MEMORANDUM No. 44. 
M 
ADMIRALTY, 
10 th October, 1863. 
(Assistance to be rendered to the Acclimatisation Society.) 
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, having had under their 
consideration the important question of Acclimatisation, are pleased to 
direct that so far as is consistent with the requirements of the public 
service, and upon the distinct understanding that no expense whatever 
is incurred, every facility is to be given by the Commanding Officers of 
Her Majesty’s ships and vessels to any accredited agent of the Acclima¬ 
tisation Society, who may apply to them through any of Her Majesty’s 
Foreign Ministers or Consuls, or through the Governor of any of Her 
Majesty's Colonies, for the transport of specimens. 
Tho annexed copy of a circular addressed by permission of the 
Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs and for the Colonies to Her 
Majesty’s Foreign Ministers and Consuls and Colonial Governors, in 
various parts of tho world, wiU explain the objects which tho Society has 
in view. 
By Command of their Lordships, 
C. PAGET. 
To all Flag Officers, Captains, Com- 
manders-in-Chief, and Command¬ 
ing Officers of Her Al^jesty’s Ships 
and Vessels. 
