NRS-99 | Correspondence [Division of Animal Industry]

These files containing medical reports, inquiries, correspondence on the condition of stock at Bathurst and Trangie Experiment Farms, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and Taronga Park Zoo. The Taronga Park Zoo file also contains newscuttings, quarantine regulations and importer's bonds relating to the zoo. Also included is a special bundle on fur farming in New South Wales, March 1928-November 1929. The bundle consists of various reports and correspondence about the viability of establishing a fur farming industry in New South Wales, with particular reference to the desirability of the importation of fur-bearing rabbits. It also contains the report of a Fur Farming Committee set up in 1928, and papers and newscuttings relating to the question of farming and/or protecting native fauna. (8/1956-59, 8/2018-19). 6 boxes. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本批文件涵盖巴瑟斯特与特兰吉实验农场（Bathurst and Trangie Experiment Farms）、霍克斯伯里农业学院（Hawkesbury Agricultural College）以及塔龙加动物园（Taronga Park Zoo）的动物医疗报告、相关问询及上述机构动物存栏状况的往来函件。塔龙加动物园的档案材料中还包含与该动物园相关的剪报、检疫法规以及进口商担保文件。此外，档案还收录了1928年3月至1929年11月期间关于新南威尔士州（New South Wales）毛皮养殖的专题卷宗。该卷宗包含多份关于在新南威尔士州发展毛皮养殖产业可行性的报告与往来函件，其中重点探讨了进口毛皮兔的必要性。卷宗内还包含1928年成立的毛皮养殖委员会（Fur Farming Committee）的报告，以及与养殖和/或保护本土动物群相关的文件与剪报。档号：8/1956-59、8/2018-19，共计6盒。注：本描述摘自《新南威尔士州州立档案馆简明指南》2000年第3版。