ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 



The Annual Meeting of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 

 was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Collins-street, on Friday, 

 March 10, 1871. 



The President of the Society, Dr. Black, took the chair, and in 

 doing so stated that His Excellency the Governor, who was the 

 Patron of the Society, would have been present but for a prior 

 engagement. 



The hon. Secretary, Mr. Le Souef, then read the following report 

 of the Council : — 



The Council of the Acclimatisation Society has much pleasure 

 in presenting to the subscribers, the Seventh Report of their 

 proceedings. 



Circumstances prevented the issue of the Report for 1869, 

 the usual subsidy having been discontinued for that year, the 

 efforts of the Society were necessarily confined to conserving the 

 animals already in their possession, rather than directed towards 

 the introduction of fresh stock. Last year the Government and 

 Parliament again recognised the useful labours of the Society, 

 the sum of £1,000 was voted towards its maintenance, and 

 £400 has been granted for the first half of the present year. It is 

 much to be regretted that the present list of subscribers is so small, 

 but it is confidently anticipated that an improvement will take 

 place in that respect in future. 



Since the last report was published, the Society has lost the 

 valuable services of Mr. George Sprigg as secretary, that gentle- 

 man having accepted another position, as in consequence of the loss 

 of a large portion of the income of the Society, the Council were 

 compelled to make the secretaryship an honorary office. On Mr. 

 Surigg's resignation, Mr. Lissignol was elected as his successor, 

 and after Mr. Lissignol's removal in May last, the services of 



