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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Societies

page 563

Societies.

The West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association was established in the year 1903. Shows are held annually on the 30th of November, and the 1st of December, in Victoria Park, Greymouth. At the shows of 1903 and 1904, the Association was very successful, and £300 were given away in prizes. The Association is doing a great deal to foster the agricultural and dairying interests of the West Coast. Officers for the year 1905; Mr. J. Petrie, president; Mr. W. E. Reynolds, treasurer; Mr. J. B. Merrett, secretary; a number of vice-presidents, and a committee of fifteen.

The Greymouth Acclimatisation Society . The hatching ponds were formerly situated at Omotuomotu, but have latterly been-transferred to Ikamatua. The Society liberates into the various streams and rivers of the district between 50,000 and 100,000 trout annually, and it has also introduced fallow deer and black opossums. Officers for the year 1905: Mr. T. W. Wilson, president; and Miss E. Smith, secretary.