MASTERTON RABBIT DISTRICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 804, 27 June 1881, Page 3

MASTERTON RABBIT DISTRICT.

mh ' A meeting of the trustees was held on ■' Saturday, all present. The Treasurer re- ■£, ppvted balance in the Bank to- he f) 138lld. ..•,!.,.■■,':.■■:. . •■;■:■-:<..... _ The Secretary reported haying given • 'ptructiops; that p'p mpre ■ pjipsphorus ahpnld. to disposed pf without a oorresppndipg amount of,rhodium, It having jjeen found that the 'owners were not'purchasing thelatter.and .that the ; tnistees' would Bhortly find themselves minus, the phorphorus and'•with' a'large stock' of rhodium on hand which.would he :useleßs and-adeadloss;''" • ■ .' The Secretary's aotionwas cohfiitoed. : ' Sir Dagg reported that ha" had given: Messrs Osborne''arid-Wilsbiie orders for' phosphorusi.to lay. ohv.the]'banks' and • islands of $e Waingawa which are Go- , vernment|r6perty,;. (J .,,,„ ~..,..J..'-.,,^.^. j Inspector's Eep'obt, .;,v*f s , i : ■j i :;;, The Ohairmari MaslteiipriEaWtTrustses; ! . ■;;' Sir.—l|aye;,^Vhonor,vto;;Bubmit'-the ,£■■ following teportojfi&y ; %-. :■: the date ofitheilastmeetmglbf the ! !Bom.p : :.v^ v Onthel^;l^tfld^ho^ogat^eß|9|;

Poison is being usedon all of these now, anddt has been effective in oaclvcase in destroying; l a largo.; number ; of rabbits.': ; Onthe.followingdayTinspe'ctedtlie land 1 ownedbyMessrsJ.Dorset,;.Brown, and. Olliyieiv 'Theiepdiiwentdn to say that Mr Borset Mended hunting the rabbits'; Mr ground, and Mr Brown,;had made.satis-1 factory work.. Notices 'had served m several in 'Wellington. Mr J. W. Lang's property, at 'Fermidge, was inspoctod, but the' poison bid-not began to operate; Mr Hare's son had beonpoisoning systematically afrEangitumatt; the pest was numerous on 'Mr Tuck's section; Messrs T. and W. Osborne had been useirig poison freely with good results,'.'.-Attention was called to the Government land between Messrs Stuckey and Tuck's.at Bangitumau,. which was; represented as swarming: with rabbits and was one of the worst' places in the district.. '•;:.. It.wasresoivedthatitbe aninstruction to tlie inspector to' notify Messrs Tuck; Gibsb'ni "and J. Dorset that unless more efficient steps are taken by them to destroy the rabbits on their properties proceedings would he taken .against them, it being the intention of the Trustees to enforce the 18th section of the Act against all landowners who failed to conform to to its provisions. Eesolved that the sum of i!l4 be spent in poisoning the Government land at Eangitumau. Tlie inspector was instructed to serve, notices on the native Paul in respect to land at the Pirau, and on the purchasers of sections 9 and 11, Opaki block, part of the.estate of the late W.E, Welch. ' A letter was read from Mr W. C. Buchanan concerning subscription list re introduction of natural enemies of the rabbit, and it was resolved that the inspector ho instructed to solicit subscriptions iu aid of the object. ' The payment of J26210s on account of phosphorus to Messrs Levin & Co was authorised, The meeting then adjourned to ICth July.