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or some other species of u siiuihiv size. The winner of this prize 
must possess, at least, six specimens, and must have bred two 
generations in domesticity, 
4. A medal worth i^GO, for the introduction and domestication of 
the Australian emu (JJromaim Noiw lloUomVm)^ or tlic Americiiii 
ostricli (Rhea Americana). To this are attaclicd the same conditions 
as the preceding prize. 
5. A medal worth £40, for the domestication of the great bustard 
(Olista tarda). To obtain tins prize six adult Bi>ecimens must be 
produced which have been reared in domesticity, 
6. A medal worth £20, for the domestication and acclimatisation 
of some new bird of game. Exceptum tahen against all those birds 
that vdll injure crops. [Which exception, if severely construed, 
seems to ns as tantamount to a prohibition.] 
7. A medal wmrtli £20, for the introduction of an eatable fisli into 
the sweet or brackish water of Algeria. 
8. A medal worth £40, for ilie complete acclimatisation of some 
new .species of silkworm producing silk that may be spun. 
9. A medal Avorth £20 for tlic acclimatisation in Europe, or in 
Algeria, of some wax-producing insect, not a bee. 
10. A medal Avorth £20 for new vaiieties of tlic Chinese Yam 
(Dioscorea batatas) superior to those Avhich have already been ol)tained 
and easier of cultivation. 
11. A medal Avorth £60 for the introduction, cultivation, and 
acclimatisation of the cpiiniuc (Cinchona) in Europe, or any of the 
European colonies. 
To this list Avas added, by the private enterprise of IsL Chagot, a 
member of the societ}^ a prize of £80 for tlie domestication of the 
African ostrich fStinthio camehis) in France, in Algeria, or in 
Senegal, it being necessary to produce from two or more ostriches at 
least tAvo generations, and at least six specimens hatched in a state of 
domestication, the method of reproduction being as explicable as that 
of any other bird in the poultry yard. 
Thus, we find that in its earliest operations the society paid tlie 
greatest attention to increasing the vegetable wealth of the countiy, 
not forgetting meanwhile, its [irincijjal and even more important duty 
—that of gaining acquisitions in the animal kingdom. 
The proceedings of this valuable Society are now published 
montlily, and we find in these pages many articles of tlie most valu¬ 
able description on the details of acclimatisation; correspondence 
from all iiarts of the world, and references to books wliich bear upon 
the subjects undertaken. I have not space for analysis of the various 
and important branches of liuman knowledge, which, but for tlie 
efforts of this society, Avould most probably be lost to the public 
Avelfare. 
This, then, is an imperfect outline of the plan of the society which 
Mr. Mitchell left us to superintend. He has, however, left us a 
