TO THE 



ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES OF AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA AND 



NEW ZEALAND, 



AND THE SALMON COMMISSIONS KS OF TASMANIA; 



WHOSE PUBLIC SPIRIT IN COLLECTING FUNDS FOR DEFBAYING THE 



EXPENSES OF TRANSMISSION , IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 



SUBSEQUENT CARE AND ATTENTION BESTOWED UPON THE OVA AND FRY, 



HAS SO LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE PERMANENT 



NATURALISATION OF THE SALMON AND TROUT 



IN THE WATERS OF AUSTRALASIA, 



THE AUTHOR 



BEGS RESPECTFULLY TO DEDICATE THIS HISTORY 



OF A SIGNAL ACHIEVEMENT IN 



PISCICULTURE. 



