Acclimatisation Society.
A GOOD "RECORD. (PBB PBBB9 ASSOCIATIONS. Wellington, Apnl 27. The Council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society has entered into correspondence with a gentleman in England with the view of introducing the common English bat into the colony, our wild native bad having almost died out. It is thought that they might be artificially hibernated in boxes full of straw (with air holes) placed in a cool chamber, and thus brought out to the colony. A similar experiment has also been suggested to an English naturalist with the view of ascertaining whether it is possible to artificially hibernate and , import any of the European swallow species. During last season 800,480 fry and eyed ova were distributed by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society from the Masterton fish hatcheries. In its annual report the Council of the Society points out that it is now nine years since the societ} T undertook to stock the waters of the North Island, and the results of good work are now being felt far and near. It, had also to be remembered that stocking the rivers of the colony with migratory fish also involved stocking the coast line of the ocean, which was a very large undertaking and one which would eventually be of a large commercial value to the fisheries.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 300, 28 April 1894, Page 3
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