HAMILTON DOMAIN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2123, 16 February 1886, Page 2

HAMILTON DOMAIN BOARD.

Thk mdmaiy uueting of the Hamilton Domain limrd wa-> Irultl list night. Present: Me-sis. Coo. Edgecumbe (in the cli in) l>ey, Scott, and .Sa,ndes. The follow in^ report on the ptogres.s of pisciculture u.h brought up by the secretary and adopted, and the secieUry was instructed to apply to the Government for a sli.nc <>f MuMixpeeted supply of salmon ova from Kuj-'l md :—: — '•Hamilton, I.lth February, 188ti. '• Tin; Hamilton Damjin Board. "OJentlemen, — I beg to report that the c\tra accommodation for tmut breeding purpose, for which I asked for £5 o-it of tho subscriptions in hand, is vow complete, and will be a great convenience, a goodsezotl ponl. about 35 feet long, having been made at tho side of tho river. The last spring hatching sue now growing apace, and aie \eiv healthy and strong, having boon wJI and regularly fed. They *aie much broader than long in jnoportum ; they in i*, fat .vnd stuudv and give promise of becoming plentiful. 1 nin sorry to repoit th.it a" very annoying asuident occurred duiing the late heavy rains. The river lose very fast on tha night (if the ."ifch instant, and thumgh the flood one-half of the bo\ was submerged, and a large number of fihh cot out and were lost, thereby doing away with the pleasure of distributing them. However. there are plenty for tlioxe who have suitable waters and .no sub*«ribei*, smd even for tlioie who hive not subscribed, but who are very likely to do so if m> encouraged, as it j must br> plain to eveiy inhabitant in the place th it it io for the benefit of all. A little more trouble and a little move patience, and we shall, like the people in the Wellington district, suddenly wake up | to the fact of our waters boing alive with ti-<h aftei five years' operation-. Certainly they pioeeedel on :i much lniger scale than ue have in Waikato, but the fi»h turned but in W.iik.ito three years aeo should now be breeding and we may soon hope f<>r rev aid, though the most strenuous pffoits should still be maintained. A Luge quantity of stilmon ova i» now being collected in ths United Kingdom for c >nskmment to New Zealand, at'd if th« board will interest themselves in negotiating with the members for the di-trict in obtaining a gii..d supply in time it would be very desirable and tlie people would aasibt to defraying tho expenses of manipulation, as a gr*"at number aie taking more interest than at lust vvhm lesiilts seemed more remote than now — J. M. Gellixg, Secretary." Mr Sandes repotted to the board that a imp 5 i'"b by 4 feet, with endowments, domain lands, &c, &c, coloured separately, and showing linkages and all necessary infounation would cost £15. The matter was deferred till next meeting. Several accounts! were passed, and the board adjourned until'the 29th inst.