Star. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1869.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 306, 7 May 1869, Page 2

Star. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1869.

~W& are sorry to learn that the second attempt on the pnrfc of the Otago ••"CSFovernmont to introduce salmon ova %j. & healthy condition from Great SSritein is likely to turn out a failure. bavo not yet received a full account of the issue of the experiment ■2?goi D.unediu, but judging from the of the ova. which the Otago has presented with great li-frcrality to the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, but very slender hopes --^au be entertained of, the success of Out of the thousands •if ova received iu Christchurch, only 'iWiStity-flve showed any: sign3 ofj •Tifcaiity last night. So far aa wo "fegw of this attempt, it may be 'pronounced a complete failure. The has been chiefly owing to thej protracted voyage of the ship on which tj&a ova were placed. To this accidental srlrcumstanee is due the failure of the direful efforts of Mr Youl and the ■dthov friends of the colony iu Britain. 3P«or as the satisfaction must be, it ia ;g"ts.tifying to know that had the vessel isisuie a favourable passage, success ;3£"G«ld "have been almost assured. We are sorry that our Otago iMen«ds should have been again ho ■^.afortunate, as this will in all probability be their last- attempt to' introduce ■33a0 ova from England. Perhaps it -eti-ight have been as well from the first -£0 have exercised patience, and saved ■3jjae eost of the venture, by waiting the Sssue of the first great Australian ex--psrtiseufc. But what is done cannot. sj© undone, and it ia no use idly to resrziz the past "S^or tun ately the proa--33 cists of introducing salmon into New iSealaud aro brighter now thau at any ■§armer period.' Intelligence of a recent ■&4bo from Tasmania places beyond ■&R doubt the fact that full-grown •sOhaon have been seen in. numbers iu <zks> river Derwent. This being so, it is aaerely a question of time and money I

how eoon fall-grown salmojL will be leaping ia New Zealand waters^ The Acclimatisation SocieTjr will uow, we hope, turn their earnest attention to the introduction of salmon ova from Tasmania. With the advantages they possess in the shape of an experienced and enthusiastic curator, furnished with all the necessary appliances, they ought at once to set to work to obtain the funds from the public for this great and useful experiment. ISTor would the public grudge thetn the necessary assistance. Let them follow the example of Dr Haast with the museum. That iudefatigable gentleman has succeeded in raising upwards of £400 by the sole exercise of his energy and determination. If the committee of the Acclimatisation Society shew half as much enthusiasm in the cause of salmon as Dr Haast has shewn in the cause of the museum, they will raise half as much money as he has done, and that will be all they want. And we dare say that, as the}' have been disappointed of the promised £100 of public money owing to the failure of the present expeiiment, the Government and Council will continue the conditional grant and pay the mouey should they. succeed in another! attempt. At any rate, we hope they will make a determined effort.