THE SALMON SHIPMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 3762, 15 March 1875, Page 2

THE SALMON SHIPMENT.

Home agent wi ites to the Superintend dent under date the 21 *t January :~- I previously advised your Honor of the terms on which Messrs Henderson and Co. stipulated for carrying the salmon ova to Bluff, inter alia, that they should be guaranteed 300 emigrants. Before the ship was definitely fixed upon, it was within three weeks of the. date at which it was necessary to despatch the ova, and at that season of the year it was quite impossible to get as many as 300 suitable immigrants to cofne for* ward; and, in consequence of the unfortunate loss of the Oospatrick with 400 lives immediately before the sailing of the Timaru, a good many of those who were actually engaged failed to go in the ship, the result being that there were no newer than IX4 adults short of the number guaranteed to Messrs Henderson for whom, they are under the agreement entitled to charge half fare, which will amount to L 826 in all. I had a meeting with Dr Featherston in London last week, and amongst other things I brought thi# under his notice; but he is very decided tohtefcpinion that this charge must be made against the Province! Government ©n account of the salmon ova and not debited to the Genfemlf Governf tlxplained this to Mr Galbraith, who is also now Resident m London, and to-him the heavy jtgpiTcd cn a.count of toe ova, when he voluntarily offered to wipe off a sum of 1300. in the form of a subscription towards the expense of procuring

and sending the ova to .the Province. I have since then received his letter confirming that offer. From that letter it will be seen that the Timaru did not get a favorable start, and that she consequently will not arrive out quite so early as was at first expected. Tne Timaru clea-ed out from Glasgow and was ready for sea on December 31, but was detained by a continuance of heavy S.W. gales till the 4th of Janus-y, when the weather having moderated somewhat the ship made a start under tow, but had not proceeded far when the increasing bad weather obliged the tug to throw off the ship, which had to run back to Rothesay Bay for shelter. On January 7 the weather again moderated a little, and two tugs were despatched f om Glasgow to tow the Timaru out of the North Channel, which they succeeded in doing, and left her on January 8. The wind blew very unfavorably for some days after wards ; but having plenty of sea room, it was thought the Timaru would make her way south, though necessarily slowly.