A ffissSng of &c coaccil was held at 3.30 ]«a. ysterday. Presenfc—Sir 0. Wilson (in «c ciair), Messrs Boys, Webb, larr (hon. »C 4, Cogan, Marehman, and Dr. FranKsh. A letter was read from the Adelaide society •wag for a copy of the Fisheries' Ast, and based thereon j abo, what au tWßty, if any, fee CJorporation of the«% of wsietehTOsh e»rdsed over the fish io the witbin the boundary of the dJy. Jree wcretsry was directed to supply the efermsSon required. was read feomMr Oreightoa wi& Sf**? thebee* ttnt by him to the society, i lUbB « &»t a second lot would be sent | i v «??*» CawOl, of the Aoetralia. j: m&n BttMested that £ho Qk> ! ■■S^J^ntogSou effort of Cap. E ¥ B aooey rote, the more so as j. ££*£$<%»*«!».hatinf beef&nsing ; K 64 **>» tiair reach, Alteratioßß were I was notacWble last trip. ' '*W « **• feexn Mr Brace, of the [ statiag that only 115 treat

arrived alive out of the 500 takes by him, owing to the hot weather. A letter was read from Mr Barker, asking for trout to pufc in the Orari creeks. The Secretory said that in all cases of ap plications south of the Bangitata he had charged, because the society bid bo power to charge feet. Mr Boys thoeght that the time had come when the price of trout to outsiders should be reduced. He would more in conuideration of: the number of trout hatched out—"That the j price foe trout be 15s per 100 outside the die-! trict and 10s inside, at the gardens." Dr. Frankish theught that in view of the mortality taking place daily in the trout boxes, the distribution be gratuitous. He should move—"That the trout be supplied gratuitously to any person approved of by the Society applying therefor." Subsequently Dr. Frankuh withdrew his amendment in favor of Mr Boys' motion, which was seconded by Mr Webb and carried. A letter was read from Mr Boys, stating that 1000 trout had been turned out success fully in the streams and creeks of the Ban giora swamp. He also suggested that an order should be sent to San Francisco for silver trout ova at once. For £50 a very nice lot could be got over. 