RABBIT CONTROL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 100, 24 August 1945, Page 5

RABBIT CONTROL

PONGAKAWA AREA

BOARD INSPECTOR'S REPORT

iinore per acre. ; On July 30 we shifted the rabbit Tn frOUl Galatea Estate to Tumbull .s and this is „ ow in USe , l£:> R rr end ° f the ******* \ has been finished the two men engaged there h ave / JCen ,hift„ ed back to Waller's fro M whcre they mil have to. work in; the meantime; he Crown: Lands at the Murupara of J n °\ he till the end oi tiris month. On that area of State Forest land between the Norther,, Boundary oad and the Ngurawawabinc Creek SS.7 raW - Ils ' and this withtl, PO , ,SOIWU 1,1 col,junction"ith the work now in hand. If this - not done, a lot of ,he work a ! ready done wilt have heen done ta

Crown, Native and private lands and B ft w Ck ° ar? " the Valley Road: and Bush Road area the Paengaroa country, the Maniatutu Road the a , rea and tllat country along' the Rotorua-Tairranga Roa(l ;m(] the Otamarakau- and C bas t area are afl being worked; '

As we seem to have, broken, the back of the work „„ that cormtr,wh.ch was formally badly infestc( , I hope to be able to give more attention to that country which only cames an odd rabbit or two and Which has had to.De left on ac'comit 0 more urgent cases. In conclusion 1 can safely state that we are faol mg another breeding season on terms much, better than we did last!

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EAST COAST DISTRICT

GENERAL DECLINE NOTED

The following report was submitted by the Inspector, Mr H. A. Buirat the monthly meeting 0 f the East Coast Rabbit Board:— "During the past month I have inspected the Wha katane Native Scheme and Ohiwa Sandhills have

found no sign of rabbits;. Kiwi Nut

I Country and Awakeri arc also clear while on the Te Teko block although no signs were found a rabbit wa& caught on the main road from Te Teko. In Waiohau country an odd sign was found near the Rangitaiki river. There were no fresh traces at Kopuriki. On the Galatea Estate odd signs were found near the Ohutu Creek Pounaua but none in the Te Whaiti country.

,4 A rabbit was reported seen at l)iit on searching the country the only signs 1 l'ound were hare signs and making inquiries no one there had seen anv rabbits.

"Rabbits, killed during July Avere as follows: Murupara Estate 1; Galatea Estate 3; Kopurikj 3; Waiohau 1; Te Teko 1. Total 9."

Ihe activities of rabbltcr.s during the past month; were outlined by the Rabbit Inspector, Mr C. H. Davis, in his monthly at the last meeting of the Pongakawa Rabbit Board. The report stated as fo] r j lows:—. ''Since the last avc have worked on a number of private properties and Crown Lands at Edge r Ro'tomia and Mraropara and on Native Lands in Awa'kaponga, laiawera, Kdg;eeumbe and the Lakes area. We have poisoned acres and fumigated 10 150 using. 7251bs Phosphorised Pol-, ard, and (iOlbs Cyanogxts. During his period the weather has been ery unsettled and Ave have been orced to repolson a fair amount of ountry where poisom has been spoilt >y heavy rain. However results have een good and rabbits are scarce' hroughout the whole of the area:. As further supplies of 'A' Dust yanogas are unprocurable Ave have )een forced to switch over to the G Fumigator. This is not as effec ive as the 'A' Dust and will cost