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superintended by Messrs. J. A. Toul and Edward Wilson, 
and it was intended that the fish should be hatched out 
on the voyage. Very complete arrangements had been 
made to receive the salmon fry in Tasmania, by the Salmon 
Commissioners appointed by the Government, and Baron 
von (then Dr.) Mueller was entrusted with the care, 
transhipment, and forwarding of them from Melbourne, 
but this, like many subsequent attempts, resulted in a 
complete failure, although some few fish hatched and were 
carried alive into the tropics. 
The second effort which was made to introduce the 
salmon into Tasmanian waters, was a shipment by the 
Beautiful Star^ which sailed from London in March, 1862, 
but the attempt was also a total failure. 
In January, 1864, the first successful shipment was 
made by the Norfolh; in January, 1866, that by the 
Lincolnshire was also partially successful. In January, 
1867, a shipment to New Zealand was made by the 
Celestial Queen ; also, in December, 1868, by the Medora ; 
in January, 1873, by the Oheron, and in January, 1875, by 
the Timaru^ from Glasgow. In January, 1876, by the 
Durham, a joint shipment was sent to New Zealand and 
Australia, which was partially successful in New Zealand ; 
and in January, 1878, by the Qhimhorazo, which was also a 
partial success. 
THE EIEST INTEODUCTION OF THE SALMON 
INTO ADSTEALIA. 
The first successful attempt to introduce the salmon 
into Australia, was made in the year 1864. A hundred 
thousand salmon, and three thousand trout ova, were 
shipped on board the Norfolh, packed in moss, in two 
