Correspondence.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 154, 9 November 1868, Page 3

Correspondence.

ACCLIMATIZATION -OCIETY. TO TUB EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sib,— Your report of the half-yearly general meeting of this society has given unusual pleasure ; for not ouly does it state the fact that we now have hundreds of healthy trout in Canterbury, but al<io the pleasing truth that the Council of the society has parted with £20, that an acknowledgment miiiht be expressed in a permanent form to the much respected Caotain Thompson. Dr Carlisle has well said, that " a nation should hare many honours to bestow on those who perform national services. Honorary distinctions excite emulation, cherish public spirit, and create an ambition high'y conducive to the good of the conn fry." The fact, also, that the birds brought out by Captain Stevens are progressing satisfactorily, tends much to increase th<.- attractions of the society, and the interest of all who have made this proVince their future home. To me it is specially so, for those bids were shipmates of m ne, tml afforded me many a cheering thought on the' Toy age. I hope the Council will insist th>ifc the streams for the trout be staked zig-zag fimhion, at least a foot from the bottom, before the fish ure turned out. Even in the old country, where trout are plentiful, that pr- caution <a taken to prevent poaching The finest trout stream that I hive ever seen runs from the village of Ash, near Basingstoku, Hantd, to Stockbridge, &c. The best fish werefm<.d some 3 or 4 miles down the stfemi; a great number of night and day keepers are always on duty to prevent poaching and unfair fishing by nets, &c. Your obedient servant, A BOOKBINDER.