ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 15373, 23 December 1913, Page 2

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

;The monthly mcetino- of (| ( e idiove ' foeiety was held hist ni»ht in the .--, ietv\ ! rooms. The members were p're. . wnt, :—.Messrs C. \\\ MTuto:.h (ihair- : Ituin). Chaniku'laiii. Baker. Hriih-lev Con- l {ins. Iliitherford., Cowie. i'atti.,o„. b-dhi- ' law-sun. .M't'arthv, Wilson. I) I^l,-,■!!' {w-'cietary). and I''. Deans (niaiucer) j Correspondence with re-ar<l "u- --cw *uanes.. etc., v.-n.s received'', and re'p in - t , aealine; with preventive measures e-aid--3njr trout destruction accepted . /Mr A. a. Fenv.ick sent in l,j s r e.d--ia- ' tion as a member of the council It \vs 'decided to send a. letter to Mr' ,'enwirt; , asking firm to reconeider !nV '; -The Angling Cnnijuittee intiniatcl Vheir ; : intention to liberate 16.C00 Opoho ra-nbow i »iyy in the Waikouaiti kicer, and that ,' 200 special fry and 18,000 frv ; ,., cpnton were to be distributed between (he Southern Ilerervoir and the Tomahawk La-eon —.Adopted. With TCtrard to the Clinton hat. h-ie- : ■&h Steven reported that the distribution ! of_ vcnrlinMr fisl, ha<l bee,, practicallv . limshcd tor the season. The number ,"f .tliese fish had turned <mt i-miside-abiv ■'below that estimated, esjieciallv with re I prd to the brown trout ; 1.6.800 of these ! (latter fifh were di.striimted. but -'5 CXI j 'had been expected. There were en hand ■ ft number of the larger.sized yearling. | ;fl.nd ako some two ami three.v«a V . ( ,| < T N ' ' j drafted from stock hsh. There' was. .m'ili j Oil. hand a larye number of f lv Vo' hj" | :liberated, aiul the work of liberation 1 going on almost. <lailv. "" ! ;-. ; Mr Dean reported': The distribution of i ,117 is being carried on veiy ,-iowlv. Th.' i wet- and .stormy weather has been ve'rv i much against su.li woik. mest of th- j 'jrivei's beinu in Hckl. Up to the P I .264,000 fry have l«eu ttuned out from I :the-Opoho hatchery, Of the rain how fr- ' i T'rom Lake Taupo 16,000 have been olacod I ■in the Waikouaiti River, and a sa'mihii- • niumbor are still at the hatcht-rv awuitiii" ■'■ 'temoval. With reaaid to the 'rearii,',- of . I duck* and pheasants, the reason has been I ■e. mott unsuitable One. Sm ;l 'f,j lr \] e '' :pheanajit has beim reared, and the ev ■ jperience with the ducks has been f, n . f,. o ' n , ; - gratifying. Two sittin-s „f ,ii a j lMJ ,„i ] ipiieasarits' have Iwif disposed of :<HKI two of English ones: al.so a pair of ! {diamond pheasanus. , Mr I'. Aitkou wrote Kiiggestin,r (i llt ~ ' certain «pot elope to Waipiata be"made ';"< ] .■anctiiiiry.—fiifjuirie.s Uj he ma<le as to ' jßuitabiUty of locality. " | ■ The W'aikaia. Aiiglincr and tiamo Sociefy ' iWTot« asking that certain game be liber- i ated in their district.—Referred to Came ' i Committee fo act. ' ! The Tapanui Anglers and Deer-.stalkers' ! wrote asking for ecl-poU lit was resrjlvetl that two be supplied ' j ■; Mr Sutherland reported having ' met jWith great success with the eel-pot th'e •tooifitj had., sent, him. He had taken 21 ! Icels, tho largest Vmg 111b in'weight. ' j