PROCEEDINGS 



AT THE 



THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, 



Held November Utli, 1864. 



The Third Annual Meeting of the Acclimatisation Society of 

 Victoria was held at their offices in Swanston-street, on Friday 

 afternoon, November 11th. The attendance comprised most of those 

 gentlemen who have distinguished themselves in connection with 

 the subject of acclimatisation in Victoria. The chair was taken by 

 His Excellency the Governor. 



His Excellency said that in opening the proceedings of the 

 third annual meeting of the society he had no intention of detain- 

 ing them long from the practical business of the day. Were he to 

 attempt a retrospective view of the proceedings of the society during 

 the past year, he would be only relating facts with which the members 

 were much better acquainted than he was ; and as for the public, 

 he should be only giving them an imperfect account of that 

 which would be given with much more accuracy in detail by the 

 report of the Council which would be published. Having had 

 the opportunity of perusing the intended report, he was happy 

 to find that he could congratulate the Society on the great 

 improvement that might be said to have taken place in their 

 position and prospects in every respect. He was glad to see, 

 that their finances were satisfactory — that their list of sub- 

 scribers was greatly enlarged, and that their correspondence 

 with the various parts of the world in which they were interested 

 was much amplified. The Society had also good reason to con- 

 gratulate itself on the number of objects and proper subjects of 

 acclimatisation introduced by them during the year, and also on 

 the fact that its prospects altogether were of a highly encouraging 

 character. All this must be most gratifying to the friends of accli- 

 matisation, and the friends of the Society, as it was to himself. He 

 had been an observer of the carefulness and assiduity with which 



