ACCLIMATISATION.

Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16653, 19 November 1925, Page 11

ACCLIMATISATION.

THE AUCKLAND SOCIETY. MEETING OF COUNCILA meeting of the Council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society was held in Hamilton last evening, the chairman, Mr C. A. Whitney, presiding. There was a good attendance of delegates. Application fop Charter. The Rangirii'i Acclimatisation and Game Conservation Club forwarded application for a charter, and suggested that the area be from Taupiri to Iluntly and Miranda. The chairman stated an active club would prevent the illicit taking of eggs by natives during the nesting season. The area, he said, was valuable duck country. The request was granted. Liberation of Fry. The chairman reported that 15,000 trout fry had been purchased for Kawhia, but owing to the bad state of the roads the fry had been sent on to Otorohanga and liberated there. He, as chairman, had taken it upon himself to secure from the Government a similar quantity, and sent it to Kawhia. The chairman's action was confirmed. The chairman gave notice of motion that he intended to move that the annual general meeting of the Society for the year 1926 be at Hamilton on the second Tuesday in April, and that the annual meeting be held every third year south of Mercer, at a town where the Society has. a country branch. The Minister of Internal Affairs refused to give the Society permission to introduce Black Bass, as they were an enemy of the trout.—Received. The Minister also informed the Council thai, no action was to be taken meanwhile in connection with the acclimatisation of Atlantic salmon.—Received. The Waitomo Club was asked to submit names of persons for appointment as rangers, to put down and report the illegal shooting of pigeons in the Tc Kuiti district. The To Awamutu delegate, Mr Reilly, said the presence of the ranger in the district had done an immeasurable amount of good, and had resulted in a good number of licenses being brought in. v An application by the Tiiakau Club for a supply of wild rice seed was granted. It was decided to purchase £ls worth of seed for next year. It was decided to purchase from the Te Awamutu Club 100 pheasants' eggs. Accounts totalling £129 4s 2d were passed for paymen. It was agreed, to hold the next meeting south of Mercer, at Te Awamutu, in February.