
FOREST AND STREAM. 

AvuG. 24, 1907. | 
NEW ZEALAND GAME AND FISH. 
On the occasion of the holding of its forty- 
first annual meeting, the Otago Acclimatization 
Society of New Zealand, through its committees, 
reported as follows regarding the propagation, 
introduced game and fish: 
etc., of 
The number of fishing licenses sold was: 
Men’s, whole season, 968; half-yearly, 141; boys’, 
362; ladies’ 74; perch, 44. Red deer licenses 
issued, 25; fallow deer licenses, 78; imported 
game licenses, 12. 
The quantities of fry distributed during the 
year were: 1,247,000 brown trout, 185,000 loch 
leven, 53,000 Scotch burn, 52,000 rainbow, 13,000 
American brook. Yearlings: 9,000 loch leven, 
6.100 brown trout, 8,700 rainbow, 850 salmon, 
making a grand total of 1,575,250 fish distributed 
altogether. This is the largest number of fish that 
has been turned out in one season by the society. 
The greater proportion of the ova collected was 
got from the Water of Leith, showing the wis- 
dom of the council in urging the Government. to 
have the upper harbor closed from netting. The 
Blagdon Lake young trout obtained from the 
shipments of ova received in April, 1906,. from 
the Earl of Denbigh’s fish | hatchery, North 
Wales, are doing .well inthe rearing ponds. at 
Opoho and Clinton, where there are 5,000 of 
them. The. past fishing season has been the 
worst on record owing to the great drouth ex- 
perienced all over the society’s district, and the 
loss of young trout has heen very great, as nearly 
every tributary running into the main stream was 
dried up altogether. The restocking of these 
small streams will require the utmost attention 
of the council next spring. Fortunately, the 
water in the streams that supply the two hatch- 
eries was sufficient for our requirements; none 
of the stock fish were lost. The weirs erected 
across the Water of Leith proved a great suc- 
cess, affording shelter to a great many trout that 
would otherwise have perished owing to the low 
state of the water in the creek, besides afford- 
ing fishable waters to the anglers for the greater 
part of the season. Up to the middle of Novem- 
ber all our streams yielded good baskets of trout, 
but after that the majority of them were too low 
for successful angling, and continued so until 
the end of the season. In the larger streams 
fair baskets were got to the end of the season; 
the Pomahaka especially afforded good sport all 
through the trying time. 
The red deer herd in Hawea Lake district is 
spreading further afield, but it is reported that 
the number of malformed heads is increasing 
in the Dingle and Timaru Creek neighborhoods, 
where the deer are most numerous. This matter 
will require to have the serious consideration of 
the incoming council. The fallow deer in the 
Tapanui district are numerous all over the Blue 
Mountains. The bucks are keeping more and 
more to the heavily timbered country on the 
east side of the mountain, necessitating more 
exertion and cunning in getting within shot of 
them. 
Gray and paradise ducks are fairly numerous 
in the society’s district. This is the close season 
for pigeons, pukakis and kakas. These birds, 
although fairly numerous in some parts of our 
district, require the protection of a close sea- 
son every third year. Paradise ducks are not 
allowed to be shot this season. The Canadian 
geese at the Clinton hatchery have not produced 
any eggs as yet. Californian quail are numerous 
in the Roxburgh and Cromwell districts. 

LOST—A. BOA CONSTRICTOR: 
WuHite at work in the lumber yard Otel Ls 
Williams Sons, Bay street, ‘Tompkinsville, 5. Te 
several workingmen were frightened by ‘seeing 
a large boa constrictor slide between the logs. 
They were unloading a cargo of vermilion wood 
which arrived recently from the East Indies. A 
searching party was organized, but. they were 
unable to locate the boa. It appeared to be 
about nine feet long and six inches thick. 
The fact that a boa constrictor is at ‘large 
among the lumber ‘piles is causing an uncomfort- 
able feeling among the employes of the yard.— 
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