The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... acclimatisation zeal in the sixties , but it also failed to keep good records . The acclimatisation societies themselves were very careless in the matter . The Auckland Society has a lapse apparently of some 20 years in its history ...
... acclimatisation zeal in the sixties , but it also failed to keep good records . The acclimatisation societies themselves were very careless in the matter . The Auckland Society has a lapse apparently of some 20 years in its history ...
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... societies for the purpose of introducing what seemed to them desirable animals , and they allowed their fancy ... acclimatisation society , and I know the enthusiasm , unalloyed by scientific considerations , which animates the ...
... societies for the purpose of introducing what seemed to them desirable animals , and they allowed their fancy ... acclimatisation society , and I know the enthusiasm , unalloyed by scientific considerations , which animates the ...
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... Acclimatisation Society and liberated on the range of hills there . Nothing further was ever heard of them . Wallaroo or Euro ( Macropus robustus ) Some of these kangaroos were introduced into Kawau by Sir George Grey in the sixties ...
... Acclimatisation Society and liberated on the range of hills there . Nothing further was ever heard of them . Wallaroo or Euro ( Macropus robustus ) Some of these kangaroos were introduced into Kawau by Sir George Grey in the sixties ...
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... Society imported some ( number not stated ) in 1869 ; five more in 1874-75 ; and four more in 1876. There is no ... Acclimatisation Societies— claimed protection for them and demanded the introduction of restric- tive legislation . Some idea ...
... Society imported some ( number not stated ) in 1869 ; five more in 1874-75 ; and four more in 1876. There is no ... Acclimatisation Societies— claimed protection for them and demanded the introduction of restric- tive legislation . Some idea ...
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... Acclimatisation District . The position therefore in 19191 briefly was as ... Society in its report for 1915 says that " opossums are being slaughtered ... Society , wrote a report on the habits of these animals to Mr Eustace ...
... Acclimatisation District . The position therefore in 19191 briefly was as ... Society in its report for 1915 says that " opossums are being slaughtered ... Society , wrote a report on the habits of these animals to Mr Eustace ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand