ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12748, 18 September 1919, Page 4

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

MONTHLY MEETING. The Council of the North Canter* buiy Acclimatisation Society met last evening, Dr C- Morton Anderson presiding. Y ith reference to the regulation prohibiting the use of torches, acetylene lamps and other artificial lights for eel qsmug, a, communication from the Marias Department urged that members of the Native ( race catching eelg for food snould be .expressly exempted from the p»i ohibitioit. It was decided to reply suggesting that the use of artificial lights should he prohibited during the close season for trout in other than tidal waters, the altered regulation nob to apply to Maoris, Tho Department of Internal Affair? wrote stating that the question of the impor nation of black gams would receive attention. In connection with the importation at p? adja P S ep£e into New Zealand, hlr Edgar Stead reported that a cablegram had been despatched to Vancouver ordering twenty pair. Tim cost w°u,d be about £5 per pair landed in New Zealand. Ii- v:;-. reported that a warrant had been received empowering the council to l oop all tho proceeds from the sale ot swans’ eggs collected in the dis‘■nr;. ?Mtd revoking the previous refill aGnu iiiiflor which portion of t.-ho'pro-cccus went to patriotic funds. , ‘* le . secretary reported that, the mau/e in the new regulation which provided that, no holder of a, trout-fishing l.yenie shall take or catch ’more than fax salmon in one day had bee® emnodied in the tea son’s license forms, lira season opens on October 1 and closes on April 50. 3 020. ,/' le ,, r, ' Iri ! tor ( Mr I). HoneV reported .hat bo,'Wo fry hod been’liberated in the following rivers3o.ooo, • Heath, cole; oO.tiOO. Avon: 175/100, Waimaka rin; 2Q,OCCh north branch of nn; ra.uQO. Ashley: 30.000 Cam • oU.ooO. Dwell ; 50,000.’ Rakaia; so’nco' Upper Ashley (Eart Oxteid): -dYuO. Hororaia: 20,000. Little b-iier; 0.000. Saltwater Creek: 20,000 Okouta; 10.CQ0. Price’s Valley; 25,000’ Selwyn; 10,000. Hawkins; ,5,000 Wairarapa- In Aictona Lake, 20.000 Rainbow fry had been liberated, .lea.vi.nv 300.Mi1l still available for Ihe council decided to liberate rainuo*v irout in .Lake orson. iT b t e ,A n:,ncial Matement showed a debit balance of £3,53 145, the expenditure for the month having !>een Id tn 9. receipts 2s Sd. Messrs G. T. Robertson and L. V Lawrence werp elected to fill vacancies on the council.