ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17113, 7 April 1921, Page 10

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. \ liho Council of the North Canterbury AccK*_ matisation Sociotyjuet lust r.iglit, Mr M. ILj Godby proaiding. I The Under-Sec.-otary of Internal Affaire, i*j forwarding notification of warrants fixins tW ' shooting season, stated that native pinion* may not be shot in any district. The fOB«6nJ' for shooting imported ;;.anio in tha Society'*! district is irom May 2nd to July »M. , The Hospital and CbariUtb'.e A:d ncar(£| v.rotß acceding to tho Society's for a supply cf el-jctricity. t-) tho Society'* \ cottage sicu'uted r.eli» .the Ho.?;iital. MV-MT9 Turnbull and Jones wrote oflorin? to insta* electricity in tho cottage icr i'4s ICs lid. _ 1:■ It, was decided to liiivc the \v-r. ; ; put lH| hand. • .• M ' The sctreV.i.y of the N?w Zealand AeeiUitMj.;tisation Societies' .'.stitii'.ion wiolo that M: .:;■ had forwarded to the Department of Intorwal Affairs, on bebulr of tho North Canterbury! Acclimatisation Society. 59 de-ir-iahftlH. ' •* ■; The Post and' Telogrnph Department wroW ; that, after tho clo*c of the present H«hing( , season, tho transmission of free reports of tn» . state «>i the rivers would ceacc. Mr Jolm Deans wrot« Hint ho not«l thaS the Wapiti was called tho oik: UWj mooso being tho tnie'clfc: (ititl"«ui?Bc*tin(J that efforts should bo made to luiro tho errOJl , corrected. The chairman oaid Hurt lie had written «K , Sir Heaton Rhodes nrivalnly on the subject.! ■.: The lcttor was referred to the Deer Com* niitlee for a report. , "J The curator (Mr U. Hove) reported having? l ; forwarded e, total of 22J* swans to Mesu* .' I'Vglia and Copp, Wellington, who had under* taken to take the remaining toft. '' The draft report, to be submitted to thrf

nnuuHl mettirjg o;i the 26th iiwt., w*» «on»; • sidered. It was amended in some particular* ■ and was adopted. . * ■ The financial statement showed receipt* £451 19s 7d; expenditure .£2K> 4» sd, cwdit* balance JEI6R !5b 2u. Accounts totalling- £X 2i lid were passed for payment. Tho iwctß" tnry (Mr C. W. Hervty) was accorded ft vote of thanks fot harine volmitiitily reduced hi* commission in connexion with the di«po«al of swans' eggs. . ' Mr E. F. Stead gavo particulars regarding Ihe shooting, by a party in a lurg* white motor-boat, of seven or tight black teal ii* the estuary of the Wuimakariri. Ono of lh» party endeavoured l<> recover one of the bird* - that had bean i::Yx9.-l. im by a • fisherman. This bird lif.d been banded to tho spcakwri w}'o handed it t.i the Mueouui authorities. ar.d had also informed the of tin Society of the circumstances. Tho .remainder of thili flock of teal was swimming lound th« cuuping ground at Stewart's Gully. Them seamed to be an impression that black te*J ciuld be shot as game-. It waff possible, if this floe): waa not interfered with, tho Avon , and its tributaries might be restocked. Hd moved that a reward of £a b* offered. fofl information loading to the conviction of pcr« sons shooting black t««l. The chairman said that-tho shooting 01 t.hf£o black teal was a dastardly act; tha shooters did not even have the excuse lh«* they had shot the birds in tho shooting M» J eon. The motion was aireed to.

It waa al-o decidi-d to warn tho publld tint the yhito swans on the river ara th» property of the Society, and person* dftmtg* ine them render themselves liable to proec cution. Messrs R. '■X. Morion aj:d E. K. Stead 'worsl authorised to hoof !h<- hawl:« on the Ahnriri ltgoon aa soon a* poa?ib!e. ■*