ACCLIMATIZATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1309, 27 January 1868, Page 4

ACCLIMATIZATION.

To the Editor ->f the Hi'-uald. Sin, —In one of your numbers a letter appeared fro:n the {•'eo'.vtiry of the -Vc^limvtizi'.ion Society, coci)>laii:ii::; of an oHiijsi'.m in your report of the last meetinsr ot tlmt Socii-ty respecting the payment for the destination of huwks ; but he did ii'-t compliin of the omission of the worthy Clmiraian's renvirks on the misayproi.iriation of thn Society'« funds. Tho following- arc tlio roni'irlis illii :od to, ns repoit'-d by your contemporary, which you will oblige by inserting: "The Caiiirraan enid they would be fully open to blame if. out of »bout £400 lereirrct, they had only spent about £100 in carrying out tho first object of the t-'ocicty, the brinjinir ou; u: useful birds ; and they had espmJed £'250 or more in the lJora >in. They must nr.t fory-'t that, tliey were not a Zoolnjbul Society, e suit of tr.idiiig society for zoological purposes, and to ii w d amusement for tho people. Xheir object was and of course tboy must RO to tho necessary expense for that purpose. It was not their duty to prondo a place in which to keep birds for show. If they were to blame at all, it was for not mailing provision for getting out sufficient birds with the funds at their disposal They had done very little in regard to R-tting out birds in proportion to the funds subscribed."—l am, &c , oß^E;^vt^.