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mittee consisting of gentlemen interested in the particular pursuits 

 to which the sub-committee respectively related. That as to the 

 progress of the acclimatisation of fish, to which he had paid more 

 particular attention, the sub-committee had come to the conclusion, 

 that rather than at present incur the expense of preparing and keep- 

 ing up breeding and rearing ponds, it would be better to subscribe 

 a certain sum per annum towards the cost of the ponds in Tasmania, 

 and obtain from thence a supply of ova in return, which could be 

 hatched at the Eoyal Park, and the young fish distributed, when 

 ready for removal, as indicated in the Report. By this means the 

 produce of the parent fish might be drafted into the streams each year, 

 instead of risking the increase to comparatively few fish turned loose 

 into a large stream, exposed to all their enemies. Several gentlemen 

 had already, at their own expense, prepared breeding ponds for the 

 reception of fish, some for trout, and others for perch. The sub- 

 committee had just completed a pond at the Eoyal Park, and he 

 had had the pleasure and satisfaction of placing a number of young 

 perch in it that day, which he had just received from Tasmania, 

 from his brother Mr. Morton Allport ; a similar number had also 

 been placed in a pond, prepared by the Hon. A. Michie. 



Mr. Coppin remarked, that when in Tasmania, within the last week, 

 a gentleman had killed twenty-five genuine trout there at one day's 

 fishing, which was considered a good basket. 



The Chairman called attention to some specimens on the table, 

 one was a trout (preserved in spirits), the first caught in Riddell's 

 Creek, Mount Macedon, one of the numerous fry placed in the 

 creek upwards of eighteen months ago. There were also some ex- 

 cellent samples of silk, sent by Mrs. Pike, of Toorak, and Mrs. 

 Henley, and Mrs. Talbot, of Richmond. Sericulture he expected 

 to become at no distant date a very important industry, 



A discussion of a conversational character ensued relative to the 

 scope and objects of the Society. The chairman stated that the 

 Society, acting on the suggestion of the Government, had some time 

 ago sent over goats, rabbits, pigs, and poultry, to the Auckland 

 Isles, for the sustenance of such persons as were unfortunate 

 enough to be shipwrecked there. Wrecks had occurred on the 

 island since, and the live stock had proved of great benefit. 



