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close proximity to which the hatching box was 

 placed by the Acclimatisation Society, and where 

 could be obtained at all times an unlimited supply 

 of Ice, so essential to the well-being of the Ova, 

 that body possessed an element of success not 

 enjoyed by the Commissioners in this Colony, 

 whose sole- dependence rested on the surplus from 

 the Ice-house of the Norfolk. The Commissioners, 

 therefore, cannot but regard the retention of a 

 small portion of the Ova in Melbourne as a prudent 

 course, and as affording an additional guarantee 

 against the failure of this great undertaking. 



All necessary arrangements having been com- 

 j)leted on board the Victoria, that vessel took her 

 departure for Hobart Town on the morning of the 

 18th of AprU, and dropped her anchor in the 

 Derwent at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th 

 of that month. 



She was immediately visited by the Commis- 

 sioners present in Hobart Town ; and the work of 

 removing the Ova and Ice, now reduced to about 

 ten tons, into a barge provided for their reception, 

 was forthwith begun. 



The zeal evinced by Captain Norman, his officers, 

 and men, soon brought that work to a conclusion ; 

 and all was completed in less than six hours. 



At 9 P.M. the barge was taken in tow by the 

 little steamer Emu, which had been waiting all day 



