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ock, and eat their hay and turnips. There- 

 fore some of this destruction uf imported gamo takes the form of 

 -als for injury done to crops, fences, and stock. There is 

 practically little or no poaching, such as is characterized by the 

 name in tin- Mother-country, done on the property of private. in- 

 dividuals, and consequently destruction of game in New Zealand 

 ol looked upon as a heinous offence, as were breaches of the 

 iniquitous game laws of Britain in pre-war days. The game in 

 New Zealand is the property either of the State or of the acclimat- 

 i/ation .societies and public opinion on the subject of its destruc- 

 tion is lax in comparison with what it is in countries where 

 game is looked upon as something reserved for and sacred to the 

 sport ini: instincts of a small, self-constituted, and select class. 

 Still, a very fair measure of protection is ensured to the animals, 

 and they have increased in many districts where they have been 

 liberated. It has been recognized, too, that a wealthy class of 

 touriatl .-an b- induced to visit the country if, in addition to 

 :o attractions, there can be added those things which appeal to 

 the sporting instincts of humanity. This has led the Government 

 of the Dominion in recent years to devote some attention to the 

 subject of introducim: various additional kinds of bi: game to 



.dn-ady brought in by the acelimat i/at ion societies. 

 In addition to the four species already mentioned tin- following 

 kinds of deer have been introduced into this country : 



Sir (I.oi-L'e Grey liberated a pair of wapiti {frrrit.* rmnnh nnix) 



in Kawau some time in the "seventies." The doe died, and the 



buck had to be killed, as he became dangerous. In MM).") the Tourist 



Department obtained eighteen of these tine deer, which were de- 



" elk," from America. Ten of these were a present 



','ooxevelt to the Government. These animals were 



libel -lie head of Nancy Sound, on the south-west (MMUrf of 



nd. and are now inereasimj in numl 



In 1S>7) the Hi. ! imat i/ation Soeicly received three 



rru.< nihin from Mr. J. Hathirate. and they were 



liberated on the 1 r i later 



" doinir well and ^rouiiiL' into a nice little 



:." In the n-pi.n for IS'.H' it ix itftted that "littlr ,r nothintr 

 hearl about thrsr deer." and IiothitlLT has been rej.orted 

 \ I'jiarently they have all been destroyed. 



