APPENDIX. 229 



TASMANIA. 



SALMON COMMISSIONEES. 

 EEPOET FOE 1878. 



The Salmon Commissioners have the pleasure 

 of reporting that the different species of Salmonidce 

 in the various rivers in which they have become 

 acclimatised continue to increase in a most satis- 

 factory manner. 



During the last four years, towards the end of 

 September or early in October, Salmon smolts 

 have been captured in a water-race leading to the 

 Ponds from the Eiver Plenty, evidently on their 

 way to the Derwent. The fish were beautifully 

 bright and well formed, and specimens have each 

 year been placed in the Museum for public inspec- 

 tion. The Commissioners consider the presence of 

 these smolts in the Plenty conclusive evidence that 

 the parent fish go up that river to deposit their 

 ova ; and as many thousands of ova are annually 

 ■taken from the Plenty for the purpose of distribu- 

 tion throughout the Colony and for sale to other 

 Colonies, it is now more than probable that, in 



