THE RULES AND OBJECTS 
OF THE 
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OE VICTORIA. 
1. The objects of the Society shall be the introduction, 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 meetings, and the 
publication of reports and transactions, for tbe purpose of 
spreading knowledge of acclimatisation, and inquiry into 
tbe causes of successor failure; — the interchange 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. 
