TARANAKI ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 29 April 1907, Page 3

TARANAKI ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL KETOIvT. The following is the annual report of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society to be presented at the annual meeting:— lour Committee beg to submit to you the 34th annual report ami balancesheet for the year ended 31st March, 1907.

.Finances.—On referring to the balance sheet it will be observed the revenue for the year was £7O 3s Od, and this added to balance carried forward from last year gives £lO4 10s Bd. The expenditure was £74 0s Bd, leaving a balance of £3O 10s to carry lurward. Pisiculture.—Tlu> balance of the lisii left ill the ponds, some ,7000, chic.'!..-; rainbows, were liberated in the dilVcrni:' part of the Waiwakaiho river, and the thanks of the Society are due to .Messrs Gibson and Smith, or Kgmont Village, .nd Fleming, Humphries and W. Birch, of New Plymouth, \uio rendered valuable assistance in giving free carriage and labor in placing tnc lish in the live/. After ihc ponds had been cleaned nut, a fresh consignment ot ii.UUO brown and rainbow fry was obtained from [lie Hawera Society, ami about the new year the same society generonslv donated a further lot of 50011 fry. All these li h are now ready for distribution, ami being a nice size and in capital conditio!], the sooner they are out into the river the butler. The thanks are due to the Hawera Society for its generous gift.

Game.—The reports from the country districts are more encouraging with rcspe'et to pheasants and quail, which is in a measure accounted for the assistance given by a number of fanners, ami this only proves if a more active assistance were given by all farmers and sportsmen this district would soon :?.-

cover its reputation of being the best | shooting district in the colony. The thanks of the Society are due -o the farmers who have helped the So ciety not only in. pruffYiag game, but in helping the Society's rangers to stop the poaching on the rivers that run through their properties, as it is now being recognised by them that trout fishing is a harmless and healthful sport, and that a valuable food snppiy is growing up in their midst. In conclusion, the Society calls the attention of all persons to a clause in the "Animals Protection Act," which says: "All persons found with a dog or gun oh any land shall be deemed to be in pursuit of game, and if not in possession of n license will be liable to conviction under tho Act."