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THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON. 
I would especially refer to tlie liberality of Mr. C. 
TTmphelby, on bebalf of the directors of the Ice Company, 
who supplied, free of charge, all the ice required for more 
than fifteen different trips. On this, as on many previous 
occasions, the Victoria Ice Company has rendered good 
service to the cause of acclimatisation, for which they 
deserve the thanks of the community. 
The Minister of Railways most freely gave every assist- 
ance in his power, and the ice, the fish-cans, and an 
attendant, were allowed to travel free in all cases, and 
three special trains were provided for the Gippsland road. 
But for the great interest taken in the experiment by 
all engaged in it, the same amount of success could not 
have been attained. The fish were watched over by 
Philip Smith from the .earliest stage, with a care and 
assiduity that could not be excelled. In my Gellibrand 
trip Mr. Gordon Gardner drove the waggon through the 
night, over a road that would have alarmed a less fearless 
driver. Mr. Le Souef was always ready to give a helping 
hand, at all hours of the day and night, and now it only 
remains for Nature to do her part to have in a few years, 
should fortune favour the experiment (as it has hitherto 
done in a most remarkable manner), results which will 
provide a new sport to make the colony more attractive, 
and a new source of profit, from the rivers and seas of this 
portion of our island continent. 
The rivers and streams in which the salmon have been 
placed, include all streams of any note extending into 
South Australia on one side, and into New South Wales 
on the other. Including two or three small lots yet to 
distribute, the rivers included in the experiment are the 
Glenelg, at three places 100 miles apart ; Darlot’s Creek, 
near Portland: the Hopkins, the Piery Creek, Lake 
Burrumbeet, and Emu Creek ; the Gellibrand and tribu- 
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