REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 
FOR THE YEAR 1807. 
The Council of the Acclimatisation Society, in submitting to the 
Subscribers and Public the Sixth Annual Report, regrets to have to 
state that the financial position of the Society is not satisfactory. 
The subscriptions, more especially in the country districts, have 
fallen off, and in consequence the Council was not enabled to claim 
more than two-thirds of the Government grant for 1867. Added to 
this, is the fact, that in consequence of the Appropriation Act not 
having been passed by the Legislature, no portion of the grant has 
yet been paid, and the only funds available have been obtained 
upon the personal guarantee of Members of the Council. These 
facts will, the Council hopes, satisfactorily account for its restricted 
action during the past year. 
Since the last annual meeting the following changes have taken 
place in'the Council:—Mr. Box and the Rev. W. Fellows have 
resigned, and Mr. G- E. Evans and Mr. L. J. Sherrard were 
appointed in their stead. It now devolves upon this meeting to 
permanently fill these vacancies, and also those caused by the retire¬ 
ment of Messrs. G. E. Evans, G. S. Lang, and Dr. Bleasdale. 
The introduction of the following quadrupeds and birds has taken 
place during the year : 
5 Nylghau 
4 Ostriches 
3 Axis deer 
2 Sambur deer 
2 Japanese deer 
2 Batavia deer 
6 Ceylon partridges 
80 English skylarks 
In addition to these, the Council received from Tasmania 200 
trout fry, which were temporarily placed in a rill specially con¬ 
structed for them at the Royal Park. Also, thanks to the energetic 
kindness of Mr. Morton Allport, a considerable number of English 
perch has been received, and it is hoped that the increase of these 
