Report of the commissioner for 1878 : part VI.

  • United States Fish Commission.
Date:
1880
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Credit: Report of the commissioner for 1878 : part VI. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    1085/1174 (page 905)
    No. 44. Professor Baird to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. United States Commission Fish and Fisheries, Gloucester, Mass., 29th July, 1878. Dear Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your let- ter vof the 20th of June with the accompanying check for £104 3s. 4d.t being the amount of indebtedness to Mr. N. W. Clark for eggs of white- fish furnished by him at my request for the - use of the New Zealand Government. The charge was for the cost of collecting and keeping in the hatching-house one month, so as to bring forward the embryo, and for packing and shipping; and of course the price of one dollar per thousand was merely nominal. I greatly regret that, after all, the eggs arrived in an unsatisfactory condition j but, if you desire to renew the order, I think I can promise better results. I have sent the account to Mr. Frank N. Clark, a son of the deceased N. W. Clark, for his signature, and on receiving it will forward it promptly to you. I have, &c., SPENCER F. BAIRD, Commissioner. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington, A. Z. No. 45. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 21 st October, 1878. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th July, and to thank you for your offer to endeavor to procure a better result than was before obtained should this government think fit to renew the order for whitefish ova. An order for 1,000,000 ova had been sent to Mr. Clark through Mr. Creighton, an old New Zealand colonist who is settled in San Francisco, betore your letter arrived, and it will, therefore, be unnecessary that the government of this colony should avail itself of your kind offer to send a shipment of ova this season. I have, &c., G. S. WHITMORE.