ACCLIMATISATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2148, 14 May 1914, Page 5

ACCLIMATISATION

j wetLiNCTON sociervs annual , REPORT* The balance-sheet for the past five years' transactions of tho Wcliiiiffteii ! I Acclimatisation Society set ovtt that 1 the- total icfoipis for the financial year 1 ended March 31, 11)14. were:—Brtlruscis ! to credit brought fonv'srf ou April 1, 1 3013, £453 12s, Id.; contractor's deposit, £10; receipts from all other ,! sources, £2155 Us. I'd., nw'kinj* ii total 1 of f2410 3s. 3d. Tiii? payments amount- .. .od to :G2K3 U-'iff:, Mting a debit !«?- ." tuieo at bunk on March 31 <jf £148 IBs, iW. Tiic liabilities, as at ftlnreh. 31, I M-I, creditors, MlfiCs. '■ I M, ; batik dfcbt, £148 18s.. Id. Interest jaccrued jit March 31, 103.4, £1.1 sis. M M . ! and contractor's iteposit teftjno font!'), ; j £10, together with £276 13s. -Id., the , rnsh assets amounted to £201 185.,' leaving a. debit balasise of £74 ]6.5. id. : Other assets sequiawJ during tte .past j yeiif, but not iiielndnd a.s cash assotsj (vre: —Pheasaiitß lirod at game fftrifi stiil tin hind, £50: clucks and fowls, J ;£|); ticsDr bred at itnor park, still on 'rand, :£4S; total, £107, decline in Licenses. The coii.ne.il regrets to say tliat tie receipts from ifc feilq of JideliSfSS steadily diminish. FisWjjg Ikefises ■cireppdl itaw. £7Ci3 Ss. Gel. la-ai «easoii to £755 2-s. 9c].; g.imo iioons.es ffora £197 12s. 6d, t<) Hl6l 18s. 5d.; dentf licenses from £310 12s. (jsl. , to £15? l!(s. Cr.l., totrtl shrifikafio umk-i' tlioSe heads, flf £110 12s. M, Sales -of fry aiul birds reached £3!U 15Sv Thore wprfe no receipts oij necount <sf deer soltL I'lts i sale of lam} ai Treiithnm pfesoMieti to the eociefcy by Mr. Joini Barton, a.t»l sold by the society to apply to ' tlitt bniklim* of a new- naiedory at Masteiton. jjiwlnced £400. ftiitl aiiotlior pxtraorcliuary item is £12'(>, being ihsiit'eiwe money rcoem'vl ou aocount of the destruction hy (ire o'f the curator's rcsi : iteirco at tliQ gflivW fnrtri. Piivos veeeivesi amountcrl to "£2O 19s. lit?., pni'tly from tlio pluvious year. Owing to tlio 'heavy ospomlitiirt -On tho new lwtchCT.v antl ponds at Mastcrtoii, the society,' for tlio tirsfc time for soMVB .veai's, has a small dfilijt bnlttnoo, l«t Gonsftleting the l)eftv.y paymflfits ijieiirrecl for Uie bt'oction'flf fi neiv hfttehcry <£1312), tkn P'oaition eanitot kit f>o eansirferwl satisfttKtof.y. Tlie society «ts wifortmiato in losing 1)t a fi?e, wbicli occurred o« Feiij'uary I'.'l, 1914, U« cs-fratei's cottii}ie; but the birds and pons- did not suffw injery- A contract for tire orection of a n'ew onttas?!- was let on Fob* riiary 27. at a fnsfc <>f £310, ami tho ft'ofk is progressing satisfactorily. Tho lUtmliM , of birds rwYcA firing tlip yonv was 330, tlwfe 130, Now on farm: LHie!%s 10, pltrasiints 100. The statement of aecoiiUts for tlto mm fnrra a.iwl rkvM- p,ii-k «l«rtvs wwifjts from sale of pheasants &M, froiji snip of bases i£'l Is-- c-t!i-iitor ; s ffinv-ei-niao«t subsiily) £100, inirl rent of r»art of fovr ro.sn'\T £10,- w,i : liing a- total of Is. "i'iie iwyiiwifte'itnfoimtel to £329 lSs. iid Jfla'dn li)i sis foWflw , .—Cnrator's salnry' £156. fowl for birds £50 11s. 3d., rwtiiif' £8 10*.> Rimrivy s»sft.!i accnvtnts £3 17s. If).. Ww £1. iilsnraivcr- Us., pxsilinhfrf- €«. Til ,, li.tliiHtirs .unoimt. to Is.'W.. ami thi* cash os-,"ts to £S0 fts". ina., £63 16s. Cvl of wbidi was for silfi of plieasants. Tlie hnlmice *ns for 0-flvwnni-Mit. sntosMv. tin's loavp-s a surplua fol- tbo year of £130 1-ls. M. Rfed. Deer, Tiio isiorfaso of rod deer calves i™- ,, not nin'to im to tltP. rtvcfairp, vw., 1(5. of wliinli ftre Ilia of tlin Tonfist Rppartmont. It is pmnpsxl to litio'-stio tV e.i"lit. tngrtliov witii *liroo , : nbwvinnd from Wairnwiw. iji tlio ftktnlifli tlistriet. *-liere i> Herd l<«s Wfl e-s- * for srtflin tobvs. Tbo ilfi'r nt , ,'tlw (low )Wk at tho ri«se of tbo , ■•»w<> lis rnvior:—W.ifJiliant -J >,,v k W: : 1 sta>»s. 1? l>iiuJs. 1,3 ftal-fes. Jf<?* I lnnri liM'dr 2 st-fICB. <S fiincls. .3 pal vs. : Tot»il J3. (K'msr f" U> n Rrowti.i of tl'e • Rprnli »t is Wvt'B.sinek iliffi- i rnlf ta <i'««f"r tfi« <li v "'. and siyrtte slens I in il'i- iliti'ef.ion of ftro w- s (to'it.K - won ivt>tl. < '" TjJ'.fi'. Willi OV ttlt- SfiC'i-H? IMWW'I hm-p .'! (•oni'ilproble of i!io hint'" !.-i)leil -iii tic Hi!iis';.iii"i tJpsni'vr-, "tui llih wifiiw i! "- '"oiit" , '! linn"- Ii) btivn 1 innnv ninre loiiovl. Tlvp ettllte;'s reivn'-t J tbni !lipit> Jire >Kiint> non'l ho:v?? in '''i 4 . rw-.-?-: lint ilr't. tin 'h*> T-JtoK I'" 1 f li'prfl is <'fii»<r bwk, sn/1 Uiat <ho is f., ovorsl'iel'-o'l. v 5,, ," wood heads Usve ! s li:>on obtainpil in i\w Tsr(u.-iias. > Pfsskifttvire. j i Five litindfrd lltonsaiut browii trout! (• ova wore pm<h;i3ed from I In ,, Oovvrn- J nit'iil Fisli iStsilEon at nml I w'iti.OOtl i-iiinliort-ova fr<i»» TjiUjK). TlifWij wcro sijei:estf»itly hatched niit at MaJMei- .v ton. wild resulted as follow :~-4'16,tj08 !: kwu fry aud 225,000 rainbew fry. i a