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mittee invited Mr. Ledger to visit Melbourne, and have arranged 
with him to undertake a task for which his local knowledge and 
great experience ably qualify him. The £500 for the Salmon 
was remitted, as previously agreed upon, to the Government of 
Tasmania, in aid of the very handsome sum of £3000 granted for 
this purpose by that Government; a suggestion being made, that 
although it was conceived desirable that the first experiments 
should be made in Tasmanian rivers, in the event of large num¬ 
bers of ova or fry being landed, a portion should be at once 
placed in the rivers of Gipps Land. The £500 for other animals 
has still to be disposed of. 
Your Committee have ventured to nominate two Honorary 
Members—Mr. Ledger, in testimony of his great services to the 
cause of acclimatisation by the introduction of a large number 
of Alpacas to Australia ; and Mr. Landells, in part payment of a 
male Dromedary, which it was considered desirable to secure for 
the purpose of keeping up the breed of this valuable animal, the 
great bulk of the herd of which has been taken away for explo¬ 
ration purposes ; and your Committee trust that the nomination 
of these gentlemen may meet with the approval and confirmation 
of the Members. 
Many offers of co-operation and interchange of good offices have 
flowed in from various quarters—amongst others from Ceylon, 
Madras, Calcutta, California, and other distant places, and from 
many of these ports consignments of valuable animals are already 
taking place. An effective system of interchange must be or¬ 
ganised at an early day, and for this purpose numerous offers 
of native animals are constantly coming in. 
The financial condition of the Society is satisfactory, the sub¬ 
scriptions and donations already amounting to £949 5s. 6d.; the 
sums actually received to £707 ; the balance in the hands of the 
Treasurer amounting to £424 5s. 7d., exclusive ol the £500 voted 
for the introduction of animals, the sums voted for fencing the 
'Royal Park, and for the introduction of the Alpaca. 
And the following list of animals, birds, and fishes, already 
collected, mainly for acclimatisation purposes, will be found large, 
varied, and valuable :— 
