GAME AND FISH.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 87, 13 April 1927, Page 16

GAME AND FISH.

WILD DUCK DECREASING. J i POACHING VERY RIFE. ACCLIMATISATION SOCIKTYS ' .M'-ETIXG. | 1 In moving the adoption of the annual report and ha la nee-sheet (already published I as presented to members of the , Auckland Acclimatisation Soeietv at the ' annual meeting held last evoniti"-. tin* chairman, Mr. C. A. Whitney, drew i 1 attention to the pollution or rivers. 1 ; He said the council intended to keep I the matter in vie'.v. Sawdust ami waste j > from flaxmills did considerable daman," i to a large proportion of the fry. There i was a tremendous number of in the society's district, and a great many 1 lived upon trout. He hoped the society would again oiler a reward for shasis. In Kngland it had been found that the beautifully feathered kingfisher I >ok a ~ heavy toll of the young fry. 1 The rangers had done good work ' during the year, and a number cf c.m J \id ions had been secured. Theiv was , no doubt a number of shooteis shot r from other than their own property. ' and he thought if they were sportsmen they should be encouraged to take out I i licenses. The rangers knew most of I •hem. ami they would be watched. He I had been told that it was a common i thing for shootists to shoot a pheasant out of season, or a pigeon when travelling in a car. While this kind of thing I went on the society would never be able ' to otTcr the game desired. It had been 1 suggested that frozen eels should he shipped from the Dominion to England, j but he thought, the only way to forward eels to England would be to smoke them first. Touching on the liberation of fish and game he said he did not think th'-y , had been more successfully liberated j than during the past year. Much]; depended upon liberation. |! The red deer had given good sport in * - the Taumarunui district, and one head | i of fifteen points had been secured. The 1 fallow deer, he was sorrv to say. w;ts 1 decreasing, owing to the amount of s poaching going on. The soil" bird ; should, lie thong't. receive more con- • sideration. He felt sure the swallow, j nightingale and hedge sparrow would do well in the Dominion. Perhaps the council would go into the matter, and | find out whether some of the birds i mentioned could be imported. Mr. Johnston said he woul l be goinjr to Canada shortly, and lie thought the council should consider importing blue : grouse and drumming birds, two very beautiful birds. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. Mr. A. McKinnon reported that over i sixty prawns of a consignment received j from the Samoan Government had been j released in streams on his property at 1 Rotowaro. They had done well and j grown, and lie thought there was a ; reasonable chance of them being a , success. The four retiring members of the council were elected, and the personnel; of the council is again the same as la*t j year, viz.:—Capt. R. White, Messrs. | Wm. Cook. C. Culpan, 05. Ilennmg. N. S. Johnson. F. E. McKenzie. H. C. Sa\ag". ; J. C. Whitney end T. S. Wither;.