ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 2

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

REMITS FOR CONFERENCE. i.TN LICENSE ADVOCATED. The monthly line, of the council at ihe Auckland Acclimatisation Society was alien.led hisi nigh! by Lieut.-Col.>n.-| W. 11. llatsiiril i president I. Dr. T. Hope Lewis, I'r Chaiticld. Mesrs. .1. S. Brigham. li. Ncakes. nn.l It. 11 ray sen. The .-..nn.-ll ills.ii-rvd what on the racier Il uppiiircil to he the unfair treatment meted ...it to he snciely in the matter of free dislrlbuii .f fry as compared with Ihe liberal treatment accorded to the Tiuilatiga Society l.y ihe Department. Il wns nientionc.l hy lir. Lewis that .'Ml.ooti fry were graiilcil free every year to the Tauranga -Society on Ihe grounds that it had II iv I st.x-ked Lake Rot..run wiih brown in.nl. As a matter of fact, the Auckland .Society has since effectively stocked Rotorua with rotnlmw iron;, though il was held Mo w'uii purpose had not heeu made .lean, that ithc raitrbow trout had driven mil ihe In-own irnut. Considering all the ciri-nm«taiices. il was thought that .ihe Auckland Society had reasonable cause for i-oinphilui. li was resolved i.. ask Mr .1. H. P.iii.liHV. Ml., lo bring the matter up on Ibe floor of ihe House. A coll.mi.ni.-.i11.... was received from the 11. partmen' of Internal Affairs intimating llmi llic sum ..f -lmi had been paid over as 1.1,.. sulisl.ly for last year lo the Society's guiiie farm. In ruiiirc. ii was stated, the suMdy wnulii be forward.il iv utiarlerly il.stalmenls. The presldem and Captain .1. Kllioi were appninlcil In rcpii-seiil Hie soclel}- al the annum c.iifcreli.-c of Acelitiml lsatiou So.ic.h-. in l.c held in Wellington during August, Tlie lie 11 "31 It's were llt-lrtlclcil I" suppi.n remits Hint will l.c forwarded In conference urging 11, the Introduction nr a iia-iive game license of i.e. nr a llccuse ..f tl lor native an.l Imporieil B ume; .2) Hun i -mi li is.- of pi/ per year be Impose!]: ilii I ha I the game regulation*, be a 1..1 io provide for a minimum line nf £2 for hreiichc- ..r Hie Act. as is til present file case under Ihe fisheries Act: and tl) 4hat th-- i.'overniueni he ttreed lo Import sen-I rout ""■