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lation, and affordiag employment to our labouring 

 classes — are considered, besides the direct pecuniary 

 returns to the Treasury of the Colony, the expense 

 incurred in their establishment in our rivers sinks 

 into insignificance. 



In their last Eeport the Commissioners esti- 

 mated the cost of each future importation of Ova 

 at £800, and that estimate has proved strictly 

 correct. 



The Commissioners have been informed by the 

 Council of the Victorian Acclimatisation Society 

 that, although entirely concurring in the opinion 

 that another shipment of Ova should be procm-ed, 

 they are unable, in consequence of having no funds 

 at their command, to bear any share in its cost. 

 The Commissioners are, however, persuaded that 

 the Government of that prosperous Colony, which 

 has always shown a deep interest in the enterprise, 

 and given it a generous support, would not, if 

 applied to, refuse their further aid ; nor can they 

 doubt that the other adjoining Colonies, and more 

 especially the various provinces of New Zealand, 

 whose rivers are so well suited to become the home 

 of the Salmon and the Trout, would be found ready 

 to assist us. 



But, without waiting to learn whether any or all 

 of these Colonies will agree or decline to contribute 

 to the expense of a further prosecution of this great 



