A meeting of the members of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society was held on Friday last in the Crown Hotel, Temuka. Mr A. M. Clark was in the chair. The meet ing was called for the purpose of fixing a date for the opening of the fishing season. It was resolved that the season should be open from the Ist October to the 31st March; the license fee to be £1 and the regulations of last season to be adhered to. An amendment to extend the hours for fishing from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sundays excepted, was negatived. The issue of licenses to boys at a reduced fee was left to the discretion of the secretary (Mr W. G. Aspinall). It was decided to insert an advertisement in the Timaru Herald and the Temuka Leader offering a reward of £lO to any person giving evidence which _ would lead to the conviction of persons for illegal destruction of fish and game. The desirability of appointing rangers was dis cussed at considerable length, and it was finally agreed that it would be unnecessary, as all holders of licenses were virtually rangers. Several gentlemen were elected members of the Society, and the usual vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting.
