Objects of 
Society. 
Membership. 
THE RULES AND OBJECTS 
OF THE 
%ooIogiml & lUflimafisatmir Stfntfn 
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OF VICTORIA. 
. The objects of the Society shall be the introduction, 
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, .fee, 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, .fee.;— the transmission of animals, Ac, 
rorn 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 other- 
wise; the holding of periodical meetings, and the publica- 
fennwf / 6P °? “ V transa ': ti0n9 > for the I lur P ose of spreading 
e ge of acclimatisation, and inquiry into the causes of 
success or failure;— the interchange of reports, Ac., with 
undred 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 
n°ersn mnS h reWardS ’ h ° n ° rary 0r in ‘™Bically valuable, upon 
szzzr render vaiuabie ^ * *• — * 
whth 1 ®" bscrlbe [ of 0116 guinea or upwards annually, 
which shall be payable in the month of January, shall be 'a 
