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in them, except for two boxes containing apparatus 

 gone into the hold, the freight of which will be paid 

 here. 



Yours faithfully, 



JAMES A. YOUL. 

 To Messrs. M'Leod, Allport, & Moegan. 



A. 3. 



Blackwall Yard, London, E., 



26t7i January, 1864. 

 SiE, 



With reference to your offer to pay us 100 



Guineas freight for the conveyance of the Salmon 



Ova per Norfolk to Melbourne, we wish to remind 



you of the extreme difficulty there is in obtaining 



permission to build the Ice-house in any ship, 



owing to the great interference it makes in stowing 



the cargo and general arrangements of the ship, 



which is materially increased when it is necessary 



to ship the Ice-house in a regular passenger ship ; 



consequently, it was only the knowledge of the 



importance it is to the Colony to introduce the 



Salmon into its waters that induced us to accede 



to your request to give you the necessary room in 



the Norfolk. 



The interest we feel in the Colony, and in the 



experiment of conveying Ova to distant places, 



induced us to afford you the facilities you required ; 



