ti sat ion Society, on tlie subject of tlie continued interchange 
oi the valuable vegetable productions of the British Colonies 
and Possessions.” 
I have the honor to be, 
Sir, 
Tour most obedient humble servant, 
Kimberley. 
Voici la lettre du Vice-President de laSociete 
d’Acclimatation de Queensland. 
THE QUEENSLAND ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY 
TO 
HIS EXC. THE MOST HONORABLE THE MARQUIS OF NOR- 
MANBY, &C., &C., &C., GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND. 
Offices of the Society, Brisbane, loth November, 1871. 
My Lord, 
“ I have had the honor to bring under the notice of tlie 
Council of this Society, at a Special Meeting convened for the 
purpose, the Circular Despatch of date the 2nd September 
last, from Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
which your Lordship was pleased to cause to be conveyed to 
me for the information of the Council. 
“ As the result of the deliberations of that body, it is now 
mj* grateful task to convey to your Excellency the ready assent 
of this Institution to become the medium of exchange of the 
vegetable products of Queensland for those of British Hon- 
duras, or any other of Her Majesty’s possessions in the West 
Indies or elsewhere. 
“It has already become the privilege of this Society, through 
tha assistance primarily of the late Earl Clarendon, and after- 
wards of his successor in office, to have established such rela- 
tions with many foreign countries where there is a British 
