The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 12
... river . Local natives told him that the tree was called Te Neke o Tainui ( the skid of Tainui ) , and that the grove had originated from the skids of the canoe Tainui , used in hauling the vessel ashore on her arrival here twenty ...
... river . Local natives told him that the tree was called Te Neke o Tainui ( the skid of Tainui ) , and that the grove had originated from the skids of the canoe Tainui , used in hauling the vessel ashore on her arrival here twenty ...
Page 19
... River ) is a good deal of land cultivated by a number of industrious men who are , through the winter , engaged in the whale fishery . In the summer they are occupied in their gardens . They produce abundance of fine potatoes , and as ...
... River ) is a good deal of land cultivated by a number of industrious men who are , through the winter , engaged in the whale fishery . In the summer they are occupied in their gardens . They produce abundance of fine potatoes , and as ...
Page 42
... River , and took up their abode on the Maungaraki Ranges , where they rapidly increased . Mr Hardcastle reported in 1906 : The Wairarapa Forest is " probably the best stocked red deer ground on the globe . On Te Awaite run bordering on ...
... River , and took up their abode on the Maungaraki Ranges , where they rapidly increased . Mr Hardcastle reported in 1906 : The Wairarapa Forest is " probably the best stocked red deer ground on the globe . On Te Awaite run bordering on ...
Page 43
... rivers , across the Haast Pass into South Westland , and right up to the neighbour- hood of Mount Cook . Most of this ... River . They have increased rapidly since , herds of 40 and more having been seen from time to time . Some of the ...
... rivers , across the Haast Pass into South Westland , and right up to the neighbour- hood of Mount Cook . Most of this ... River . They have increased rapidly since , herds of 40 and more having been seen from time to time . Some of the ...
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... River at the head of Paterson Inlet in April , 1901. In the following year twelve more from the Werribee Park herd were liberated in the same locality . From a report made for the Southland Acclimatisation Society by Mr Moorhouse , who ...
... River at the head of Paterson Inlet in April , 1901. In the following year twelve more from the Werribee Park herd were liberated in the same locality . From a report made for the Southland Acclimatisation Society by Mr Moorhouse , who ...
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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