The Council of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society received a letter at their last meeting from Mr Burnett Cox. a resident in the Chatham Islands stating that there were a large number : of black shags on the Islands, and they.did a great deal of damage by eating, young wild ducks and eggs. He suggested that the Society should encourage the destruction of shags byi*sj offering a reward For each shag killed-1 The Council decided to -ask Air. Cox to furnish evidence that the-shags responsible, for the destruction cf young/
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2535, 23 June 1909, Page 5
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88Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2535, 23 June 1909, Page 5
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