NELSON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 122, 24 May 1919, Page 4

NELSON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

ANNUAL .MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Nelsou. Acclimatisation Society was. held at thel Club room last evening. Mr W. Andrews was voted to .the chair. A The report of the Council for the year was as , follows :-s-, - ... - , Financial.—.The receipts for the year ' ♦ were £lO9 ss; balance carried forward from previous year, £24 8s 4d penditure for the year, . £172 Is 6d (?), leaving a credit balance of £2l 11s 10id. Cash assets of the society are £246 16s iOd; liabilities amount to £37 18s 6d, leaving the, aociaty .if»\.credtti £2OB 18s 4d. In presenting their report of the past year, your council have pleasure in placing before members the balance* sheet, which shows that the society is in a sound financial position. The , revenue from deer stalking is - about the same ; but the receipts .from fishing and game licenses have. further, declined. During the war the society has donated .to patriotic purposes, the sum of £IOO out of the. funds. Deer. —The licenses to stalk issued during the 1919 season,' nuinberdv.lOfii being the sanm as last year. A number of good heads, have been broughMh from the outlying districts, and stalkers must expect fjo have to go further afield to meet with much success. ■,.■ 'c#- 1 ‘v' : : ,l : "'v.; Trout.—The council, obtained 260,000 brown trout ova from tfhs Otago Acclimatisation Soicety (10, wO of them being a present from that society), which arrived in perfect condition, enabling the curator to again have a, very successful hatching out. The ypung trout were- liberated in the fob. lowing i Ivors Maitai, 100,000 j Wanr gamoa. 40,000; Happy Valley, 30,000; Anisced and Wairoa, 80.000: Up T, er Moturka, 10,000; total 260,000, (ffal) fishing in the Wangamoa Had Happy Valley was fairly good in the eaHy part of the season, but the abj' sence of young trout was very notiofef able. The Motueka is still'the bea£ river in the district. A visiting .eportf* man generously donated £lO netting the trout in the the usual dry season. The rivet, unforunately, did not dry up sufficiently to enable this to be done, and Ttiia U> be hoped there will be better success'll this direction next years,,,, as the ..young trout so netted a much. better chance of escaping their, numerous. .enemies than the fry. ..... Quail.-—The council have pleasure in reporting that quail continue ip abundance. This season would., have been a close season for game, - but at the request of the council the Minister has granted an open season locally. After discussion it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr -Bucfer worth, seconded by Mr McConochie that the Council be recommended to extend the fishing season from March 31st to April 30th,., In reply to a question it was stated that the maximum hhmber/.of-qua& that could be shot in one dgy' -Was 40; The suggestion was made .that, this should.be printed on the UcCniesl , ~i, y A hearty vote of thanks was accorded ■' Mr. Munrp, a visiting sportsman, fog his donation of £lO towards re-stocking . the rivers.,, . . _ . It was resolved, -on the motion of, Mr. H. B. Walker, seconded by Mr.' H. A. Hobbs, that the report and bal* anco sheet be adopted. ( The folbwng members were elected to the council *. —Messrs N. McConochie W. T. Hargreaves, vW. A. Andrews. Cl ' Tattoo, H. yA. Hobbs, «L. M. Estoourt, H. B. Walker, and ,C. M. Buckworth., , Mr R. Catley was re-elected secretary . ' ’ Various matters were discussed and the meeting closed with.a vote of thanks to the chairman. ; '