The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-01

Among the passengers on board the
Miowera which left Sunday was Mr..
Morton, curator of the Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery, returning
from Canada with a large consignment
of salmon ova, with which he is going
to experiment in Tasmania
Some time ago the Canadian govern
ment made the Tasmanian government
an offer of lot of salmon ova, in or
der that they could be tried in Tas-
mania The Tasmanian government
| sent Mr. Morton, who is great fish
cries expert, over to Canada to look
after the ova and their transportation
On arriving in Canada Mr.. Morton
found that he was a little too early for
| the season. Luckily, however. just one
breeding station, about BIG miles from
| the coast, was working early, and from
this station Mr.. Morton received his
consignment which was much larger
than he expected. He brings in all
about one million salmon oYa with him.
The packing and preserving of the
ova required great care. They are
packed in large wooden boxes between
thick layers of soft moss. One box
holds forty-six trays, and each tray
contains about 1000 eggs. The trays
are made of perforated zinc, and the
moss, which must be kept damp all the
time is spread over each one. The Off
Gals of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
were exceedingly courteous to Mr. Nor
ton and went quite a bit out of thel1
way to secure safe shipment. The
lie. A. S. s. Co. also is much praised by
Mr.. Morton. The Miowera's refrigerat-
ing apparatus had to be especially fitted
to accommodate the eggs, which mus
be kept at a constant temperature o
between thirty-four deg. and thirty
eight deg. Fahrenheit. The ships Off
GERS" said Mr.. Morton, take as muci
care of the eggs as if they were enrust
ed especially to them.
The ova are of the rock-eye salmon
species, which is the one especially use
& in all the large canneries in Canada
Mr.. Morton is quite sure that the fis
will do we'll in the waters of Tasmania
as this island is able to supply just tn
environment, which this kind of salmo
wants, namely large lakes and Ion
rivers. mere Is d wen appointed 1874
cries station and hatchery about twer
ty-seven miles from Hobart, and it
S here that Mr.. Morton intends to d.
- veIop the ova into salmon fry where
upon they will be let loose in the az
joining river. He says that if only OF
thousandth part of the eggs develo
the salmon is sure to be established
the Tasmanian waters.
While Tasmania at present is qui
we'll stocked with different species
fishes, the ones now living there a
more for sport than for industry. II
portant among them are several kin
is of trout, of which one, the rainbc
trout imported from California, do
especially well. The salmon is not il
ported with a view to sport, but it
expected that if the experiment is 81
cessful the catching and canning
re rock-eye shannon will be large
valuable industry.
While Mr.. Morton was in VancouN
he gave a lecture on Tasmania at
Board of Trades, accompanying
speech with about 200 magic lantt
Is pictures He spoke before pacl
"A house and as he said probably oper
the eyes of many people who here
fore had but very little idea of
beauty of Tasmania and of the wea
of gtc reso11rces