The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... pest ; another destroyed them wherever found because they threatened the total destruction of the native bird life . There has been no settled policy . This has largely been due to the total failure of the com- munity to grasp the ...
... pest ; another destroyed them wherever found because they threatened the total destruction of the native bird life . There has been no settled policy . This has largely been due to the total failure of the com- munity to grasp the ...
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... pests . Then public measures had to be taken to check the newcomers , and in some cases their natural enemies had to be introduced . This has led to further complication and unexpected results . These natural enemies , like the things ...
... pests . Then public measures had to be taken to check the newcomers , and in some cases their natural enemies had to be introduced . This has led to further complication and unexpected results . These natural enemies , like the things ...
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... few years become of some commercial value . No native fence will keep a goat in . The Angora goat is now being bred in fairly large numbers especially in the Auckland province in order to keep the blackberry pest in check . They UNGULATA ...
... few years become of some commercial value . No native fence will keep a goat in . The Angora goat is now being bred in fairly large numbers especially in the Auckland province in order to keep the blackberry pest in check . They UNGULATA ...
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George Malcolm Thomson. order to keep the blackberry pest in check . They are usually tethered close to the bushes ... pests into the Colony . Amidst consider- able merriment the honourable member said he was reliably informed that ...
George Malcolm Thomson. order to keep the blackberry pest in check . They are usually tethered close to the bushes ... pests into the Colony . Amidst consider- able merriment the honourable member said he was reliably informed that ...
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... pest , animals of many colours are now found wild1 . Mr Robert Scott , M.P. for Otago Central , who had exceptional opportunities for observing the facts , has recently given me most interesting information regarding this question . He ...
... pest , animals of many colours are now found wild1 . Mr Robert Scott , M.P. for Otago Central , who had exceptional opportunities for observing the facts , has recently given me most interesting information regarding this question . He ...
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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