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to Messrs. Money, Wigram <fc Sons, Messrs. Green, Messrs. Honlder 
Bros., Messrs. Mackay, Baines & Co., of London, to Messrs. W. P. 
White & Co., and Messrs. Bright Brothers & Co., of Melbourne, 
for the readiness with which they have aided the Society’s 
proceedings, by allowing animals to be sent in their ships ; and 
to Mr. Wm. Godfrey and Mr. J. Whitney of Melbourne for their 
services in auditing the Society’s accounts. The Council would 
also again refer with gratitude to the liberality of the Legislature, 
and they entertain the hope that this Report will show that the 
confidence which that liberality implies has not been misplaced, 
and that the efforts of the Society have been commensurate with 
the generosity of Parliament. 
The Council cannot conclude this Report without alluding to 
the alpacas, and expressing their admiration at the perseverance 
shown by Mr. A. J. Dufficld in overcoming all difficulties, and his 
indomitable determination to succeed, even in the face of obstacles 
which might well have been thought insurmountable, in landing in 
this colony these valuable animals. When the (locks of alpacas cover 
much of our now waste lands, and when ships go home freighted 
with alpaca wool, then, and not till then, will Mr. Dufliekl receive 
the praise that is due to him, and his name will be as inseparably 
connected with the introduction of the alpaca, as the name of 
Macarthur is associated with the introduction of the merino. 
