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The gardens at the Royal Park have been formed entirely by the 
Society, and thisof itself has costa large proportion both of the Govern¬ 
ment grant and also of the private subscriptions of the Members of the 
Society. These gardens now form an attraction to the inhabitants 
of Melbourne, more especially to those living on the north side of 
the city ; whilst to visitors from the country they are always an object 
of special interest. 
Deer of the Axis, Hog, Sambur, and Fallow species have been 
set free in such numbers as to warrant the belief that they are 
fairly established in a wild state in the country; whilst a few of 
the Manilla, Formosa, and Barasingha species are being kept at 
the Royal Park until there arc sufficient of them to render it 
advisable to turn them loose. 
Several English, Cape, and Indian pheasants have been set free on 
Phillip Island, as well as English and Ceylon partridges; Californian, 
Chinese, and Tasmanian quail, ifcc., Ac. 
Of the great success which has attended the introduction of the hare 
it is not necessary here to speak, as that has been previously 
referred to. 
In a country, swarming as this is with insect life, it was one of the 
early objects of the Society to introduce birds that would enable the 
o-ardeners and farmers to cope with this pest The house and tree 
sparrow and the chaffinch from England, the sparrow from China, 
and the mynahs from India, are now completely established, and 
have been found to be most effective in destroying caterpillars and 
other insects. The Council has received several letters from farmers 
and gardeners giving conclusive proof of the great value of these 
insectivorous birds. “When these birds and their congeners 
have had time to spread, it may be confidently expected that some 
of the greatest drawbacks to successful farming in this country 
will disappear. The acclimatisation of the English thrush and 
skylark may also be looked on as accomplished. 
With fish the Society has been very successful. To the salmon, 
salmon-trout, and brown-trout, it is needless to refer further than to 
say, that the Society shares to a large extent with the Commissioners 
of Tasmania, the honours attendant upon the successful result of 
that experiment. The Society has also introduced the Ceylon perch, 
the English roach, and tench, and now, thanks to Mr. Morton 
Allport, of Hobart Town, a warm friend of .acclimatisation, the 
English perch. 
The Council regrets to have to report that the attempts made to 
acclimatise the alpaca and Cashmere goat have failed, it is believed 
