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your country, would you recommend for acclimatisation in otlier 

 countries of the globe 1 



You are respectfully informed that a copy of tliis circular lias been 

 sent, so far as tliat has been possible, to every coimtry throughout 

 the world ; and the Eoyal Society of Victoria trusts, that as the ob- 

 ject aimed at is not of a selfish character, but intended to benefit all 

 countries alike, fuU replies may be given to the subjects embodied 

 in the foregoing questions, whereby a mass of information will be 

 collected for universal diffusion.'"' 



REPOET OF PRIZE ESSAY JUDGES. 



During last year (1859) the following notification was made 

 public : — 



"royal society of victoria. — GOVERNMENT PRIZE ESSAYS, 1860> 



" The Council of the Royal Society of Victoria has to announce 

 that the Government has placed at the disposal of tlie Council the 

 sum of six hundred pounds sterling, voted by the Legislative Assem- 

 bly as Premiums for Essays. The Council has decided, with the 

 sanction of the Government, that the premium to be awarded for the 

 best essay on each subject shall be one hundred and twenty-five 

 pounds sterling, with a medal. The following subjects have been 

 selected, viz. : — 



"1. On the Collection and Storage of Water in Victoria for Gold- 

 Washing, Irrigation, Motive-Power, and General Water Supply; 

 with reference also to the practicability of Artesian Wells in 

 certain localities. 



" 2. On the Origin and Distribution of Gold in Quartz- Veins, and 

 its Association with other minerals, and on the most approved 

 Methods for Extracting Gold from its matrices. 



* Since the drawing up of this Report the Acclimatisation Society of Vic- 

 toria has been formed, and is now cariying ont, imdcr the auspices of tlie 

 Government and the liberality of the Legislature, the objects here con- 

 templated. 



