The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 58
... land . They are not therefore considered to be of any commercial value . Writing of those in the Lake Wakatipu district , Mr L. Hotop of Queenstown says ( April , 1916 ) : There is an immense number spread all over the Lakes district ...
... land . They are not therefore considered to be of any commercial value . Writing of those in the Lake Wakatipu district , Mr L. Hotop of Queenstown says ( April , 1916 ) : There is an immense number spread all over the Lakes district ...
Page 72
... land infested with rabbits should either turn out ferrets in proportion to his acreage , or contri- bute to a fund for the breeding and purchase of ferrets , stoats and weasels to be turned out in the district . That the land - owners ...
... land infested with rabbits should either turn out ferrets in proportion to his acreage , or contri- bute to a fund for the breeding and purchase of ferrets , stoats and weasels to be turned out in the district . That the land - owners ...
Page 73
... land- holders throughout New Zealand . My son , G. Stuart Thomson , has given me this note on the destructive action of the stoat . He says : At Lee Stream , in the Taieri district I saw a rabbit paralysed with fright and uttering ...
... land- holders throughout New Zealand . My son , G. Stuart Thomson , has given me this note on the destructive action of the stoat . He says : At Lee Stream , in the Taieri district I saw a rabbit paralysed with fright and uttering ...
Page 76
... land mammals found in these islands when Captain Cook first visited New Zealand , the others being a dog , and two species of bats . Sir Joseph Banks says in his Journal ( p . 224 ) : On every occasion when we landed in this country ...
... land mammals found in these islands when Captain Cook first visited New Zealand , the others being a dog , and two species of bats . Sir Joseph Banks says in his Journal ( p . 224 ) : On every occasion when we landed in this country ...
Page 79
... land and secured their crops . But in less than a year they decided to abandon all further efforts . Numberless rats attacked the garnered stores , and the bar at the mouth of the river or estuary proved a sad obstacle to shipping ...
... land and secured their crops . But in less than a year they decided to abandon all further efforts . Numberless rats attacked the garnered stores , and the bar at the mouth of the river or estuary proved a sad obstacle to shipping ...
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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