ACCLIMATISATION AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16023, 15 September 1915, Page 11

ACCLIMATISATION AFFAIRS.

THE FISHING SEASON. TROUT IN WAIUKU LAKES. 2S Z n t ° f the Auckhmd Acclimatise Colon!? w y T?"t laSt ni *- LieutenantColonel W. H. Hazard presided, and there Mel, p *™ s r i: »*■ H. A. Chatfield, Messrs. B. Noakes, „d J. Brigham. viLr IT**? that the lak * in the vicinity of Wamku had been well stocked with rambow trout, which were now all of a good size. The president said the fashing season would open on October 1, and the rainbow trout in the Warhku lakes would then be available for sportsmen. c

Members of the council expressed pleasure that the rainbow trout had been introduced into the Waiuku lakes. Ihe president said the decision of the Government to.allow th fishing season to be opened on October 1 had given general Dominion 11 t0 Sportsmen throughout the T " s°? V"" wrote stating that as be would be absent from Auckland for *« J" ? fimt « Period owing to his acceptance of a Government appointment, Tie wished to resign his seat on the council ot the society. On the motion of the president Dr. s resignation was received with regret, and the council resolved to place on record its appreciation of his services on behalf of the society. The appointment of a successor to Dr. wju ..-'. .-cd until the next meeting of till' : !. Ihe.ganx :'.;.• , at Tepapa having been abandoned tne council resolved to request the Government to remove the operation of the Order-in-Council proclaiming the area of a mile radius round the farm to be a sanctuary, and asking that a sanctuary of a similar radius be provided round the new game farm at Drury. Upon the recommendation of the Fish and Game Committee it was decided that hawks' beaks be paid for as formerly, provided the total amount to be expended annually does not exceed £60.