liv PROCEEDINGS, OCTOBEE. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. XLVII.,, 

 No. 8. From the Society. 



New Zealand Medical Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1., September 1887. From 

 the Society. 



Reports of the Mining Registrar of Victoria for the quarter ended 

 June 30, 1887. From the Society. 



Summary and Review of International Meteorological Observations, 

 April and May, 1886. From the War department, Washington. 



Transactions and Proceedings of the Nev7 Zealand Institute, 1886, Vol.. 

 XIX. From the Society. 



Victorian Field Naturalist, Vol. IV., No. 5. 



ANOTHER EXPERIMENT FOR THE ACCLIMATISATION OF SALMON, PROVIDED- 

 FOR BY THE HON. J. W. AGNEW. 



The President said : — " I regret that I am unable this evening to 

 remain to bear the interesting paper on the diamond diggings which will 

 be read to you, as 1 leave by the express to-morrow morning for the 

 Longford show, and have some business to attend to to-night. But I 

 have come specially down to make an announcement which I am sure 

 will be heartily welcomed by all the members of this society, and by 

 the Tasmanian public at large, through the instrumentality of the Press, 

 of whom I see some members here to-night, and who generally make our 

 proceedings known. Rather more than a week ago Mr. Morton, our 

 secretary, received a letter from Dr. Agnew, from Melbourne, in which 

 he announced that he placed £500 at the disposal of the Royal Society, 

 if they would undertake the trust, to give one more trial under the 

 most favourable conditions to the introduction of a fresh supply of salmon 

 ova for Tasmania— (hear, hear) — d,nd he expressed his wish that Sir 

 Thomas Brady, who has already done so much in the selection of ova 

 should be invited to select this batch in that stage of development, which 

 experience has shown to be the most suitable for handling it, to 

 superintend its shipment, to accompany it to Tasmania, and to see 

 to its deposit in the Salmon Ponds here. I need hardly say that the 

 council who met at once to consider this munificent offer, heartily 

 accepted the trust, and passed a vote of warm thanks to Dr. Agnew. 

 We then appointed a committee of Fellows consisting of Mr. Seal, 

 Mr. Webster, Mr. Belstead, Mr. Johnston, and Mr, Morton, with the 

 view first of consulting the Government and obtaining their co-operation, 

 and then of making the necessary arrangements. I am happy to say 

 that the Government, as we expected, deeply impressed by Dr. Agnew's 

 magnificent gift, gave their hearty concurrence, and are most ready to 

 co-operate in every way, both as regards placing all their appliances at 

 our disposal, and giving us the invaluable assistance of Mr. Saville-Kent, 

 so far as it is now available, and of Mr. Seager. By last mail I wrote 

 to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Lord-Lieutenant of 

 Ireland asking that Sir Thomas Brady, who is an officer of the Irish 

 Government, might be granted the necessary leave of absence to enable 

 him to undertake the task, and expressing my strong opinion that not 

 only much benefit might be anticipated to arise to the colony from Sir 

 Thomas' proposed vis,it, but also that I felt sure the granting of his 

 services for the purpose by the Imperial Government would be regarded 

 by the colony as a gracious act on their part. I also wrote to Sir Thomas 

 Brady, who is a personal friend of mine, inviting him to Government 

 House during his stay in Tasmania. The committee are now at work, 

 and I would suggest that any Fellows of this Society who have news on 

 the subject should communicate with them. 



We cannot, of course, say that this experiment will succeed, but we 

 mean to do our best that it shall, and with the accumulated experience 



