War On Rabbits Slowing Up
Because the main n)asses o* rabbits have been dealt with, further progress toward the aim of eradication is slow and unspectacular, states the annual report of the Department of Agriculture.
The problem is for the limited labour force employed by rabbit boards to clean up odd scattered rabbits spread over large areas ol land.
Occupiers of land often knew where these rabbits were on their properties and if boards could get this large source of labour simultaneously attacking the surviving rabbits, aided by the boards’ own field staffs, eradication appeared to be practical. J Costs Still High The total area und?r board control at March, 1957, was 31,681,153 acres in 202 rabbit districts. Further good* progress could be expected in bringing remaining rabbit infested country under boprd control. With large new areas coming under board control and no substantial reduction in the cost oi running boards, the subsidy paid to boards shows a sharp upward trend, states the report. x For the 12 months reviewed £500,958 was paid as subsidy on rates.' In addition to the subsidy, £247,000 was paid to boards as grants. The cost to the State of rabbiting unoccupied Crown and Maori lands was £27,533. ‘
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28346, 3 August 1957, Page 9
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