THE RULES AND OBJECTS 
OF THE 
OF YICTORIA. 
1. The objects of the Society shall be the introduction, objects of 
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, &c . ; — 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 
otherwise ; — -the holding of periodical meetings, and the 
publication 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. 
