CANTERBURY SALMON OVA.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 249, 19 May 1868, Page 3

CANTERBURY SALMON OVA.

The salmon ova and ice left on board the Celestial Queen for the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, were taken out of the vessel yesterday, and lightered to the s.s. Auckland. The boxes of ova, eleven in number, were packed in a zinclined case, under the direction of Sergeant Quinn, who has been sent in charge of it. Great care was displayed in the packing. At the bottom of- the case there was a layer of ice, nine inches deep, on which four boxes were placed. >Small ice was then used as dannage between the boxes and the sides of the case 5 the whole filled three tins, which were packed in the same way. A lining of zinc was then placed on the top of the boxes, and covered with ice to the full. A leaden cover was then placed over all, and fastened with screws. The case was then strapped, and when taken on board the Auckland, it was slung to the fore and after combings of the forehatch, a plan which no doubt will prove applicable to the safe conveyance of salmon ova in steamers, as by this means the vibration caused by the engines will, in a great measure, be done away with. A large quantity of ice, some six tons, was also put on board the Auckland, and packed in zinc-lined cases by the stevedores, who were employed to take it out of the ship. About 50 tons of cargo of the Celestial Queen, as on the occasion of the shipment of the ova to the Molyneux, had to be removed yesterday before the ice-house manhole could be got at, and it was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that the whole of the work was completed. The Auckland sailed shortly after four o'clock, with every prospect of fine weather for her passage. The boxes sent are nine, marked A, believed to be English, and two marked R, from one of the Irish rivers.— Qtago Daily Times, May 6.