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by the weight of the water, or died from exposure and want 

 of food. Four of them, two bulls and two cows, had been 

 placed under cover, and survived the voyage. I saw them 

 on landing in Wellington, and they were then in perfect con- 

 dition. These four were liberated [in Hokitika valley] on 

 the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. They 

 remained in the vicinity of the place where they were liberated 

 for some months, when two of the bulls and one cow wandered 

 oif into the heavy forest, and, so far as I can trace, have not 

 since been seen. The remaining cow, which was very tame, 

 remained alone near the settlement for twelve or fourteen 

 years, when she probably died. 



"In 1909 I entered into correspondence with the Governor 

 of Saskatchewan on behalf of the New Zealand Government, 

 with a view of securing an additional consignment of moose. 

 Through the courtesy of the Canadian Government permis- 

 sion was given for shipping moose to New Zealand. Mr. F. 

 Moorehouse, a Government officer, was sent from New Zea- 

 land to Banff to make arrangements for conveyance of ten 

 moose to New Zealand. When he reached Banff the tempera- 

 ture was 10° below zero Fahr., and at Fiji, about three 

 weeks later, it was 90° above zero in the shade. The moose 

 had also passed through a severe storm, and had crossed the 

 Equator and through the Tropics. They were taken to 

 Sydney, Australia, and there transferred to another steamer, 

 and conveyed 1200 miles to New Zealand. They were again 

 transferred to a small steamer belonging to the Government, 

 and taken to Dusky Sound on the southwest coast, where they 

 were released in perfect condition, none having been lost on 

 the journey. The locality where these ten moose were liber- 

 ated is mountainous, with heavy forest, and is very rarely 

 visited. As far as I know the moose have not since been 

 seen. In any case there is no definite information as to their 

 successful acclimatization or otherwise." 



A Dominion official, writing from Wellington, N. Z., 

 November 24, 191 9, states that the second consignment of 



