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permanent recognition and stability of the Society, which is abso¬ 
lutely essential to the ultimate success of the undertaking, and with¬ 
out which permanence all the earlier expenditure of money and 
labour would have been thrown away. 
When we see the Acclimatisation Society of Paris number¬ 
ing more than a dozen kings amongst its members, although 
without the great vantage ground of usefulness that we possess 
in having an unstocked country to till, I feel sure that it 
only requires to be known that the Society requires more 
members, to insure its success, and we shall find the inhabitants of 
Victoria responding readily to the call with that public spirit they 
have so often exhibited. 
In thanking you, in conclusion, for your kind attention, I must 
express my anxious hope that so great and good a public work may 
not suffer by having had on this occasion so inefficient an advocate 
as myself to bring before you its claims to universal sympathy and 
support. 
Wilson & Mackinuon, Printers, 78, Collins Street East. 
