PISCICULTURE IN WAIKAT0.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2

PISCICULTURE IN WAIKATO.

Bv ycsteiday's, mail Mr J. M. (lulling, the Sourctaiy of the llnniltoii Dum.nti Boaid leceived tlie following letter fioin Mr A. 11. Shiny, of A&hbtuton : - ]>kik Sik,—l wiite to siy tint on Tues (].\y, oth m-it., Mi !~J. 0. Fui cvm 1 up ami I diove him over t» limit-, f.um. Owing to the fiesh in the nvoi .inrl tin; cold wei thcr wo were unable to catch any peic'i, but weie very successful in obtaining pr-uli spawn. 1 gut Hioio than half a gallon of beautiful fiesh spawn, thu whole ot which Mi Fan is to foiwaul to you. I shall b 1 veiy glad to hen if it c<>iiiob s ifely to h m.l and whit success you h.no in h itching it out. May I ask you to lot mo know ? Athi 1 spawn was obtained fiom Mi John Hunt's fmn, I shall bo obliged if yon will wnte, and thank him foi it himself diiect Theio aio no evpeiwj lmiuicd at this cud obtaining the spawn, if this c,\ppi uncut is ,i f uluic, I shall bo h iopy to c itch 50 oi 100 fi>h say about.") to 7 inches long and send them up, but if tlio spawn hatches you should ha\e thoiKaiuU, and so roquiii: no fish. The youn« (i-.li arc very dehc.ite. Mr Fan- wrote by the same mail, saying ho had forwaulcd the 100,000 pcidi ova in i^lass jars. Mr (Jelling also received the follow imlj fiom Mr T. B. Hill, ivhieh c\iikntl> refers to the poruh ova fiom Canteibiny :— 100 Queen sticct, Auckland, Octoliei Ktth, ISSS. I>i:aii Sik,—On ireeipt of your tulc^iMin T sent my son to tho wharf, and lie found the Manapouri gono, and in tho othco a ti'ay of bottlos of ova, and two j.-as of wator and a mug with no address, J«'iom bin detteription of it I thought it was hpuilt. Howo\er, T presume it is perch ova, and pretty easily trntiMiiitted, or it would never be sent in fauch a careless way, Thoy had Hent to Mr Cbeesoiiiau to know if it was for our society. He knew nothing about it, but pronounced it all right, which I hope is tho yaso. On my non's return I wont myself, and had it taken to tho station, put m a cool place, and told tho porter how to manago it, and to instruct tho gu.ud as well, bo he will put in somo more water into each the last thing to-night. I hope thoy will arrive all right. It is stiange thoy should nond it without a telogi.un. Wo always got a telcgyam with any of ouis, ho we aio always there to recoivo it, 1 hope it will piovo foitilo, as thoio hceins plenty of it. At our meeting thw afternoon tho Murray cod was eondoinnod, owing to his rapacious hubitu as likely to destroy more valuable fish. It will be a giand thing when all our lakea and stiearns aio full yf t|t,h,— 1 ant, youis tiuly, T r 15, Hm. The ova arrived aafoly by last nitfht'a train, and was taken chaige of by Mr Gelling. ______________

EMrJ. S. Hwfkl^nfJ will sell at the ll,i/nr, CnmhrulßC, on Saturday, a iv(- qf i)'>ufi)l liorbc of all Jcsciiptions, Mr S. Ormeroil, r.im-ibcrc, advertises his farm fjr sile. Sen advertisement. hlicuul attention is directid to the new advertisement of Mr I. Hates, manuUcturor and importer of saddlery, Ckmbtidgo, II million, and