Safari holiday
Str,—l have just read an advertisement for safari holidays at Lillybank Station which states they have plenty of all types of deer, plus thar, wallaby, wapiti, goats and boars. A guaranteed hunt for one each of thar and Chamois costs $l5OO (including helicopter ride), I would be interested to know from the conservation authorities whether this property is exempt from erosion control and, assuming it is Crown lease at the usual peppercorn rental, if it is in order .for lessees to carry out this! [type of operation.—Yours,’ etc., SHINGLE SLIDE. January 27. 1974. [The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr G. Mollett), replies: “Lilybank Station is farmed as a pastoral run by the operators of the Lilybank Lodge which itself is situated on freehold land. The situation regarding the Land. Settlement Board’s policy to-I wards safari operations on pastoral run leases is set out; by the Director-General of i Lands in a statement printed
on the farm, page of ‘The Press’ on February 1; this < adequately covers the other matters of concern to your correspondent. Rentals • charged by the board are j determined in accordance I with the provisions of the | Land Act, 1948, and are not;: (at the peppercorn rates your < correspondent infers.”] i
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 12
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206Safari holiday Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 12
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