PISCICULTURE IN WAIKATO.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2063, 26 September 1885, Page 2

PISCICULTURE IN WAIKATO.

Mk Ra\ nix, w hose farm is situated on the old mill creek, a tributary of the Waikatn mer, has nifoi inert the heeietary of the Hamilton Domain lioaiil th.it ;i specimen of the tt out placed m that cit'ek h.is been caught, weighing (Mb, and i>i3astiiing o\ei a foot long. This is enumtaging. j\lr Kajnes has kindly nndei taken the duties of Linger for tlie boat d, and will see that the h«h are not mole>tcd till the pioper time CDIIIUs Anothei consignment of Ameiican catfish (ninety) am\ ed by the mid-day tiain yes teidav fiom Mi T. 15. Hill, Auckland, m milk cans About h.ilf of tho fi-h weie at once sent off in a spnng tiap to the ehaiim.m of tin 1 Ku ikiruoa IJo.nd, to lie lihei .ited in the lake ne.ti Wnodl mds. The other hiif will be put into (\>\'s Lake. This liit camp in \eiv irood m. lei, thiongh bern,; attended t" by Mr Willis, junior, on thejouiney. In ki/i> they wi i» fiom h\e to eight inehfs in length A few moil' sucli hatch©-" will soon st u-k the lakes m W.ukato, as they aie a vciy piolihcspoues. Th» following mte.es.ting paihculais concerning the latfi^h are tik i n fnun an Aineucin exchange o<>uite<>u-ly placed at our disposal by Mr (i'llin": -The United States Coiiiiiii-sioner of Fimli.uk! Fislienes has foi wauled to Mr W. Oldh un Ch.uulii'i-, F.L S., Diiector of the N itional Fi-h Cul tine Assoei >tion, a consignment of selected spectuik'Hs of cathsh mdigonous to the waters of America. They aimed per steamship Biitannic, in peifect condition, all being alue, and appaiently none the worse for the \oyage, which, consideung the time it occupied, is icmaikable. The fish are of gieat economic \alue; and it is intended to naturalise them to English nveis, where it is considered they would assume a high rank amongst fieshwatei fishes. The catfish possesses a peculiar 1111 lnunity from small bones, and is iocogni-ed as ahmniousdietaiy in Aniencn. Although this species does not produce a large number of eggs, it pohsesses an extraoidinary instinct for protecting its young when incubated. Pending tho removal of the hah to the waters belonging to the association they will be exhibited to the public in tho aquarium at tho Inventions Exhibition.

Occwons ot adversity do not make a man frail, but they show what it is. An Apropos Stouy ok the Nm\ Lord Rothschild. — So-ne ladies were discussing in liis presence the difference be tween the real and the ideal, and lie was appealed to for Ilia opinion. " The teal," said the financier, "is a Spanish coin; the (dial is the Spanish bond. AWoiild-hk Pokt" writu :— "Believ ing 1 possess a faculty for lliyming, I am ambitious to be a poet. As T have heard a gieat deal about poetic licence, I am anxious to know whether or not it u> necessary for me to take out one of these licenses, and, if it is, whcie shall I apply for one." The proper person to whom to apply for a poetic license, it seems to us. is Walt Whitman. At all events, he uses the poetic license himself frequently and with remarkable success, being able, tlnough its aid, to make Afghanistan rhyme with green cucumber. The usual services at the \Ve*le\an Church, Hamilton, to-monow, .ire <id\crtiscd in another column. Tenders are inutcd for leasing Nos 1 and 2 pidiocks, Cambridge racecourse, for a period of one or more years. The Cambridge Koad Hoard inserts a notice of importance to land owners, concerning furze and briars.