The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION.

I'hom. ii. (J. Lll, organising secretary of the .Now Zealand .forest and Bird Protectiou Society, we are in receipt oi' the prospectus of the New Zealand J'crest and Bird Protect ion Society. J lie purpose of the society is to assist iy protecting, as far as possihle, the beau til ill native wild birds, and to protect the homes of the native birds, which have been set aside as sanctuaries For their preservation, for our native birds cannot live without the forest. The

society also aims at securing reserves of the primeval forest in districts where reserves have jioi been made. Broadly put, the association is lor the couservation oJ wild nature, and (o inculcate amongst the public, especially 'children, an intelligent interest in native flora and fauna. The association hopes to secure t he consolation of native forest, growing on roadsides, on river banks and other public lands, ; aud to secure protection for the same as far as possible, also to assist any movement, whether organised by private persons, local bodies or the State, taken for the purpose of pioteeting any area ol Jand covered with native forest or plant life. In conclusion of this nolice we print the remainder of the prospectus verbatim, hoping that some extra lie!]) will result for this altogether admirable association. I lie prospectus continues: '"The society has been called into existence for the purpose of protecting and preserving the native wild birds, and the existing reserves which have been set aside in order to preserve areas of our native vegetation, and of securing, out of the. remaining forests lands, reserves in the districts where tlicy do not already exist.

lovers of the native birds ami forests of this country will welcome !lie formation flu's societv,. The 'need of some organisa tion through which Ihe public, wlm art? interested in (lie protection and preservation of our flora and fauna, may give expression' to their views, has been a long felt want. Wild life and natural beauty form a portion of our common national heritage; we can ill spare the pleasure our wild birds and forest preserves afford .us. A subscriber of not less than 10s annually shall be a member of the society. Children under 15 years of age may become members on payment of Is annually. Contributors at any one time of £10 or upward shall be life members of flic societv.

and any person who may render special services to the society shall be eligible for life membership, and may be elected as such bv the Council at any general meeting. The an n ual subscript ion shall be payable to the sccretarv in advance, on the Ist -Tannary in each year."