TASMANIA, 1862. 



SALMON. 



BE TURN TO AN OBDEB OF THE HOUSE. 



EEPOET. 

 To His Excellency Colonel Gore Beowne, C.B., Cap- 

 tain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Island oj 

 Tasmania. 



May it please Your Excellency, 



The Commissioners appointed by Your Ex- 

 cellency to direct the measures to be adopted for 

 the introduction of Salmon into the Elvers of this 

 Colony have already reported to the Government 

 the arrival of the Beautiful Star, and the disastrous 

 result of their first experiment. 



They have now the honor to lay before Your 

 Excellency a Eeport of their proceedings, in their 

 efforts to fulfil the important duty confided to 

 them, from the date of their appointments to the 

 jDresent time. 



During the Parliamentary Session of 1860, the 

 question of the introduction of Salmon was re« 

 ferred to a Joint Committee of both Houses. In 



