ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18774, 30 January 1923, Page 9

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

_ Tho monthly meeting of the Acclimatwa* lion Society was held in the board room of the secretary (Mr R. Hanning) last evening. The president (Mr G. W. M'Jntdsh) occupied the chuir, and there were also present Messrs A. Cowie, T. Long, H. G. Williams. W. G. Reid, E. C. Holrdßs, C. A. Wilson, W. J. Robinson, S F. Aburn, and J. Hungerford. The Angling Committee reported that a request had been received from the secrotary of the Waipahi Anglers’ Club regarding the cost of shifting the hut at the junction of the Pomahaka and Waipahi Rivers. It recommended that the club’s request for £4 bo granted. It also recommended that the accounts, amounting to £2 13s for the cost of shifting the hut trom Burning Plains to Swan’s bridge, bo passed for payment. J. White, Wcdderburn, had advised that ho had received the young tish in splendid condition, and that he had liberated them at once. The Southland Acclimatisation Society had been supplied with a further 25,000 rainbow ova. T-he committee recommended that 30,000 browrr fry at Clinton should be allocated as follows :—3OOO, Three O’clock Creek: 20,000, Waikonaiti; 7000, Pomahaka ; and 5000 rainbow fry for Paerau. —The report was adopted. Ranger Duncan submitted a report covering his visit to the district round Lakes Hawea and Wanaka and Makaroa.. He stated that the total deer shot during his visit was' 1541. A list of the deer shot in the various blocks was submitted. From what could bo learned while in the Makaroa the people there had very little to complain about regarding damage done by deer at present. The deer were numerous on tno Kiwi and Cameron Flats, but little could be done there in the way of culling owing to the large quantity of bush there. While ho and Mr Buckley had been camped at Scrubby Flat Creek, Mr O’Kane, of Alexandra. had come up. He had caught a lot of fish in a very short time—the best catch being seven in less than an hour. They were all rainbow. The average weight of the fish would be nearly 91b. The paradise duck and pukako were in large numbers. Thete were fair numbers of grey and a fewvblack teal also.—The Chairman congratulated Ranger Duncan on the details he had supplied.—lt was decided that Ranger Duncan and Mr Buckley visit the Hunter Valley district and cull the deer during the rutting season on the blocks net taken up. It was decided to give the president three months’ leave of absence as he has to go to the North Island on business. It was decided to instruct Ranger Duncan to take steps to carry out culling of deer at Waikaia Valley.