PISCICULTURE IN WAIKATO.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2056, 10 September 1885, Page 2

PISCICULTURE IN WAIKATO.

Tm- following lppoifc was presented to tlic Hamilton l)oin.tin Jioaicl at Monday's meeting by the seeietary, Mr J. M. Gelling :_ 1 h.no to ieport tli.it up to the present no applications have been made fioin persons in Sydney in 1 espouse to tlio n,dvciti«umnnl to supply o\a fiom the Mm ray cod, and [ haw communicated with the pnisei of the ste unship Tnnniph as bom^ a likely peison to inaKo imputics on Ins visits toSjclney fioin time to tune, and to anange fill supplies and bung them to Auckland under tin cue, md deal directly with tho bo.iid for lemuneiation. f shall a, 1 ho wiite again to Mr Johnson, of Wagga Wagga, who formally offercfj to supply younpf fiy iii tanks, and try ami Efot Homo delivererl to the st.winei at Sydney at a much cheapen rate than ho hit>t pioposed, .md by next mooting I hope to have* Moinetlnn^ to lay befote you. The Auckland Acclimatisation Society has sent 2000 trout ova, w Inch arc doing well. Mr Farr is sending some perch ova from Ashburton, under tin 1 care "{ Mr Jenkins, of Piako, who h at pi(>

sent at Christchurch. Mr W. S. Pillans of Balclutha, an extensive salmon and trout brooder, h bending 2000 ova to tlio board, and had he been as foitunato this season as upon other occisions, when he has collected is many as (50,000, or 80,000, he would ha\e sent a much larger quantity, but he promises to send a good supply next sent>on, if possible, and assist the board m any way he can. Mr T. B. Hill, of Auckland, and Mr Cheeseman are going out some night shortly to get somo cat-fish from St. John's Lake and forwaid th<-ni up to the board for Cox's Lake. Air Hill sayi that trout wore st'en last week in a stro mi at Tuakau mak ing their u.iy up to spawn, and wcie netted l>y Mi Collins, of that place, and st nppcd ot theii ova, and lie hopes to hatch out a- Luge supply for the creeks about Tuakau. These are the hist as yet Known in Waikato to sp.iwn. and nm^t be thiej jeais old at least, ,is that is the usual age of maturity. Not being able to forward Mr Wallis's box of ova to Raglan I hatched them out hoie to sa\e them, and it is .i good job I did, as they would ha\e nil de 1 on the long journey on horseback. During the debate on the fisheries Encouragement Bill Mr Kerr, membei for Waimea, stated t ha,t the Ymeiicwi •to\lmhnient made a piactice of gi anting accb matisation societies any qirintity of ova ot dilfirent hsh on application to them through the Governor of any colony and I have written to Mi J. B. Whyte, M.H.R. asking him to see Mi Kerr and a«ceit.iiu the form of .application and other particular so that an application may be made by the board for a Luge supply when oppoituiuty "ffets.