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The flock of llama alpacas, the Council regret to say, have been 
decreased by death. Fluke has appeared amongst them, induced 
by the extraordinary wet weather experienced lately. Measures are 
now being adopted to secure the immediate removal of the survivors 
to the more congenial clunate of the Gipps Land Ranges. 
The experience of the last few years has determined the Council 
to materially alter the system hitherto pursued in regard to the 
animals at the Royal Park. It has been found that in some 
respects the Royal Park is unsuited to serve as a permanent place 
of acclimatisation, owing to the dampness of the soil, its confined 
situation, and the difficulties attending the construction of proper 
breeding-houses, especially for the birds. It has therefore been 
resolved that for the future the first and immediate object of the 
Society should be the distribution of the animals throughout the 
Colony. Under the new system, the Royal Park will be used 
merely as a temporary place of reception for animals on their first 
arrival in the Colony, until they are healthy and in sufficient 
numbers to be turned loose, with a reasonable hope of establishing 
the breed. 
With respect to the future the Council have every reason 
to look forward with increased confidence. £,500 has been 
voted specially for the introduction of some of the magnificent 
game birds of India, such as the Monal, Kaleege, Tragopan, 
and Pucras pheasants; the large Himalayan partridges, the 
floriken, the bustard, the rock pigeon, &c. Arc. £400 has 
been reserved for further introduction of salmon and trout ova, 
in order that at as early a date as possible the streams of 
the Colony may be stocked with these delicious fish. It has 
also been determined with a portion of this sum to try the 
introduction of the salmon trout, grayling, perch, and charr ; and 
the Council have requested the valuable assistance of Mr. J. A. 
Youl to assist them in carrying out these views. £300 has been 
sent home for the purpose of procuring in larger numbers the 
Angora goat; the experience which the Council has had with this 
goat leading them to look upon it as a valuable addition to the 
permanent wealth of the Colony ; and to this sum Mr. W. G. 
M'Cullough of Maryborough laudably added £600 for a like intro¬ 
duction on his own account. 
Within the last few months a committee has been appointed by 
the Council, “ for the purpose of collecting and reporting upon all 
available information with reference to the varieties, the habits, the 
seasons, and the qualities of our marketable fishes, with a view to 
