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others, have unfortunately as yet resulted 

 in no positive proof of success.' The ex- 

 periments referred to are the shipments of 

 salmon ova to the Australasian colonies. 

 In case Mr. Buckland should not have seen 

 the paragraph in the Pall Mall Gazette, I 

 wish to give him an opportunity of un- 

 binding this wreath of triumph from his 

 brows. In the meantime, I wish to inform 

 your readers, and the readers of the Pall 

 Mall Gazette besides, that Mr. Buckland 

 has not had the chief or even part super- 

 intendence of any one of the experiments 

 which have resulted in a great achievement 

 in fish culture, even if we go no further 

 than the production of living salmon in 

 Tasmania and New Zealand. Mr. James 

 A. Youl was the originator of the successful 

 plan, after many others had failed, and has 

 arranged and superintended all the ship- 

 ments personally and solely. 



"I have good authority for this statement, 

 because I believe that every document on 

 the subject, from first to last, oflficial and 

 private, has passed through my hands ; and 



