CONTENTS 
PAGli 
List of Officers 5 
Report of the Council 9 
Rules and Objects 21 
List of Animals, Reptiles and Birds in the Zoological 
G-ardens, Royal Park 27 
List of Donors to the Zoological and Acclimatisation 
Society, 1877-8 . . . 29 
Stock Acquired during the Year 1877-8, by Purchase, 
Exchange, or otherwise 31 
Stock Sold, Presented, or Exchanged by the Society 
DURING THE YeAR 1877-8 31 
Report on the Californian Salmon, with an account of 
ITS Introduction into Victoria. By Sir Samuel 
Wilson 35 
Report on the Society’s Ostriches, now running on 
Messrs. Officer Bros.’ Station, Murray Downs. By 
S. H. Officer, Esq 165 
The Chinese Yam 177 
Guide to the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society’s 
Gardens. By the Hon. Sec. to the Society . . 183 
Supplement to the Select Plants, &c., readily eligible 
for Victorian Culture. By Baron Perd. Von 
Mueller, C.M.G 185 7 V 
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