The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1886. THE WELLINGTON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2404, 20 September 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1886. THE WELLINGTON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

A short time ago we rejoiced in the possession of a Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society, but it was deemed advantageous to the interests of this district for our own little ovum to be tacked on to the Wellington Society, and we Btill survived under the stylo or firm of the Wellington and Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society, receiving from the senior partner substantial financial aid, which enabled more commodious fish ponds and a better assortment of fish to bo located in Masterton. At the annual meeting held at Wellington on Friday last it was decided to drop the name Wairarapa out of the title of the Socioty, and so to all intents and purposes we are absorbed in the provincial nomenclature, and thiH clistriot ceases to be known to fame as an acclimatising agent. Wo have, however, the satisfaction of knowing that our primary interest, which is to stock the Wairarapa streams with fish, is not likely to suffer by the change of name, and we have

also*the consolation that the main! revenue of the Society will be expended on the Mastertou establishment Our j locul hatchery is, indeed, destined to become the'central fish, depot of the North Island, and it promises also to yield better results than any similar institution in the Middle Island. His Kxcelloncy the Governor, who presided at the annual meeting, pointed out the gain which the whole community are likely to derive in attracting BporUmen to the colony,as the Nimrods of the world are as a rule well supplied with money, and the distribution of their resources in this colony will be an advantage to us. We congratulate ourselves upon the fact that the Wairarapa now offers soma attraction to the sporting fraternity. Its rivers will soon team with b'sb, it possesses a valuable endowment in i forest of red deer, and bares and black swans abound in the Lower Valley. The stocking of our streams will, no doubt, prove a direct advantage to local residents. We may shortly expect to find even a poor man's breakfast table graced with - a dish of trout, and a more wholesome and nourishing food cannot be placed upon it. It is estimated that a pound of frdi fish contains as much nutriment as two pounds of salt water fish, and in time we may hope to see the cargoes of the latter which cross the Rimutaka, superseded by a local supply of a fresher and daintier fare. When this uew food supply is available, and tint now will be only a matter of a year or j two, residents in this district will appreciate the services of Mr W. H. ' Beetham, who has fought, almost single handed, in promoting acclimatisation i interests in the Wairarapa, and whose enthusiasm in the work is now beginning to be crowned with a large measure of success.