OTAGO ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2409, 3 May 1900, Page 56

OTAGO ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

A meeting of the council of the Otago Acclimatisation Society was held at, the secretary's office, Exchange Court, on Friday, when there wers present — Messrs A. C. Begg (in the chair), J. Edgar, A. 0. Stronach, J. Sinclair Thomson, A. E. Farquhar, C. Richardson, F. Deans (Opoho manager). W. G- Morris (Clinton manager), and Dr Macpherson. The Manager (Mr Deans) reported as foll ._« ows The ten loads of metal voted for the entrance to the Opoho property have been laid down. On the 12th inst. there arrived in Dunedin, ex the s.s. Gothic, eight greencrested plover and eighteen red-legged partridges, in splendid condition. The plover were liberated in a suitable place at Goodwood, and the partridges were forwarded to Invereargill, they being the property of _the Southland Society. As the imported game are on the increase in the neighbourhood of Goodwood, I have much pleasure in referring to the good work done by Mr Sinclair Thomson and his men in protecting the game." — The report was adopted. Mr W. G. Morris, -manager at Clinton, reported that since lasj; meeting he had liberated i*. the Kihiku stream 500 Scotch burn trout 18 months old, thus completing the distribution of fish for last season. During tho month he visited the Waihola and Waippri Lakes, also Milton, Balclutha, and Tapanui. He was now preparing races for the reception of spawning fish for the season. — The report was adopted. Mr H. V. Fulton, of Outram, wrote to the secretary as follows: — "In reply to yours of the 19th inst., with clipping from the Times enclosed, I read the letter myself a day or so ago, and considered it absurd. From all accounts of the habits of the owl, the writer's remarks are not borne out by fact. I am sorry to say that the owls have left the quarters 1 provided for them, but they (one or two) have been seen about the adjacent farms. I have not seen any of them about here for a week" or so now. While the owls stayed about here they were invariably seen in the evenings hovering about the grain or straw stacks, and this certainly lends to the conclusion that they were in search of mice or rats. I am always in hopes of seeing some of them about again soon." — The Chairman said the letter confirmed what lie had always understood to be the habit of owls, which farmers at Home always liked to see about their farms, as they killed the rats and mice. It was resolved that five cock and nine lien pheasants be liberated at Akatore under the supervision of Mr Hum^s'iries, and that six cock and ioxiv hen, pheasants be retained by the society at Clinton. The meeting then went into committee to consider the question of poaching at Milton.

Tho co?l exports from Greymcuth last week were 505 tons from the Blackball and 21,989 tons from the Brunner mine. The unassuming Rontgen Ray

Appears to burn the flesh away And leave the white and ghastly bones,

The cause for shudders, sighs, and groans; So like a man who is ill with cold,

Who thinks he's dead until he's told The way to health in manner sure Is taking Woods' Great Peppermint Ouve.