The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 27
... increase their numbers , instead of leaving them to perish . " I have no idea what animals he is referring to . The Canterbury Society received a pair of kangaroos from the Rev. R. R. Bradley in 1866 , and in 1868 a single large ...
... increase their numbers , instead of leaving them to perish . " I have no idea what animals he is referring to . The Canterbury Society received a pair of kangaroos from the Rev. R. R. Bradley in 1866 , and in 1868 a single large ...
Page 29
... increase may be gathered from the statement made by the President of the Otago Society that in 1912 no less than 60,000 skins were taken in the Catlins district alone . Mr R. S. Black of Dunedin , a well - known exporter of rabbit and ...
... increase may be gathered from the statement made by the President of the Otago Society that in 1912 no less than 60,000 skins were taken in the Catlins district alone . Mr R. S. Black of Dunedin , a well - known exporter of rabbit and ...
Page 44
... increase more rapidly in New Zealand than in the northern hemisphere . Whether there is a larger percentage of calves born , I cannot say , probably there is , considering the conditions here . But the large increase is mainly due to ...
... increase more rapidly in New Zealand than in the northern hemisphere . Whether there is a larger percentage of calves born , I cannot say , probably there is , considering the conditions here . But the large increase is mainly due to ...
Page 45
George Malcolm Thomson. increase is mainly due to the hinds calving a year earlier . In Europe hinds do not calve until they are three years old ; here they calve at two years . I am speaking of Otago , and the conditions there are not ...
George Malcolm Thomson. increase is mainly due to the hinds calving a year earlier . In Europe hinds do not calve until they are three years old ; here they calve at two years . I am speaking of Otago , and the conditions there are not ...
Page 48
... increase and disposal of the original importation . In 1867 the Otago Society introduced two deer , in 1869 twelve , and in 1871 one . All these were liberated on the Blue Mountains , Tapanui , where they have increased to a vast extent ...
... increase and disposal of the original importation . In 1867 the Otago Society introduced two deer , in 1869 twelve , and in 1871 one . All these were liberated on the Blue Mountains , Tapanui , where they have increased to a vast extent ...
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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