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which occurred to him at that time as necessary to touch upon ; hut 
he had now to reverse his position, and to ask the Association to 
assist him with informtion. Two packets ago ho had received, 
through the Secretary of State, a paper which he held in his hand, 
and which embraced a series of questions respecting the animals, 
birds, fish, insects, vegetables, and woods of the various colonies, 
answers to which were requested; and in these answers it was 
expected that the peculiarities of each description of animal, bird, 
fish, insect, vegetable, or wood mentioned, and its adaptability to 
other countries and climates, should be pointed out. That paper 
was from the Acclimatisation Society of the old country, and 
accompanying it was a copy of the last annual report of their 
proceedings. He would not, however, trouble the meeting with the 
contents of the paper and the report, but would lay them before the 
Council of the Association; and he hoped that they would, as a 
favour to himself, and in the interests of science, give him all the 
assistance they could, and procuro for him all the information at 
their command from people in all parts of the colony. (Applause.) 
He would now request the secretary to read the report of last year’s 
proceedings. 
The Secretary (Mr. G. Sprigg) then read the report. 
After the reading of the Report (see page 5) on the motion of 
Mr. H. S. Chapman, the seconder being Dr. Joseph Black, the report 
was adopted. 
Dr. Thomas Black, the Acting President, said that the council of 
the association had lately given some attention to the introduction 
of codfish to the Yan Yean, and an arrangement had now been come 
to with the Murray River fishing company, who would place a sup¬ 
ply of the fish there; experiments of a similar kind having been 
made at a former period in the Plenty and Yarra by Mr. Edward 
Wilson. The introduction of the salmon ova to the waiters of the 
colony had also been a source of considerable anxiety to the council; 
and he had great pleasure in presenting to His Excellency and the 
members of the Acclimatisation Society, the Hon. R. Officer, the 
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Tasmania, who would bo 
able to give them some information on the subject. 
The Hon. R. Officer said he was much obliged to the council for 
the opportunity of being present at that meeting and of expressing his 
admiration of the labours of the association and the results to which 
they had already led. He had been quite surprised to find that so 
many useful animals had up to the present been introduced to the 
colony, and he felt sure that the association would not cease their 
