REPORT. 
II 
abundant in the portions of the colony suited to 
their habits. A large number of pheasants’ eggs have 
likewise been distributed to subscribers during the 
past year. The Council would here desire to record 
its warm thanks to its first President, Mr. Edward 
Wilson, who has from the first taken an interest in 
the game breeding farm, and contributed largely 
towards its expenses. Mr. Wilson has for years 
past been anxious to see our forests stocked with 
game, and it is hoped that his wish will now be 
realised. Mr. Wilson’s munificent donation does not 
appear in the Society’s books, as the money was given 
privately to the Hon. Secretary to expend. 
The Society’s ostriches have lately been removed 
to Mr. Officer's station, Murray Downs, Swan Hill, 
where it is thought they will thrive better than on 
the Wimmera, it being Mr. Officer’s intention to hatch 
the eggs in an incubator, which he is procuring from 
the Cape of Good Hope, similar to that used on the 
ostrich farms there. The Angora goats still continue in 
Mr. Samuel Wilson’s charge ; that gentleman has 
lately removed them from the Wimmera to his 
estate of Ercildoun, near Ballarat. The flock has 
increased since the last annual meeting, from 108 to 
173 head. Several male goats were sold during last 
year, and the Society has now 50 pure males for sale. 
The stock liberated in 1873 consists of deer ; hares 
sent to different parts of Victoria and other colonies ; 
pheasants, Californian quail, French partridges, and 
100 English skylarks obtained from Nelson, N.Z., &c. 
A large number of carp and some perch and trout 
have also been distributed. 
The Society’s silver medal has been awarded to 
