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No. 26. The Secb™, North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, to the Sbcb™*, Marine Departwere handed over to Mr. Johnson, of Opawa. -^ tje b°xtaat m a toUl f found 21,934 dead eggs, and rom the Other three boxes we to , nated . 46,380 which had lost all vitahty-if they h^, eZf r th P^ 8/f Q Stityo fuZgus, as well as many This large mortality is not at all surprising when the ° succeede d, however, patches of byssus, that was found among thero^ i taken into con^ ,aeu have had picked in hatching out 41,420, of which 1 420 have sinee dud, an^^ abcJf d ' b k^ and wlll die ; leaving in out, and P St into a large tray by themselves) axe defoimed (c ooked b , &nd our boxes at the present date about 36,000 fry. They aie very s, i v zdo nQt m&m £ f°r rXtttuSSS^iKS'S Vbuf -ofal tfnurs^ connected w!th the streams into S^ re^fSJS S^J^^ taJ3WSL-l the other day, it was Talkmg over the matter of distribution of thea «, ny_wua j h it would be "T™ 3 e^Llngfte r*» to each hatchery jl.ere the ova m » delivered; on rece.pt of whil l" m ZL% Z tota!, and fro.en to de.th-re.ult not " Kaikoura." g, C. Faeb, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.

No. 27. The Chmkman, Otago Acclimatization Bock***. Hon. the Comm^ohbb of Tbabk and Otago Acclimatization Society, Dunedm, 17th May, 1886. SIE'- In compliance with your re.uesf, I J^^*^±££jP SS Deans, the curator of our socxety giving 1^; twelve thousand healthy recently received from you by the hands of Mr. Fair iesul*. g^ S i vement upon fish out of about twenty thousand ovarece^M^J"efected S« Government at Home for all previous shipments, and shows that th a^ &nf^\^% e Lmd that Mr. Deans's report obtaining and packing the ova were t™^*^™^ with the hatching of the fish. We gives particulars on aU points of any mipoiUncenconne & number which Lve now on hand, in all, fifteen heretofore. Our society will enable us to introduce the fish with amuchgrea™ia accommodation has now made arrangements for the JJ^SnU^B^iLttatho e'vent of the Government The Hon. Sir Julius Vogel. Wellington. 'I- P- Mn^ Chairman.

Enclosure in No. 27. EM of the Hatching - - Sa^Ova 5^ W at - o*. £— SIK'- I have much pleasure in furnishing you witht£ particulars -Pec^ the^tching of the Otago society's portion of the salmon ova P« jte^up lomc^ satlsf P actory , far „- that the"result of this shipmen3, bo far as om lot>s a > of ova z have yet seen imported. reduced it to 46°. But, before putting the ova itithis,l tot pucea t gradually