gerenong, where the deer were liberated. Mr. Holt had informed 
him also that he had seen them on Swinton station, about twenty 
miles from Longerenong. They were now spread over an area repre¬ 
sented by a circle about fifty miles in diameter. It was difficult, as 
may be expected, to estimate their number. He thought there were 
now from fifty to sixty head. He was happy to report that he had 
not heard of any instance of an attempt to kill or injure any of 
them. It is to the credit of the Wimmera district, that the experi¬ 
ment of acclimatising these beautiful creatures had been allowed a 
fair trial. If the same consideration and protection be afforded by 
the public for a few years more, the establishment of the Axis deer 
in the Wimmera district will be undoubtedly successful. 
He might also mention that it had only been ascertained with 
certainty in the past winter that the Murray cod, which were 
placed in the Wimmera five years ago, had become acclimatised 
in its waters, two fine fish, weighing 15)b. and lGlb. respectively, 
having been caught. One of these contained a large quantity of 
spawn, showing that they were likely to thrive and increase 
in their new location. The time that has elapsed since 
they were brought to the Wimmera before any certainty 
of their succeeding could be known, was an instance of how 
long results have to be waited for in attempts to acclimatise any¬ 
thing valuable. As a further instance of this, the Murray lobster, 
which was placed by him in the waters of the Wimmera and Rich¬ 
ardson rivers about four years ago, had not yet been heard of. Out 
of six dozen, only one or two perished in transit, leaving about 
seventy to stock the rivers referred to. As these were lively, many 
of them spawning fish, he had still every hope of their success. 
It was of interest to some members of the Society to know 
that young specimens of the gold or silver fish, now caught in largo 
numbers in the Yarra, may be carried alive without difficulty to any 
part of the colony. On his last journey to the Wimmera, he took 
about two dozen of these fish, each about two inches in length. lie 
carried them in a porous earthenware water cooler, and changed the 
water frequently. He got them safely transferred to the Wimmera 
waters with a loss of only about one-fourth of the number, lhoy were 
carried six miles of the distance on horseback. Was it not possible 
that the fry of more valuable species of fish might be in this way 
distributed over the colony 1 
Dr. Mueller, in seconding the vote of thanks to the Chairman, 
remarked, that he had enjoyed the colleagueship of Dr. Thomas 
