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ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES.

OPOSSUMS ANl> NATIVE GAME. ("special to "the press.") VH'ILLINGTON, March 30. The oposoum is proving a source of revenue to some of the acclimatisation societies. In all, £BB3 accrues to the various societies, this sum being twothirds of tho net revenue from fees, etc., received in respect to tilio talcing of opossums. Of this amount Ctago gets £495, Wellington £203. and Southland £lOl. The other districts get only very smnil sums. Auckland i& credited with eightpencc.

Another source of revenue to the societies during the current year will bs the license fees imposed for • shooting native game. Under the Act passed la«t session, uo person is permitted to kill any native game during the open season unless he is the holder of a license. The fee payable for a license to take or kill both imported game and native game is £1; for imported game only, £-i; a.nd for native game only, 10s. It is also enacted that no person shall kill or destroy any imported game or native game, or shoot, at or attempt to shoot at any imported game or native game, with, any automatic or &uto-load-ing gun.

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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17418, 31 March 1922, Page 6

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ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17418, 31 March 1922, Page 6

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17418, 31 March 1922, Page 6

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