ACCLIMATISATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3758, 10 March 1875, Page 2

ACCLIMATISATION.

At the meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society yesterday, it was reported that since last meeting the managerfhad liberated fifty green linnets in the Waitaki district, and had forwarded a like number of those birds to Inch Clutha. Eighty trout had been turned into the Waikouaiti River by him, end 101 liberated in the Awamokb and 122 in the Otekaike; Five hares had been sent to theWaipahee district undercharge of Mr 'W. A. Tolmie (who reported that the' animals had arrived safely and had been turned out),' and three sent to Southland.’ It was resolved that the Superintendent should be requested to proclaim the months of June and July an open 'season for shooting cock pheasants within that portion of the Province which lies between the "Waitaki and Gatlin’s River, and ten miles back from the coast. The license to kill pheasants during the season, as provided by the Act, will be fifty shillings. It was also decided that a list of the names of certain settlers residing within those districts where pheasants are plentiful should be submitted to the Superintendent, with a request that they should be appointed honorary rangers, with the powers which are conferred upon those officers by “The Protection of Animals Act. 1873.” It was resolved that a; letter should be addressed to the Provincial Government, stating that the Society will be glad if one of Jthe boxes of the salmon, ova that is being brought out by the Timaru, as well as the box containing the eggs of lake charr, are placed at the disposal of the Society; and that the Provincial Government should be asked whether they will be willing to hand over to the Society the amount obtained for fishing licenses in addition to the Society’s Usual subsidy. It was stated that specimens of salmon trout are' not unfrequently obtained in Otago Harbor and brought to market. The fish are said to be of various sizes, and it is considered thas conclusive proof has been furnished that these fish have bred since they were turned out in the Shag River.