THE RULES AND OBJECTS 
OF THE 
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OF VICTORIA. 
1. The objects of the Society shall be the inti’oduction, 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 meet- 
ings, 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 inter- 
change 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. 
