The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

The Acclimatisation Society of Great
Britain,

The monthly meeting of the council of this
society was held at its offices in the Adelphi last
week. Mr H. J. B. Hancock presided, The fol-
lowing candidates were proposed and elected, viz.:
—His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Messrs.
James G. Fitter, Henry Perring, Thomas N. Fong
neran, Thomas Parker Mew, B. V. Roberts, and
J. F. Seaton.

Mr LowE read letters from the Earl of Pomfret,
Lord Abinger, Lord Walsingham, and Messrs. W.
J. Davidson, J. Broughton, A. W. Hall, C.
Hambro, F. T. Buckland, T. J. Birch, J. G. Fen-
nell, T. P. Ellis, IL Early, G. W. Horne, Henry
Hancock, lligford Burr, Jackson Gillbanks, and J.
W. Malcolm, M.P., in reply to the circulars as to
the piscicultural apparatus. A committee was then
appointed—to consist of Messrs. Hawkins, Han-
cock, and Lowe—to superintend such alterations
and repairs in the apparatus as were deemed neces-'
sary by the piscicultural director, within limits
then defined.

Mr LOWE announced that, of the pair of Talle •
gallas expected by the Flying Cloud, only one had
arrived, the other having died on the passage. A
fine bird had, however, been purchased from a pas-
senger by the same vessel at a moderate rate.
He also announced the arrival of the much-desired
Silurus glanis—a fact which was entirely due to
the public spirit, zeal, and skill of Sir Stephen
Lakeman, who had himself brought them a dis-
tance of 1,800 miles from his estate at Kopa-
cheni, on the Argish, a tributary of the Danube,
not far from Bucharest. Sir Stephen Lakeman
had accomplished this entirely at his own expense
and with his own labour. The method adopted for
aerating the water (vz., a barrel mounted on
rockers, like those of a child's cradle) was simple
and effective, and its success disposes of that diffi-
culty which has hitherto been considered so difficult
in fish transport—the aeration of the water by me-
chanical means. These fish had survived a journey
which had lasted 33 days, and they were now in
excellent health and condition at Twickenham.
The permanent acquisition of this fish in England
might now be considered as highly probable. With
a view to spreading them over the country, rather
than of making them objects of exhibition, Sir S.
Lakeman had placed the fish under the care of the
Acclimatisation Society.
The council unanimously voted that the thanks
of the society be forwarded to Sir S. Lakeman, and
that he be elected an honorary member in grateful
acknowledgment of his services.
Mr W. HAWKINS anncunced the receipt of a
valuable consignment of Canadian wild rice from
the Hudson's Bay Company, and the thanks of the
council were ordered to be returned for that, as well
as for their generous offer of assistance. MrHawkins
also described the construction of some cages, the
erection of which he had superintended, for holding
certain birds belonging to the society, upon the
premises of Mr Bush, the hon. treasurer.
Votes were taken fur transmiting consignments
of birds, &c., to Queensland.

A report by Mr Lupton was read as to the death
of a sheep of the Itomanoff breed in transztu to
Australia.

Mr LEIGH SOTHEBY exhibited samples of the
hook-podded pea, grown both in greenhouse and
garden.

The Danish Budget.

CuPELsIIAGEN, Oct. 8,

The Danish budget for the financial year, from
April 1, 1865, to March 31, 1866, has been laid be-
fore the Rigsdag :
" The income of the country is estimated at
8,722,331 rigsdalers—arising out of direct taxes,
4,031,125; indirect taxes, 1,882,150 ; revenue from
Iceland and the Faro Isles, 57,713 ; and various
items, 3,248,312. Included in tha last-mentioned
sum is an amount of 2,735,000 rigsdalers in 4 per
Cent. State Bonds, not liable to be called in by the
holder, for the issue of which the Government asks
authority on account of the outlay required for
railway works.
" The expenditure is calculated at 6,161,281 rigs-
dalers, apportioned es follows :—Expenses of the
Ri gs da g, 60,000 ; Ministry of the Interior,
3,779,855; Ministry of Justice, 989,398; Ministry
of Eiticatiln and Public Worship, 395,999; interest
on special debt of the kingdom, 468,000; pensions
fund, 162,250; extraordinary expenses, 293,779.
" An amount of 2,400,0000 rigsdalers will be re-
quired during the year for the completion of the
railway system in Funen and Jutland, and a sum of
60,000 rigsdalers is asked for to repair the injury
done by the allied troops to the line in Jutland, the
major portion of which will be wanted to rebui d
the bridge over the Gudenar, blown up by order of
the Prussian genera' in command,
" The Financial Minister calculates that the
special Danish national debt, which amounted to
8,377,000 rigsdalers upon the Ist April last year,
bad reached the sum of 12,576,000 rigsdalers by the
31st March, 1864, The railway works for 1865-
1866 will occasion a further increase of the debt by
2,849,000 rigsdalers."