KEA HUNTING. 



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carnage. The Selwyn County Council has paid out, since 1887, 

 £262 9s. 6d. 



The Ashburton County Council since 1891 has paid out £24 

 16s. 6d., while the Amuri County Council received 531 

 heads in one season. Mr. Rolleston, from a small run of his 

 in Ashburton County, received 800 heads in one season ; and 

 the Lake County Council up to 1884, had paid for 2000 beaks. 



Another office received 1574 heads ; while, since 1889, the 

 McKenzie County Council has paid out £193 6s. 6d. for 3866 

 Keas. 



KEAS' HEADS : As they ade received at the 

 County Council Offices. 



The price paid per head by the different Councils depends a 

 good deal on the amount of damage done, though usually 2s. 

 6d. is the price ; to-day several men do not consider 10s. per 

 head too high a price. 



Mr. E. B. Milton, of Birch Hill Station, Canterbury, in a 

 letter to me on the payment for Keas' heads, says: — "I have 



