The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 19
... Land Company , visited the south - east of Otago , and writes of one settlement there as follows : At Tautuku Bay ( 30 miles from Molyneux River ) is a good deal of land cultivated by a number of industrious men who are , through the ...
... Land Company , visited the south - east of Otago , and writes of one settlement there as follows : At Tautuku Bay ( 30 miles from Molyneux River ) is a good deal of land cultivated by a number of industrious men who are , through the ...
Page 21
... land into cultivation to attend much to any but the most essential things ; but after about a score of years had passed , and there was time for leisure and reminiscence , new ideas came to them , or perhaps it is more correct to say ...
... land into cultivation to attend much to any but the most essential things ; but after about a score of years had passed , and there was time for leisure and reminiscence , new ideas came to them , or perhaps it is more correct to say ...
Page 40
... land . Zebra ( Equus zebra ) Sir Geo . Grey , among his numerous other introductions , imported a pair of zebras into Kawau about 1870 , apparently in the hope that they would breed . But one got killed , and the other had to be shot ...
... land . Zebra ( Equus zebra ) Sir Geo . Grey , among his numerous other introductions , imported a pair of zebras into Kawau about 1870 , apparently in the hope that they would breed . But one got killed , and the other had to be shot ...
Page 42
... high and wild enough ; on one side they were encroaching all the time on well - stocked sheep country , and on the other on old - settled farm land , besides which there were many old diggers still about the neighbourhood . 42 MAMMALIA.
... high and wild enough ; on one side they were encroaching all the time on well - stocked sheep country , and on the other on old - settled farm land , besides which there were many old diggers still about the neighbourhood . 42 MAMMALIA.
Page 52
... land . In regard to the Southern Islands , cattle were landed on the Auckland Islands in 1850 by Captain Enderby , but they were all killed off by sealers . In 1894 , cattle were landed from the ' Hinemoa ' on Enderby Island and Rose ...
... land . In regard to the Southern Islands , cattle were landed on the Auckland Islands in 1850 by Captain Enderby , but they were all killed off by sealers . In 1894 , cattle were landed from the ' Hinemoa ' on Enderby Island and Rose ...
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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