ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 762, 29 November 1876, Page 3

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

The usual monthly meeting of the council of the society was held at the gardens yesterday. Present—Sir C. Wilson (in the chair), Messrs H. B. Johnstone, S. C. Farr, J. Marshman, and Dr Campbell. A letter was read from the Traffic Manager of the Bailway, applying for the sum of £3, cost of the special train bringing the salmon ova to Christchurch,

Dr Campbell said he thought that the society should not pay this a union ut as the train brought the mail through. Sir C. Wilson said that he had seen hon B. Richardßou on the subject, and had represented to him that he did not think the society should be compelled to pay this amount, but he had not received any satisfaction on the subject. Mr?Marshman thought that there would no difficulty in getting the amount remitted, as it was not as if the train had been engaged for private business. The transmission of the mails was a public matter, and he did not think that the transmission of the ova ought to be charged for. Dr Campbell said that he had made himBelf responsible for the amount of £5. If he had not done so the bags of mails would not have been forwarded that night. It was resolved that the secretary should pay the £5, and then apply to have the amount remitted on the grounds that the mails were brought through by the same train, and that the Balmon ova were for public purposes, and that therefore the carriage of them should not be charged for, A letter waß read from Mr J. C. Boys, recommending the council to turn out a number of young trout in the Rangiora main drain.

The secretary was instructed to reply that 1000-trout had been already turned out in the Waimakariri, into which the Kangiora drain emptied itself. The secretary stated that Mr Rolleston, by request of the inhabitants of the Levels district, had appointed Mr H. "V. Smith as a ranger. Colonel Packe recommended the appointment of Mr Aymes, of the Harewood road, as ranger, which was agreed to. A telegram was read from Mr Ormond, of Napier, asking for information on certain points connected with the management of salmon ova.

It was decided that the secretary obtain the information from the curator, and forward the same.

A letter was read from Sir 0. Wilson, giving an account of the progress of certain young trout turned out by him at Leeston. A letter was read by the secretary from Mr F. H. Moore, stating that now the Court had decided that the members of the Hunt Club were fully justified in refusing to pay the claim of the society for hares, he now did what he intended and promised to do from the first, viz, to hand over his cheque for £l3, as he had no wish to see the society lose anything. At the same time, he might remark that he would have done so with a better grace if the council had refrained from incurring the expenses of taking legal proceedings. It was decided that, as a court of law had decided that the society were not entitled to receive payment for the hares, the council could not receive the cheque as remitted by Mr Moore, and that the council therefore decline to receive the cheque remitted by Mr Moore. It was resolved—" That the secretary write to America informing the society there of the success of the salmon ova experiment.