The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 11
... Taranaki districts occupied by the Mouriuri , Moriori or Maruiwi folk in considerable numbers , descendants of crews of three drift canoes , which had apparently come from the north - west . Whether these people had brought any animals ...
... Taranaki districts occupied by the Mouriuri , Moriori or Maruiwi folk in considerable numbers , descendants of crews of three drift canoes , which had apparently come from the north - west . Whether these people had brought any animals ...
Page 20
... Taranaki settlement , and by the end of 1841 , the popula- tion of New Plymouth numbered some 500 persons . In 1841 Nelson was founded , and in January and October of 1842 , four vessels with some 850 passengers arrived in Nelson ...
... Taranaki settlement , and by the end of 1841 , the popula- tion of New Plymouth numbered some 500 persons . In 1841 Nelson was founded , and in January and October of 1842 , four vessels with some 850 passengers arrived in Nelson ...
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... Taranaki in 1896. For the last 30 or 40 years grey opossums have been very abundant on Kawau . In 1893 , Captain Bollons , in N.Z.G.S. ' Hinemoa , ' liberated 72 opossums in the West Coast Sounds . They are now abundant from far north ...
... Taranaki in 1896. For the last 30 or 40 years grey opossums have been very abundant on Kawau . In 1893 , Captain Bollons , in N.Z.G.S. ' Hinemoa , ' liberated 72 opossums in the West Coast Sounds . They are now abundant from far north ...
Page 67
... Taranaki , " he says : " The remains of a dog were found in a hollow tree which was imbedded in a cliff ( at a depth of 19 ft . ) near the Urenui River . " Captain Rowan , the discoverer , and Dr Hector both seem to think that the dog ...
... Taranaki , " he says : " The remains of a dog were found in a hollow tree which was imbedded in a cliff ( at a depth of 19 ft . ) near the Urenui River . " Captain Rowan , the discoverer , and Dr Hector both seem to think that the dog ...
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... established themselves . 1 In Taranaki , in March 1917 , a litter of nine sucking - pigs was found destroyed one night , apparently either by stoats or weasels . Mr Richard Norman , Albertown , writes in the Otago CARNIVORA 73.
... established themselves . 1 In Taranaki , in March 1917 , a litter of nine sucking - pigs was found destroyed one night , apparently either by stoats or weasels . Mr Richard Norman , Albertown , writes in the Otago CARNIVORA 73.
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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