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Fahr. Mr. Black's journal was submitted 

 to Mr. Brady, of the Irish Salmon Commis- 

 sion, and Mr. E. Eamsbottom, who came 

 to the conclusion that the disturbance of 

 the ova for removal of those which were 

 dead — a perhaps necessary operation in the 

 circumstances — and the violence they must 

 have encountered, were the chief causes of 

 failure. 



It is easy enough now to point out 

 defects in this experiment. All it taught 

 then was that a larger supply of ice and 

 more effectual protection against motion 

 among the ova must be provided. Private 

 enterprise had furnished both the funds 

 and the work, but now the governments of 

 Tasmania, Victoria, and Southland (N.Z.), 

 convinced of the practicability of the under- 

 taking, voted ^3000, £500, and £200 

 respectively, and delegated the conduct 

 of the work to Mr. Youl. This was, in its 

 way, a handsome acknowledgment of the 

 efforts of those who had gone so far, and 

 an expression of confidence in their ability 

 to land living ova in Australia ; for no one 



