THE ANGORA GOAT. 175 
arrived early in the year 1866, after a tedious voyage 
of 127 days, with a loss of only two on the voyage. 
Mr. McCullough sold his moiety of the flock, to the 
Acclimatisation Society, the number landed being 93 in 
all, costing the Society an average of about £16 per 
head. 
It will thus be seen that the introduction of the 
Angora goat into Victoria is mainly due to the 
exertions of the Acclimatisation Society 
The flock originally imported has now increased in 
numbers very considerably. At various times, sales of 
pure-bred males and females were made, with the object 
of introducing them into different parts of the country, 
and there are now several small flocks of these valuable 
animals doing well and giving great promise of 
success. 
In selecting animals for sale the improvement of the 
original flock has always been kept in view, and 
the result of careful selection, not only of the best 
of the bucks for use in the flock, but of the best of the 
does as a stud flock, has been to greatly improve the 
high quality which the flock had already possessed. 
In 1870 it became evident that the limited pastures 
at the Eoyal Park were insufficient for the rapidly 
increasing numbers of the flock of Angoras, and it was 
decided by the Council to send them to the Wimmera. 
A large number were sold and some were exported to 
the neighbouring colonies, where several large flocks are 
now established. The price at which they were 
disposed of, £o 5s. each, though much less than their 
actual value, was fixed at that amount with a view to 
their being distributed over the country, and to place 
them within the reach of settlers of limited means. 
