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who lias turned them out on his property, and who speaks very 
encouragingly of their rapid increase; and the Council hear from 
time to time of the increase of pheasants in other localities. 
The Council have sent to San Francisco, California, for a consign¬ 
ment of the splendid mountain quail of that country. And, at the 
request of the Society, His Excellency the Governor has kindly 
placed himself in communication with His Excellency Lord Mayo, 
the Viceroy of India, on the subject of procuring partridges, phea¬ 
sants, and jungle fowl from that country. 
From past experience in the operations of the Society, the 
Council have considered it desirable to solicit, through the medium 
of the Field, and Land and Water newspapers in the mother 
country, the kind donations of animals and birds suitable to this 
climate, from owners of lauded property and others who may 
possess them. 
The Council intend to renew their efforts' in the next session of 
Parliament, to amend the present Game Act. It is their opinion 
that the swivel gun ought to be at once abolished, as the effect of 
that weapon is to wound as many birds as are killed; independently 
to its putting a stop to all legitimate sport. 
The Council notice with regret that there is amongst some persons 
a tendency to decry the cause of acclimatisation, but there are others 
who take a very different view, and who regard the disinterested 
labours of the Society as useful in the highest degree. Its sole aim 
is to benefit the Colony at large, by filling its forests with game, and 
its rivers and creeks with fish, thereby providing a variety of food 
and sport for the inhabitants. Its efforts will be better appreciated 
as time goes on, and as the results become more apparent. 
The Council cannot conclude this report without expressing their 
great obligations to the present Government, and to the late Parlia¬ 
ment, for the supplies granted to carry on the work; they would also 
respectfully wish to thank His Excellency the Governor, the Patron 
of the Society, for the great interest he has always shown in its 
proceedings. 
The Council are likewise not unmindful of the valuable services 
in the cause of acclimatisation hitherto rendered by His Excellency 
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of the Capo of Good Hope, and there 
