LIBERATION OF OPOSSUMS.
VALUE IX BUSH DISTRICTS, The Minister for Internal Affairs has replied to criticisms in Auckland concerning the liberation 0 f opossums in the Auckland district.
"The information in the hands of the Department," said Mr. 'Russell, "clearly indicates that it is not desirable that opossums should be liberated in fruit districts. They are, however, capable of being made a most valuable asset in bush districts. Not only is the skin of the opossum a marketable commodity, but it is one of considerable value, ranging from 14s to 21s, and there is an assured market for these skins. If liberated in the baekblocks districts opossums are likely to prove a welcome source of income to the bush settler in the earlier days of his occupation. The information we have is that opossums do not injure grasses or feed that is required for stock, as they live upon shoots and leaves of trees. In one bush district in the South Island, £W,tm worth of skins-were obtainable in one year. Provided the animals are confined to bush districts, there seems to me to be no reason whatever why they should not be extensively distributed throughout the .North Island".' 1
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1916, Page 2
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199LIBERATION OF OPOSSUMS. Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1916, Page 2
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