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Prom Southland the liberal contribution of Two 

 Hundred Pounds has been received in aid of the 

 last experiment ; but she alone, of all the Provinces 

 in that extensive Colony, has hitherto given any 

 response to the appeal long since made to them. 



The Commissioners earnestly hope that Your 

 Excellency's Government will recommend to the 

 Parliament, now sitting, the appropriation of such 

 a sum as will enable them to take immediate 

 measures for the introduction of a further supply 

 of Salmon Ova. 



In the Appendix will be found a statement of the 

 whole cost of the last importation. 



The Commissioners have every reason to be 

 satisfied with the manner in which their Superin- 

 tendent, Mr. Eamsbottom, has discharged the 

 important duties of his office. He has amply 

 fulfilled the expectations which induced them to 

 send him back to England in 1862 ; and since his 

 return to the Colony, the intelligence and devotion 

 with which he has watched and aided the progress 

 of his valuable charge has merited their warmest 

 commendation. 



The Commissioners, anxious not to anticipate 

 any expenditure that could be postponed until the 

 success of the undertaking should be fully estab- 

 lished, have hitherto refrained from recommending 

 the erection of a residence for the Superintendent 

 in the viciaity of the Ponds. 



