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their Eeport, presented to both Houses, the Com- 

 mittee recommended that all the arrangements, 

 necessary to be made in England in furtherance of 

 this highly important undertaking should be en- 

 trusted to the Committee of the Australian Asso- 

 ciation in London ; and, before the appointment 

 of the Commission had been issued by Your 

 Excellency, that body, acting under the authority 

 and instructions received from the Executive 

 Government of the Colony, had already made 

 progress in the task they had undertaken, and 

 had completed all their arrangements before any 

 communication reached, or could have reached, 

 them from the Commissioners. 



Aware that among the Members of the Austra- 

 lian Association there were many gentlemen of 

 great intelligence, intimately connected with this 

 and the neighbouring Colonies, to all of which the 

 enterprise was of deep interest, who would will- 

 ingly give their best services to promote its 

 success, the Commissioners cannot but regard as 

 judicious this recommendation of the Committee. 



Among others to whom the Committee had 

 looked for valuable assistance was Mr. Edward 

 Wilson, of Melbourne, who had already distin- 

 guished himself so greatly by his zeal in the work 

 of acclimatisation. The services of this gentleman 

 were, however, lost to the enterprise, by his early 



