The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 19
... shipment , and fires . In 1842 Captain Wm Mein Smith , chief surveyor of the Wellington Land Company , visited the south - east of Otago , and writes of one settlement there as follows : At Tautuku Bay ( 30 miles from Molyneux River ) ...
... shipment , and fires . In 1842 Captain Wm Mein Smith , chief surveyor of the Wellington Land Company , visited the south - east of Otago , and writes of one settlement there as follows : At Tautuku Bay ( 30 miles from Molyneux River ) ...
Page 43
... shipment received from the estates of the Earl of Dalhousie in Forfarshire , Scotland . They are the only lot of pure Scottish red deer in the country . They multiplied at a great rate and have spread over the country between Lakes ...
... shipment received from the estates of the Earl of Dalhousie in Forfarshire , Scotland . They are the only lot of pure Scottish red deer in the country . They multiplied at a great rate and have spread over the country between Lakes ...
Page 60
... shipment a vote of £ 150 was placed on the estimates by the Government , and the passage of this vote through the House of Representatives led to a scene of historic interest , and one of the most amusing incidents in the history of the ...
... shipment a vote of £ 150 was placed on the estimates by the Government , and the passage of this vote through the House of Representatives led to a scene of historic interest , and one of the most amusing incidents in the history of the ...
Page 71
... shipments of ferrets from London , numbering altogether 1217 animals . Of these only 178 were landed , at a cost of £ 953 . Of 241 purchased in Melbourne , 198 were landed at a cost of £ 224 . Thus the total number landed was 376 , and ...
... shipments of ferrets from London , numbering altogether 1217 animals . Of these only 178 were landed , at a cost of £ 953 . Of 241 purchased in Melbourne , 198 were landed at a cost of £ 224 . Thus the total number landed was 376 , and ...
Page 72
... shipment of 55 stoats and 167 weasels was also received for Riddiford's station in West Wairarapa . The localities selected for these animals were those in which rabbits were most abundant . Mr Bailey also reported that " ferrets were ...
... shipment of 55 stoats and 167 weasels was also received for Riddiford's station in West Wairarapa . The localities selected for these animals were those in which rabbits were most abundant . Mr Bailey also reported that " ferrets were ...
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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