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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 306, 28 December 1868, Page 2

The f( llowing particulars regard in;; the result of the shipment of frogs, snails, &c, hrougiit over from Tasmania to Auckland by the Bella Mary for acclimatisation purposes, aie given hy the New Zealand "Hernhl: — A large proportion of the froiis, •and ihe whole of u lot of tench thnt were •shipped on board, died during the passage. Captain Copping believes this unfortunate, result to have been occasioned by the tubs .in which the tench and frogs were conveyed, being made of new pine. : The snails arrived in good order; they are fresh water mollusca",;'an"d are imported for the purpose of turning into th'e Acelitna-. tisation Society's ponds,-; &c.', in order to ■keep the water clear by consumiug the refuse of decayed vegetable-matter/ Another attempt is to be made to procure tench and carp, and on the next occasion they will be placed in glass globes, and sluno* from the ship's beams. When the breeding ponds are prepared for the hatchiug of trout and salmon, Captain Copping will probably bring over the ova from Tasmania. The latest number of the Times of India says that there was a perfect forest of masts in the harboy of Bombay, there being not less than than 300 square-rigged vessels and steamers swinging at their cables. Conspicuous among them were the large British troopships, aud several of the very large class of merchant and passenger steamers. All this is attributable to the termination of the Abyssinian war, and the return to Bombay of the immense transport fleet. A difficulty seems to have arisen through the crowded state of the harbor. Bombay is deficient in cargolanding appliances for the removal of 'returned Etores;' and as the vessels claimed •their full contract freight until entirely emptied^ it was expected that throwing the stores overboard would be resorted to as the most economical expedient. Orders ■were expected momentarily from Sir Sey,mour Fitzgerald to adopt it. It is said that -Napoleon will endorse the election of Don Carlos to tlie throne 4>t Spaiji,