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" I would especially refer to the liberality of 

 Mr. C. Umphelby, on behalf of the directors 

 of the Ice Company, who supplied, free of 

 charge, all the ice required for more than 

 15 different trips. On this, as on many pre- 

 vious occasions, the Yictoria Ice Company 

 has rendered good service to the cause of 

 acclimatization, for which they deserve the 

 thanks of the community. 



" The Minister of Railways most freely gave 

 every assistance in his power, and the ice, the 

 fish-cans, and an attendant were allowed to 

 travel free in all cases, and three special 

 trains were provided for the Gippsland road. 



" But for the great interest taken in the 

 experiment by all engaged in it, the same 

 amount of success could not have been 

 attained. And now it only remains for 

 Nature to do her part, to have, in a few years, 

 should fortune favour the experiment (as it 

 has hitherto done in a most remarkable 

 manner), results which will provide a new 

 sport to make the colony more attractive, 

 and a new source of profit, in the rivers and 

 seas of that portion of the island continent of 

 Australia. 



