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Commission. Eegident Agent j or the New Zealand Government. Mr. Holdsworth, New Zealand Government Mail-agent, steamship " Alameda."

Tn rv,na T^ Buckland Northville, Mich., sth February 1886. I ship you to-day^^express one million whitefish eggs for Sir Julius Vogel, New Zealand.

To Postmaster-General, New Zealand. San Francisco, 12th February, 1886. Twenty boxes whitefish ova, " Alameda.

Mr. F. N. Claek to Mr. C. E. Buckland. Northville, Mich., sth February, 1886. SIE~ Fearing that our whitefish eggs will be too far advanced to ship on^teanK* oi the lath fails, and the Commissioner so advises. N Clabk _ Chas. E. Buckland, San Francisco, Cal.

Exteact from Letter from Acting Resident Agent at San Francisco for New Zealand GovernJiXTEACT irom Shipment Whitefish Ova by " Alameda. as to the care of the eggs, which have been given to their officers.

[Extract from San Francisco Chronicle, 13th February, 1336.] Fish-egg Shipment.-Abeival of One Million foe New Zealand. Thß express car attached tc.the overland