Hawera fish-Ponds.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 53, 7 March 1904, Page 4

Hawera fish-Ponds.

The Hawera Acclimatisation Sociclty has n,»v very up-to-dale listi ponds, on -hioh Has been spent, and st.l i*orks arc contemplated- am , of th e grounds is lou ;m) m *» 8 **", l g Six conc.-,t,d planted. There Each of thesi> ionds now tinished. KiJt , is about 40 x " w mtessavy and is covered « t ip u er . your screens for shade a ■ | Wll tll) nt oI the9e are occutned and two by ial " ted ana is now (tank has been excavateo. HHrS^S bas been creeled, a simki, u . naiessary conveniences. - J£n has also been wufci servicei In hot weather tor cooling ~urpo» Two races for drafting hs < »* V mOS VS^lcM«c the society lias an iiaooia lor the beautifleation ol tU K A hatchery will I* as b o on as, practicable. In carrying o s k , (v ther pretentious scUemo Hie • . recognises that iu the nt fishing licenses will furnish it. . source of income, as shooting tea must of necessity diimnihli .is «he closer settlement of the U i - ,tory renders the conservation of utiles game impossible. In view ot tlu future condition of affairs the business of- hatching and rearing a ton•iderable number of trout for Btocldnk the rivers is to be vlgoiouely proceeded with, and it Is hoped to derive a considerable revenue therefrom. As an indication or the growth of Revenue from fishing licenses it may be mentioned that the amount collected in 1897 was oniy sl2 10s, whereas in 1903 the sum W&B £l4O. On the other hand,shooting licenses in 1897 produced £l4O, tout year by year the amount became l«es, until last year only £7O was derived from this source. Since the establishment of the ponds 100,000 grout have been purchased, and of tkat number the curator estimates that 50,000 will be liberated in th« Vdrtoufi streams in the Hawera Ac-