of the work was 

 finished. He never shrank from the 

 drudgery of detail, but astonished onlookers 

 by undertaking much fatiguing, manual 

 labour in order to insure that it should be 

 thoroughly well done. 



