TROUT-FISHING AND SPORT IN MAORILAND. By G.D. Hamilton.

1904 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 216mm). Ppxx,428. Two colour plates of flies and baits, b/w photograph plates, illustrations, colour map at rear, additional leaf inserted. Green cloth, blind-ruled border and gilt titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt.

Only the second book to be written on New Zealand trout fishing. A detailed look at trout fisheries, methods and catches for the whole country. Includes chapters on deer-stalking, winged game, cattle shooting and pig hunting. The contents-page calls for a separate folding map. This is not present. The inserted leaf gives the Lake Rotorua catch return for the 1903-1904 season - 6952 trout weighing over 13 tons, an average weight of nearly four-and-a-half pounds.