APPENDIX. 209 



Inscription on Piece of Plate Presented. 



Presented to 

 James Aendell Youl, Esq., 

 By the Superintendent and Provincial Council of 

 the Province of Otagd, New Zealand, in acknow- 

 ledgment of the very able and valuable services 

 rendered by him on the occasion of the first trans- 

 mission of Salmon Ova to that Province in January, 

 1868. 



7, Westminster Chambers, 



Victoria Street, Westminster, 8. W 



Feb. 20, 1873. 

 SiE, 



I do myself the honour to thank you, on 



behalf of the Colony which I represent, for your 



very strenuous exertions in connection with the 



recent shipment of Salmon Ova to New Zealand. 



I deemed myself especially fortunate in being 

 able to avail myself of your valuable services, which 

 were so generously offered ; and the fact that you 

 personally superintended the most important part 

 of the undertaking, namely, the packing and ship- 

 ping of the Ova, affords the strongest hope that the 

 enterprise will prove a success. 



Whether the attempt to stock the New Zealand 

 rivers with Salmon does prove immediately suc- 

 cessful or not, I feel sure that both the Govern- 

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