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labours until all suitable animals from every part of the world had 
become denizens of Victoria. With regard to the sister institution 
in Tasmania, he was sorry to say that he was not in a position to re¬ 
port any great practical result. It was as yet in its infancy ; but 
its members were too zealous in the work to cease their efforts before 
something had been accomplished. They had introduced a few 
Singing-birds, such as thrushes, blackbirds, linnets, &c.; and what 
uas perhaps still more important, the pheasant was breeding gene¬ 
rally throughout the colony, while the partridge had also begun to 
bleed at large j so that in a comparatively short time they would 
be in a position to invito the sportsmen of Victoria over to their 
fields to try their skill, gun in hand. Again they had a herd of 
COO or 800 deer running wild, and they should be glad to have any 
members of the association in Victoria amongst them at any 
time, trying what they could do in the way of deer-stalking. If 
there was anything within the bounds of their colony which the 
association might desire to get, he could promise them that the kin¬ 
dred institution of which he was a member would spare no pains to 
gratify their wish ; but of all the animals or fish to which the atten¬ 
tion of the society had been directed the salmon was the first, and 
lie was glad to be able -to assure the meeting that in a few months 
there was reason to believe the salmon would be introduced to the 
waters of Tasmania, and from them it might soon find its way, in 
some shape or other, to Victoria. He believed that most of those 
present were acquainted with the efforts which had been made hitherto 
to introduce the salmon, and were aware of the unsuccessful 
attempt made by the Beautiful Star —a vessel well adapted for the 
purpose—to bring the ova to Tasmania. The whole of the ova, 
however, died on the passage, and some £2,000 had been lost in the 
attempt. But from that very failure they had gained a great deal 
of experience, and had learned a lesson which was well worth all 
that had been expended. The plan adopted then was to bring the 
ova in trays filled with gravel, over which a constant stream of fresh 
water was kept playing, the water having first passed through an 
ice-house ; but the machinery was too complicated, and any falling 
off in the supply of water, or the slightest difference, in the 
temperaturu, would be fatal to the experiment under any circum¬ 
stances. Just when the vessel was on the point of sailing, how¬ 
ever, a small wooden box, with some ova in it, covered with 
moss, had been put into the ice-house, and when the ice-house 
was opened, the box was discovered lying with the lid off; a number 
of the ova contained in it were found to be still alive, and they were 
