ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Gisborne Times, Volume LII, Issue 5463, 26 April 1920, Page 7

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the East Coast Acclimatisation Society was held on Saturday Mr AV. G. Sherratt presiding. The report and balance-sheet, which licenses, about £BO, to come officers were elected as to nows. Otnce • q gperratt; vice--1 resulen . ( ' j> ' Redstone; committee Messrs E.'m. Hutchinson C. Or. HOT&orth, J R. Redstone, KTLBaU a m-iarn AV. Sharp, I. P'lniop, xj Forth ' Jackman, Nossiter, T. Holden, l 1? Aislabie. S. Gillingham. •• Mr Dvmlop brought up the question of a suitable way of. spending the lar CT e C 1 It'was & decided, on the motion of Mr Dunlop to recommend ;o the committee to go into the question of spendJ ' mentioned that quails were now decreasing in number, and he had heard of another bird the Argentine partridge, which might bevoit establishing. He would undertake to obtain information on this matter tor the next meeting of the. committee. ft was decided to ask the Government Tourist Department to senci a representative to meet the committee at a meeting on Saturday, May b. Air MacDonald, representing tlie residents of Motu, said that, they would like to see the Motu rives further stocked with trout. q , The chairman saul that, the matter could be brought before the Governrneut officer when Ue cameThe indiscriminate shooting °f bnd, by unlicensed persons was mentioned bv All- Ball, and he suggested that members should take some joint action was decided' to leave this matter to lt h wa C s o de“ided'to recommend to the Government that it should bnn_ ii legislation making it necessary to bar a Hcense to shoot all native gamw.