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A supply of aliout 800 have also been placed in the hands of Mr. 
Johnson, Secretary to the Acclimatisation Society of Christchurch in 
Now Zealand, whom the Council of the Society had judiciously 
despatched to this colony for the purpose of receiving in person the 
contribution promised to them. Mr. Johnson at the same time took 
charge of a smaller supply, 400 in number, for the use of the kindred 
society in the neighbouring Province of Otago. 
From both of these provinces liberal contributions in aid of the enter¬ 
prise in which tills colony is engaged has been received. 
A fish pond, with liatching-boxes attached, has been formed during 
the present year on the estate of Strathmore, on the South Esk, 
under the direction of Mr. Charles M*Arthur, who has long taken a 
warm interest in the establishment of saLmon and trout in Tasmania, 
and took a lending part in the attempt of last year, unfortunately un¬ 
successful, and of Mr. Cox, of Clarendon. 
1 ids spot was last year inspected by Mr. Bamsbottom, who pronounced 
it admirably adapted to the purposes of fish culture, and a convenient 
centre from which the means of stocking the other rivers in the North 
might be supplied. 
Concurring with Mr. Eamsbottoin's views on this subject, and having 
received an assurance and guarantee that they would be tended with 
all necessary care and attention, 1,200 ova were lately handed over to 
Mr. M‘Arthur, who had come in person to receive them, and have been 
t<y that gentleman safely conveyed to their destination, and placed in the 
hatching-boxes at Strathmore, with the most trilling loss. 
The ova thus supplied have been received by Mr. M‘Arthur and Mr 
Cox on the distinct understanding that they were a public and not a 
private charge, and that the future disposition of their produce should 
be under the control of the Commissioners. 
The Commissioners conceive that; from a centre such as that now 
established at Strathmore, when fully stocked, the other rivers of the 
north may bo stocked much more conveniently and inexpensively, and 
with less waste of ova. than from the ponds of the Plenty. 
In the meantime, and until this source becomes productive, the Com¬ 
missioners will he prepared, to the utmost of their ability, to furnish the 
supplies for other approved localities, as well in the north as in the 
south, where they are assured that adequate means for the due hatching 
of the ova and the preservation of their produce have been provided b 
During the ensuing summer the Commissioners propose to place a 
small body of young trout iu the North West Bay River, which lias all 
the attributes of a tine trout stream, and to which they can be conveyed 
by water with facility and safety. 
Since the date of their last report, the Commissioners have made 
several inexpensive improvements in the establishment of the Plenty, 
of which the most important have been the completion of the small 
pond therein referred to, and the formation of a new rill, rendered 
necessary by the addition of the salmon trout to their charge. 
During the ensuing summer some further extensions of the same ldnd 
will be required. 
Although the water bailiff stationed at the Prince of Wales Bay has 
been indefatigable in his endeavours to prevent poaching, there is 
reason to believe that during the past year the law has.in some instances 
been violated: and the Commissioners are of opinion that it will he 
necessary, for the due protection of the salmon, at no distant date to 
appoint an additional bailiff'. 
