PROCEEDINGS 
THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, 
Held November llf/i, 1864. 
The Third Annual Meeting of the Acclimatisation Society of 
Victoria was held at their offices in Swanston-street, on Friday 
afternoon, November 11th. The attendance comprised most of those 
gentlemen who have distinguished themselves in connection with 
the subject of acclimatisation in Victoria. The chair was taken by 
His Excellency the Governor. 
His Excellency said that in opening the proceedings of the 
third annual meeting of the society he had no intention of detain¬ 
ing them long from the practical business of the day. Were he to 
attempt a retrospective view of the proceedings of the society during 
the past year, he would be only relating facts with which the members 
were much better acquainted than he was; and as for the public, 
he should be only giving them an imperfect account of that 
which would be given with much more accuracy in detail by the 
report of the Council which would be published. Having had 
the opportunity of perusing the intended report, he was happy 
to find that he could congratulate the Society on the great 
improvement that might be said to have taken place in their 
position and prospects in every respect. He was glad to see, 
that their finances were satisfactory—that their list of sub¬ 
scribers was greatly enlarged, and that their correspondence 
with the various parts of the world in which they were interested 
was much amplified. The Society had also good reason to con¬ 
gratulate itself on the number of objects and proper subjects of 
acclimatisation introduced by them during the year, and also on 
the fact that its prospects altogether were of a highly encouraging 
character. All this must be most gratifying to the friends of accli¬ 
matisation, and the friends of the Society, as it was to himself. He 
had been an observer of the carefulness and assiduity with which 
