ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 2

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

A general meeting of the East Coast Acclimatisation Society was held af. 11.30 this inorniitg. Mr I. Holden presided, and there were also present: Messrs F.. J, Lysnar, J. 'R. Redstone, 0. Hansen, H. N. Lysnar, P. 0. Elliott, and H. M. Porter (secretary), The minUtes read 'bowed that the last meeting of the Society was held m April, 1905, two years ago The meeting cal Jed for last year lapsed, as did several other following intended .. meetings. The,secretary the annual balance-sheet for 1905-6. whibh was to have been brought,, before the 1906 annual meeting. It show-V* ed tlie receipts to luive been £142 v 3s, •'" comprised of balance from previous year pf £104, 19s 3d, Government deposits re licenses £37 Is. Tlie expenditure totalled £73 12s 6dj balance £68 7s 9d. The surplus of assets over liabilities was set down at £93 7s 9d.— On the motion of Mr Red. stone, seconded by 1 M* H» N. Lysnar, this balahccstietet was adopted. The question of the aooounts for the past year \\]ere left over till another, meeting. 1 -.'". Mr Holdipn was re-elected President on th e m otion of Mr Hansen, seconded by Mr Redstone. | Mr F. J. Lysnar proposed that Mr Redstone be vice-president, Sec- ; onded by Mr H. N. lysnar and carried. 11l reply to Mr F J. Lysnar, the secretary stated that no reports had been re- • ceived from the Council of the "Society. — Mr Lysnar Raid it did not seem that tho Council had carried out their duties properly. LiV. men should be appointed to the Council, and the members ot previous ; Council deserved a vote of censure for their neglect. ■-.-'". V Mr Redstone said Mr John Hutchinson had afikedhim if the Society could get him some fish to put m the streams ' at his placfii, and he would pay expenses.— The secretary stated that Messrs. H. Tiffen and F^nlkner (Muriwai) were m the same position. In paying tne Wellington Society'^. Account rot ova, about wluch 1 there had been a dispute, it had been ' pointed out to the Wellington secretary that the ova had been a loss to the local Society, and asking that a concession be > made. Thfe Wellington Society had stated they wduld give a donation of 10,000 ova, but perhaps the*- Society cotild make a better disposition of these than if they were giveri to private people. In reply to questions the secretary «wted that according to the regulations the • Council must consist of 12 members, wilh a committee of s^ven. Nq reports had been received frofn rangers.— Mr Hansen said the trouble -was that very little interest was taken m the Society, and if it liad not been for two or three member, the Society wo[iild have been dead long ago.-* On tho proposition of Mr H. &. Lysnar, the president, vice-president,' and secre-'^f tary were empowered to carry on the work of the Society,— lt was decided, on Mr Redstone's motion, that ova be obtained for those settlers who had asked for them, the cost to be charged up m the usual way. — The. secretary was authorised to correspond with Mr J. 0. Steele, Wharekopae, it being, staled that he had offered to build a hatchery if the Society ..would 1 supply the ova. Regarding the ova sent by the Wellington Society, the secretory stated he had infor-rj.ed them that tho local Society liad no result from them.-^McKsrs Redstone and Hanß.it Raid this wus 60, the former remarking that reports had been received (liat trout had been seen, but none had been caught, Ro hares, Mr Hansen said thoy should be projected, as numbers of boys m the di? trict- were continually shooting tiiem. Mr R. F. Jackson, Motu, wrote stating that he noticed m the paper that pigeons, etc., were 'not' 'to be shot this season. Pigeon-shooting commenced at Motu last year, and he heard of one mulngelt-hg 20, and others- smaller bags. Hi© secretary should send up a ranger to calch some of theni, or otherwise appoint a ranger for the Motu district. Mr Jackson s_id he would act as ranger i_ appointed by the Society. Last year ducks were shot at Motu fully a< montii before tlie season opened, and pheasants had been shot through! the breeding season,' Something ought to be done— jit, was decided to appoint Mr Jackson rajjiger at Motu.— Mr C. L. Hansen (Tc Araroa) was also appointed ranger, and others will be appointed throughout the district. The Society decided to offer a reward of £10 for information leading to tlie conviction of any persons shooting without a license or out of season. It was at first proponed to make Hie reward £5, but as it was stated that no conviction had been got iii this way as yet, the reward wus made £10. Mr F. J. Lysnar thought warning notices should be put up m Maori as well as Engli. h. He urged that one ... \, man should be appointed chief ranger, - V with powei- to select his deputies. The Society liad not got a conviction, and al-though-they had appointed rangers every year, nothing was done, although they knew people without licenjses were shooting all over the place.— On Mr Holden's motion Mr Hansen was uppojnted chief ranger at .a salary of £10 a year, 'and also to receive the reward jn cage of securing a conviction. Mr Hansen moved tliat tlie Counly Council be approached with a view to having harta protected. In going round the country one met boys with dogs and guns, all over the place. When asked, the lads said they were after hares, although it was fairly certain that they would shoot anything they came aoross. Mr Hansen's motion was carried. It was decided that the secretary's salary be £10 a year. Messrs Porter an</ Hansen were accorded a vote of thanks for their services, and a vote of thanks to tlie chair concluded the meeting, .