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Salmon Ponds, Wallacetown, 

 Southland, N.Z., 



March 26, 1878. 

 My dear Me. Youl, 



I am sorry I shall not have time to write as 

 full a report of the Salmon Ova as usual. I find 

 the mail goes out to-morrow, and I have a nine 

 miles' walk to post this in time. 



The Chimhorazo arrived in Melbourne on the 11th 

 of March, and, as the steamer for New Zealand left 

 on the 13th, little time was lost, as I had every- 

 thing ready for the re-shipment, having left the 

 Ova in the ice until the morning of my leaving 

 Melbourne. We reached the Bluff on the 19th, 

 and the larger half of the Ova were laid by night, 

 by order of the New Zealand Government. I 

 handed two boxes of Mr. Buckland's and one of 

 yours to Sir S. Wilson in Melbourne, and his 

 report appears in a letter published in a Southland 

 paper, which I forward. I fear his anticipations 

 will not be realised. I did not myself examine any 

 of your boxes in Melbourne, but saw two or three 

 of Mr. Buckland's, which were very insecurely 

 fastened, the screws not being long enough ; they 

 were nearly all opaque, and until I received Sir 

 Samuel's letter I had little hope of the shipment. 

 On reaching the ponds I tried yours, and was much 

 elated by the first appearance, as all the Ova were 



