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on arrival to competent hands. Sir Julius 

 Yogel requested Mr. J. A. Youl to make 

 arrangements for building an ice-house in 

 this vessel, and packing a number of boxes 

 of ova ; but the time was short, and he 

 concluded to make use of one of the ice- 

 houses already existing in the ship for the 

 supply of the passengers. Mr. Eamsbottom, 

 of Clitheroe, procured 24,000 salmon ova, 

 which Mr. Youl packed in thirty-eight 

 boxes at the vaults of the Wenham Lake 

 Ice Company, and subsequently placed on 

 the floor of the ice-house and covered with 

 ten tons of ice. Thus it was hoped there 

 would be enough ice for the passengers, 

 and a sufficient remainder to maintain the 

 ova. A few days afterwards, Mr. Buckland 

 packed and placed in the same ice-house 

 eighteen boxes, containing some 20,000 

 •salmon ova, and one box of about 1,600 

 trout, presented by Mr. Capel. The ship left 

 London on January 21st, and is expected 

 to reach Melbourne in forty days from 

 Plymouth via the Cape, when the consign- 

 ment would be transhipped by steamer to 



