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THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON. 
Melbourne in 1877, which Professor McCoy identified as a 
true salmon, although only of small size, being about four 
pounds in weight. 
The small number of ova left in Melbourne — about 
3000 — out of the shipment by the Durham , produced a 
few hundred fry, many of which, however, disappeared 
mysteriously in the hatching boxes ; a small remnant of 
these were taken to the Upper Yarra, and 300 live salmon 
were stated to have been liberated successfully on that 
occasion, in a tank made to keep them for a time, of 
which number about 120 were afterwards placed in the 
Badger Creek, a tributary of the Yarra, but up to this 
time none of these fish, or of their progeny have been 
caught, and there is no evidence to show that they have 
survived to propagate their species. 
A second attempt was made to introduce the salmon 
into Tasmania, and another shipment of ova, was sent 
by the Lincolnshire , which arrived in Melbourne on 
May 1, 1866. The G-overnment liberally granted the 
S.S. Victoria to convey the eggs to Tasmania, which was 
successfully accomplished by Commander Norman, under 
the superintendence of Mr. Eamsbottom. The hatching 
resulted in 6000 salmon and 1000 salmon trout. In 
Victoria, the acclimatisation of this fish was given up as 
being impossible of accomplishment, and the attempt was 
looked upon by many, as a useless expenditure of money ; 
as it was thought that the temperature of the rivers, was 
too high to suit the salmon, which is generally found in 
rivers which are partially frozen in the winter. 
THE FIEST INTEODUCTION OF CALIFOENIA1S 
SALMON OVA. 
Having, in early life, obtained some knowledge of the 
great value of the salmon, in a commercial point of view as 
