ACCLIMATISATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 7

ACCLIMATISATION.

'"-■' MINISTERS INTERVIEWED,' The delegates'to the New.Zealand Acclim: isaMon Societies' Association met. again ye erday to • discuss approved, remits prior t vaiting on Minister,?. ■.■■•.;./,';■; ■: Reference vas made to the need of.assistin he PortbbeUo .Pish Hatchery:■ Mr.:Liffi on proposed .that each society should coiitr jute a couple of guineas. '..-Mr. Chisholm ,n narked that if they wished to make the mark mtohery a"-success .they, must introduce, sue rarictiesae herring, haddock, etc. It was d< sided 1 to ask'each, society: to contribute accor< ng to'.its means, o and to ask 'the Governmer :6 afford;the' hatchery,further support.;.. The treasurer (Mr. L. G. Reid) and the secr< :ary '(Mr. 1 - CI;: Dascnt) were authorised, t nake arrangements regarding a metal■; disc t oo ■ placed: oh stags' ; heads to allow the associ; :idn to ascertain the,history of each head:an Ihus prevent poaching., ■ '.. ~■ . ~.-'■■■■,' The conference as a -body called yesterda >n the Minister for Marine (the Hon., J. I Millar) and the Minister for Internal. Affaii the Hon. D. Buddo): . . ■ '.; '~■■;. Mr. J. A. Hanan, M.P., introduced the depi ;ation to Mr.' Millar, and stated that Goven jient aid was needed in certain respects. H lsked that the Government continue the'in: Mrtation of Atlantic salmon ova, and put~a imount on the. Estimates'this session for tha "reply, 'the-Minister said that he full realised the good works, being done, by. th raridus Acclimatisation Societies, and state that the Government: was .prepared to. assis the societies. ..Laist year, ; u ddublo supply c jva'was imported, and, therefore, there woul be nothing on tho Estimates this year ~unae ihat-head. The cost was .£IO2O/and the Go\ srnment had not the. slightest intention, o sending a man away, evory year to take chare >f the ova. There was, of course, no need; t Import quinriat salmon. It. only needed little care to get them thoroughly acolimt tised, but it took a.period of years to accl; rhatise Atlantic salmon. Their lmportatio must be continued.' In regard jo the marin hatchery -at Pdrtobcllo, the .Miniate :bmmemled those ' gentlemen, who/ .ha taken, suoh a; keen interest ~m , tin ivork. lid would do what he could to met the wishes of the depulatidn,.hut .this wa riot a promising year for getting i money to tmything. Ho.would" bring the subject unde the notice of the Government nnd trusted tha before long ho would be able'to submit definit proposals, which,' ho hoped,\woUld prove, satis *Mr7'nanan also ihtt'oduccd the' deputatio: to Mr. Buddd. I'he remits brought before th Minister Had reference to the removal ot tn protection frbm stoats'and weasels, tho impoi tation of tho little. German grey owl, prohi bition of the use of automatic guns, and th close season to be observed nextyear._ .:; In reply, the Minister said that ths i stoat and weasels question was a very difficult ons The recommendations would: be given ever, attention.. In regard to the grey owl, thefruit growers had,asked him. to. allow, thei ■imports tion of these biTds and it wis his intention, t do. He pointed out that the small nativ birds rhust.be protected and-if .this was _sc cured/the owls .might be imported mdiscriro inately. The , use of machine guns was no sport; but the deputation asked An alteratioi of tho law. The matter would be kept in view The Minister was not lit favour of making- th 1910 season an opcn;one. Parliament wasj.ver; emphatic on this point. Tho paradise .duck h* retreated to remote, portions ,of tho- counts and there-were other tirds which were seared; approachable by ordinary .sportsmen whd ha not time.to travel so far, ITthere-wm wrmn in the nature of game about, some rclaxatio, rnicht talws place. ~ v.' ' '' -',: - Kcgarding the' license, fcef for shooting deer tho Minister minted; out: that they were ver; orratic. . Some associations charged ~£\, wnil others charged as much as £5. Hew^M that'Jie would approach the Stock Office witl 'di view';6f allowing stook inspectors, to-acta ratigors'in.tlie.moro remote portions of the Uo minion.; ■.-■; - "'■■■•j' --'■-■ : -.. \ ;