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REPORT. 
A few weeks ago two beautiful Great Crowned 
PigeoDS were received from Mr. McLachlan, and have 
been added to the collection. These handsome birds 
were procured from New Guinea, expressly for the 
Society. 
A Camel also has been added to the collection. 
A sort of melancholy interest attaches to this animal, 
as it was left on the north side of the Murray when 
about six months old by Burke on his disastrous ex- 
pedition. Its presence having been reported to the 
Council, it was decided, if possible, to secure it for 
the gardens. It being very wild at the time, this was 
done at considerable risk and expense, but since its 
captivity it has become comparatively docile. 
Since the last annual meeting a pair of Roe Deer 
arrived in the ship Shannon (Captain Stacpoole), but 
unfortunately died before they could be landed. Letters 
have, however, been received from England stating that 
another shipment on account of the Society would be 
made in the month of January, so that the arrival 
of these deer may shortly be looked for. Other 
additions of interest are also expected ere long. The 
Council feels assured that if the present liberal subsidy 
is continued by the Government and Parliament, it 
will be enabled by judicious expenditure of the funds 
entrusted to it, not merely to render the gardens 
increasingly instructive, but further to render them 
one of the most attractive sights in the Colony. 
The work of acclimatisation has also steadily pro- 
gressed ; a large number of Pheasants have been reared, 
considerably larger than in any previous year, the 
greater part of the birds have been liberated at Gem- 
brook (the Society's game breeding establishment), and 
