THE RULES AND OBJECTS 
OF THE 
OF VICTORIA. 
Objects of J The objects of the Society shall be the introduction, 
S ° Ciety ' acclimatisation, liberation, and domestication of innoxious 
animals and vegetables, whether useful or ornamental;— 
the perfection, propagation, and hybridisation of races- 
newly introduced, or already domesticated ;— the spread of 
indigenous animals, &c, from parts of the colonies where 
they are already known, to other localities where they are 
not known ;— the procuring, whether by purchase, gift, or 
exchange, of animals, &e. ;— the transmission of animals, &c, 
from the colony to England and foreign parts, in exchange 
for others sent thence to the Society the collection and 
maintenance of zoological specimens, for exhibition or other- 
w i se ; _the holding of periodical meetings, and the publica- 
tion of reports and transactions, for the purpose of spreading 
knowledge of acclimatisation, and inquiry into the causes of 
success or failure the interchange of reports, &c, with 
kindred associations in other parts of the world, with the view,, 
by correspondence and mutual good offices, of giving the 
widest possible scope to the project of acclimatisation ;— the 
conferring rewards, honorary or intrinsically valuable, upon 
persons who may render valuable services to the cause of 
acclimatisation. 
Membership; 2. A Subscriber of one guinea or upwards annually,, 
which shall be payable in the month of January, shall be a 
