ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5635, 8 December 1879, Page 6

AC CLIMA TISATION SOCIETY.

Tub monthly meeting of tho Council was held ill the Institute aud Museum building ou Dec. I,— R. C. Barstow, Esq., in tho chair.—The Secretary (Mr. Cheesomau) read the minutes of the previous muetiug, which were confirmed. Finance.—Balance in Bank of New Zualaud, November 3, 1579, £154 13s 4d ; ad-mi-siou fec-s, £8 15a 9J ; plants sold, 3s ; subscriptions, £4 4s : total, £167 16s a\. Payments, £39 83 5d ; receipts, £13 2j 9d : balance in bank, Ist IJcceinber, after paying wages, for bird food, seed, &c , £12S Sd. TltEEi. —Mr. Ciieeseman, secretary, laid ou tho table a list of trees suitable for introduction to Now Zealand, as follows :—Acer dasycarpum (American white maple), Acer macr.jpUylluui (Oregou maple), Acur rubrutu (American red maple), Acer negundu (Bua elder), Acer platanoidcs (Norway inaplu). All tlic maples produced excellent timber, and are haudnomu trees ; Carpiuus betulua, hornbeam, wood very valuable ; (Jarya (seve ral species), the rurious kinds of hickories, all valuiblo trees; Ceratonia siliqua, carob tr-ic, the pods form a most valuable and fattening food for cattle; cicrerea, American butternut; Inglan'a nigr.i, American black walnut; Liriodenlrou tulipcfma, tulip tree ; I'inus aust , all's, pitch pine, yields tho greater part of the American turpentiuu ; Pinus rigida, pitch pine, same use as the preceding; Pistacia vera, pistauhia nut, should succeed in New Zealand ; Pistacia lciitisous, madtic tree, ahoild succeed in New Zeah.ud ; Quercus (several species), many of ' tliß South Kuropeau aud .North Americau' species would probably do better iu New Zealand than tho English oak ; ishus coriaria, tanners' sumach ; Rhus vernicifera, yields Japan varnish.—The secretary was instructed to writo to San Francisco for seeds of the several species. Salmon.—Mr. Burtt said ho had heard from tho natives coming from tho district of Te Aroha, that a lish had made its appearance which wonld not take a bait, the flesh of which was pink. From the general description of it.be thought it was the salmon.— The Chairman : Lam almost coitain 1 saw a salmon risu iu the- Waikato river, a little abovo Mercer, only a few tiaya ago. Thirc is a peculiarity iu the manner by which thu rise of the salmon may be ruco^uii<.il. —Mr. Burtt: I think we ought to have some re suits by this tim..-. 1 asked tho uaives to seud me down full particulars of the next fish they got, and they said they would do so.—Mr. Bull believed that the experiment had been thoroughly successful in the South. The Chairman: Yes. I was reading a Canterbury paper only a short timo ago in which it was stated that a salmon had been caught weighing 16 pounds. On the motion of Mr. Burtt, secouded by Mr. Bull, it was resolved that the secretary should prepare a atatomout of the dates and places when and whore ova had been deposited or fish liberated. This concluded the business.