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and Mr. Ramsbottom, it was decided to allow all to go to Tasmania 
for the purpose of establishing a nursery there, from which the 
various streams of this colony can be readily stocked. 
The Hon. William Highett, in moving “ That the Hon. S. H. 
Bindon, the Rev. Dr. Bleasdale, and Mr. R. Brough Smyth, be 
elected Members of the Council of this Society,” said that he 
trusted the new members of the Council now to be appointed would 
persevere, and devote their time and attention to the business of 
the Society in the same energetic manner that the late members 
had done, particularly the president, Dr. Black, whose efforts 
to further the cause of acclimatisation and the progress of the 
Society, had been unceasing. He looked upon the Society as having 
been most successful in carrying out the objects for which it was 
established, and considered it deserving of every encouragement, 
both from the Government and the public. If no other advantages 
had been derived through the Society, he considered that the suc¬ 
cessful introduction of salmon into the colonics, was of itself 
sufficient to warrant the whole expenditure that had been incurred 
from the commencement of its operations. 
This resolution was seconded by Mr. F. S. Dobson, and carried. 
Mr. Bindon, in returning thanks, took the opportunity of congra¬ 
tulating the society upon the success which had attended the efforts 
to introduce the salmon and trout into Tasmania. A short time ago 
he met a gentleman who had been in Tasmania ten days previously, 
and he assured him (Mr. Bindon) that he saw Mr. Ramsbottom. 
take out of the ponds a trout of two or three pounds weight. This 
was pleasant news, and if the Society had never done anything else, 
its funds would have been well spent. (Applause.) He referred also 
to the success of the experiment with the Angora goats, and men¬ 
tioned that he had succeeded well with a flock of half-bred animals 
in a favourable spot situated on the Yarra. Mr. Bindon pointed out 
the utilitarian character of the Society, standing as it did between the 
scientific zoologists and the practical farmer, and hoped that the 
Society would continue its useful and successful mission. 
Professor M‘Coy brought forward a motion, the object of which 
wa 3 to set apart one-tenth of the annual income of the Society lor 
the formation and maintenance of a zoological collection at the 
Royal-park, but as the resolution was met with some opposition, 
the mover withdrew it, intimating that he would bring it forward at 
a special meeting, when the subject could be fairly discussed. 
Dr. Black moved a vote of thanks to His Excellency the 
Governor for the distinguished honour conferred by his presence on 
