ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4611, 4 June 1872, Page 2

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

The monthly meeting of tbe Acclimatisation •Society was held yesterday in the office of the Society at two o'clock. There were present : The President (Dr. Campbell), in the chair ; his Honor the Superintendent, Messrs. W. J. Hurst, W. Swanaon, W. Earl, Hon. James Farmer, Hon. James Williamson, Mr. J. C. Firth. Salmon Ova.— The Secretary stated that he had written to the Salmon Commissioners of Tasmania respecting a supply of salmon ova, in order to save a mail, at the advice of some of the members of the Salmon Committee. The boxes were now in Tasmania, and Captain Me Arthur would bring them over next trip. The cost would riot exceed £10. The letter was read at the wish of his Honor the Superintendent — On the motion of Mr. Hurst, seconded by Mr. Swanson, the action taken by* the Secretary in this matter was confirmed. American Fish.— A letter was read from the secretary of the San Francisco Acclimatisation Society respecting 1 the introduction of American 6sh or birds.— lt was tesolred not to have anything to do with American birds. — Mr. Swanson said that Mr. Young was iv communication with a gentleman in San Francisco, who said that he would be willing to) exohange fish for pheasants. —Mr' Earl said the Californian salmon were a very inferior kind of fish. They were far worse for sporting purposes, They would not catch the fly, and Mr. Frank Buckland, stated that they very much' resembled the hall trout of Scotland. On the motion of Mr. Gillies it was resolved that the Secretary be instructed to acknowledge the tetter with thankr,' and to state the Society would wait for further instructions respecting the trout, and that the Society would send, anything in exchange that it had, -Twit that there were plenty of Californian quail in this province at/ - present.* ) ■ < '- v '- - " ~/ Home tor NEaiiEontD. Ph^db^^A letter r was read • from ' the 'secretary of the Home for * Neglected tand' i Destitute ' Children, asking for some &rnbe/aad trees to plant out in the ground. aroun« the Horn& , < .At present it was bare' of' alljrorfcof shelter or ornamentation.— lt waa, /greed to send what Iwas required,, Mr/jGmiefjandj Mr,« Firth* promising' to supply as jnany t cuttings as would be required. * ,' , , , - Plover.— Mr. Farmer reported- that the , plover had all left One-Tree Hill. 'Tie five ' that were there yflw remained a few daya behind the others, but-they are now away also.. They were quite 'capable of 'taking care, of themselves ; they flew very fast, and were; very shy. No one could get within 100 ya*ds of them. Thk RopKS.-r»Th«#eoretary "reported that' thfcre were now fcbout/26 pairs > in- tho' ' .Garderti. , , „ „', f

Purchasing Bibj>s.— On tho motion of Mr. Gillies it was agreed that the rule for offerinff a premium for the introduction of birds be ouspended until further notice. Mr. Gillies moved that the premium on hawks' heads be discontinued. — Mr. Farmer spoke againat tho motion, and stated that the money spent on that was wellspent money. Mr. Hurst said they wore very prevalent at the North Shore, and many eggs and fowls were destroyed by them. — Mr. Farmer proposed that "the Is. per head for hawks' heads be continued.—The Secretary explained that the district for which the Society paid for hawks' heads was a radius of 12 miles around Auckland. -Mr. Earl said it would be desirable to continue the premium on hawks' heads, and in a short time they would become very few.— Mr. Gillies thought it would be desirable for the Government to proclaim them game, and then all the hawks in the province would soon be killed. — Mr. Farmer's amendment was agreed to. Bird Committee. —Mr. Gillies moved, "That Mr. Murdoch, Mr. W. Morrin, Mr. S. Jones, and Mr. Hurst be the Bird Committee for the ensuing year. " — Mr. Farmer seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Fish Committee. — Mr. Hurst moved, "That Mr. Earl, Mr. Gillies, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. S. Jones be the Fish Committee for the ensuing year." — Mr. Farmer seconded the motion, which was agreed to. . License Fees. — The Secretary stated thab he had received a sum of £300 on account of the, game license fees. A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the business of the meeting to a close.