ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY'S CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 18 July 1907, Page 2

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY'S CONFERENCE.

Per Press Association. . " ; i^p^ ti <• -«. Wellington, July 17, <*s§s! motisation Societies opened to-day, '>45W

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ter of from the police '' ter of Justice, howw/tej VKthat addlUj** JSfflS .^4

sants am otter birds, and cottK D f; TO other societies at low rates PP ' <''j| The balance-sheet showed a credit of 'fl

<>n>cu were eleeled an follows:- : Pros,, <>n , Mr L. Tripp, PWBidont, if 0. A.Rtsroy,Ha\vkrt Hi Itajrs council, Messrs H. Chined J^lf secretary Mr Von Stunner; auditeX", J§ u • a. Hull. ' T"BflH| A resolution was carried n S f "' ty , of P r ? en «»g the us? 0 |« living birds as decoys in duok-Bhootine MM It was decided to ask the Govenrawrtlili Zil I"? C ?° wn ,Rn,ls ott Island a bird and game sanctuary-, also-' 1-P nil coastal islands and national parks ''M A proposal that a gun license aUonWiS be substituted for the shooting licKslf wis lost; but it was resolved thaTSli shooting license should be only issued to'£3B persons over tlie age of flfteen'yaan. %ffl

At the Acclimatisation Society foronce. a proposal was presented fmk'M the liuller Society demanding that a'H-' M cense fee of £25 for the season/.tad M a tax of fivopencc per gallon should be "''V? levied on collectors of whitebait. - - - ■"'- The conference affirmed that there A':* should bo some restriction on taking. ■■'''" whitebait for canning and freezing. * ' Mr Walker pointed out that the'iaat. i tcr of stoats and weasels had been dealt •$ with wither perfunctorily. These ant- ;| mals had been largely responsible for' 1 f| the extermination of the pukeko, ,kaka, M and many smaller birds, and the ObniisH ferenco ought to urge the Governmental to declare them vermin throughout land. _i^ffl Mr Pollard, a Marlborough delegate;'&S protested, as the representative from »'WS rabbit-infested district. He recalled thaf >lfi many settlerß there had been ruined £yaH rabbits, and others liad just climbed IS through their "difficulties, principally -byflfflS the instrumentality of stoats and sels, which had been introduced at iiious expense. ".* Mr Walker's suggestion was not act- ->j{ ed on. . v

It was decided that it be left to each i separate society to fix the most suitable _! date for the opening and closing of the \ deer shooting season. The matter of limiting the number of ' • : trout caught by an angler in one day =' was withdrawn, being one for a confer- ;i ence between the different districts. j The following resolution was carried! ,Jj "That this Conference request the Gov- % eminent to make a systematic attempt - : J to acclimatise Atlantic salmon in the ■$ Waiau watershed, Southland."' . . '-A It was also decided to ask the Gov- -P eminent to continue importations of Pacific salmon. ■'„

Mr Payton. said the severance of a '■s large portion of the Auckland Aeclima- ~jt tisation District, to be administered by (SI the Tourist Department, had been sprang jjjj on the society very hurriedly, and It <djdjj§9 not quite know how to proceed. HftfJi moved a resolution expressing approval-11l [of the Auckland Society's demiuuj compensation, , *" t'3m