Minutes of Tauranga Acclimatisation Society, 1937-1952

Date17 February 1937 to 31 March 1952Reference NumberAms 58/5DescriptionMinutes of the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society, meetings from 17 February 1937 through to 31 March 1952. Attendees, discussion and decisions, accounts paid.

Handwritten throughout with typescript annual reports pinned and pasted at variious intervals and a letter addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs about rule changes.

Minutes include:

Price fluctuations for weasels, stoats, hedgehog snouts and 'hawks' feet

Fish releases increase

Concerns at Government's hydro power policy resulting in river damming

Godwits granted protection in 1941

Proposed amalgamation with Acukland Acclimatisation Society

Closed season proclaimed in 1942 by the War Council

Petrol rationing and ammunition shortages

Opossums considered destructive for first time

Realisation of man's depredations on game stocks, being greater than natural toll of predators

Boundary lines definedCreatorTauranga Acclimatisation SocietyLevelItemFormatVariousExtent1 minute bookPhysical DescriptionMinute book size is 345mm x 220mm x 30mmLanguageEnglish

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RoomClimate controlled room - offsite

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