MEMORANDUM No. 44. 



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ADMIRALTY, 



10th October, 1863. 



(Assistance to he rendered to the Acclimatisation Society.) 



My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, having had under their 

 consideration the important question of Acclimatisation, are pleased to 

 direct that so far as is consistent with the requirements of the public 

 service, and upon the distinct understanding that no expense whatever 

 is incurred, every facility is to be given by the Commanding Officers of 

 Her Majesty's ships and vessels to any accredited agent of the Acclima- 

 tisation Society, who may apply to them through any of Her Majesty's 

 Foreign Ministers or Consuls, or through the Governor of any of Her 

 Majesty's Colonies, for the transport of specimens. 



The annexed copy of a circular addressed by permission of the 

 Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs and for the Colonies to Her 

 Majesty's Foreign Ministers and Consuls and Colonial Governors, in 

 various parts of the world, will explain the objects which the Society has 



By Command of their Lordships, 



C. PAGET. 



To all Flag Officers, Captaius, Com- 

 manders-in-Chief, and Command- 

 ing Officers of Her Majesty's Ships 

 and Vessels. 



