NOTES AND QUERIES. 67 
and the prices fell to about three shillings and two shillings each, which is 
cheap for France. Most of the Deer and Wild Boar came from Germany, 
and averaged tenpence a-pound. The Wild Duck, Woodcock, and Snipe 
came chiefly from Holland and England by parcel-post, and sold well, while 
the Red-legged Partridges were mostly sent from Spain, the Quails and 
Guinea-fowls from Italy, and the Pigeons, which are also classed as 
“game” from Italy likewise. 
Species. French. Foreign. Total. 
Partridges .., -- 160,000 ... 421,499 ... 581,499 
Hares... are ee POOR... OL GAP * 8 293,526 
Fieldfares and Blackbirds 13,270" 26. 110000"... 263,275 
Quails Sos ve §«='14,772 ... 160,000 ... 174,772 
Pheasants ae Se Seal se. -7 85,000) —.. 93,251 
Guinea-fowls .., Ses PPh; DOUO0. 2 56,577 
Wild Ducks ... ses 10,000... 40,000 ... 50,000 
Plover... foo HOE GLO es 46,000 ... 46,619 
Suipe aes Age Ane CHI GM ire iatese 3 it (sais 35,1381 
Woodcock nae et kOe sl cen LE Eb s. 5, 28,467 
Leal... aes aa 3,934 ... 10,000... 13,934 
Deer ... Ee Bue BORIS asa 2S LOLBDDy- 18,285 
Wild Boar ..,, wee 299 ... 1PAO Ole. 1,699 
Miscellaneous ee 316,746 ... 85,000 ... 351,746 
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709,226 1,294,555 2,008,781 
MAMMALIA. 
The Acclimatisation of Red Deer in New Zealand,—A communication 
under this heading appeared in our last number (p. 24). We have since 
received the Fourth Annual Report for the year ending 31st August, 1888, 
of the Wellington (N. 4.) Acclimatisation Society. In this we find it 
stated that Red Deer are increasing fast on the east coast of South Waira- 
rapa County, and have shown a tendency to spread over new country, 
namely, the high hills which lie between the Maungaraki Range and the 
coast; also in the Lower Wairarapa on the ranges lying to the east of the 
Lake. During the year (1887-88) two hinds and a stag, captured by Mr. 
Harvey, were purchased at a cost of £20, and liberated on Mr. Holmes’s 
property at the foot of Tararua Range. Unfortunately the stag subsequently 
died, and another was, with some difficulty, secured at a cost of £6, and left 
with the hinds. It is hoped that they will prove the nucleus from which 
the National Deer Park, the backbone range of the island, may be stocked, 
Few people apparently are aware of the extent of splendid country for Deer 
that lies above the forest on these ranges. Upwards of 35,000 acres of 
clear rocky country, covered with grass, form part of a large permanent 
