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The curassow has been obtained, and has bred in
the aviaries at the Botanical Gardens.
Of the angler and lover of fish diet the society has
not been forgetful. At the recommendation of the
soCety, successive votes have been placed oil the
Estimates, and passed, towards essicting the spirited
enterprise of the Ttisintinian Government in the in-
troduction of the king of fresh water fi:3bes—the
salmon. The gouran)ie, a fish which hzis been re-
presented as the best fresh-water pond fish in the
world, is already in the pos:,ession of the society,
having been presentu‘i atit-r many trials by a Mt:i-
bourne firii3, end the difrieu;ties of tht,ir introduc-
tion having now been overcome, the society expects
soon to obtain further supplies in cons'dcrable
numbers.

PRICE..,4d.
STAMPED:....Sd.

ACCLIMATIZATION,

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The following letter has been addressed to the
Editor of the Times :

Sir,—You have so frequently devoted a large
portion of your space to the details of what is being
(lone in the novel. and interesting project of an:ima-
:ization, that I think you will be glad of the oppor-
tunity of furnishing your readers with a few facts
as to the past history and present condition of an
association which may fairly claim to rank among
Ihe most energetic, successful, and progressive
acclimatization societies in the wox Id.
The following statement is just about to be issued,
for the reasons it itself explains. It conveys ia a
concise form all that we haVe at present done,
and I feel sure that its publication in Tour
columns will not only give pleasure to thousands of
kind-hearted persons who are gratified by the pros-
pect of increasing the happiness of their fellow-
creatures, but will incite other British dependencies
to take active measures to add to the comforts,
luxuries, and legitimate pleasures of their people,--
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
EDWARD WILSON.
Melbourne, March 26.

The carp., tench, roe c!), and Oacp, cs spec:mins or
!he not 7,.ry valud);e pori!i-fi-bus «Eziz:an!,
the golditi,l, Live lutro;t2c,,.(l flis7./ftut,,cr.
io w:riout Iftvcurablz to
lion..

But as illustrating by a Email success
derful results eapAble of v.ttaintuent by acelluatis....
tion if adopted on a proper scale, the Council would
refer to the fact of having introduced living speci-
mens of the sea fishes of Europe in the shape (x' the
gray mullet and the edible crab; not, indeed, in
numbers sufficient to justify a hope of est..:bliAlting
the breed, but amply suggestive of whet will bo
done in the future.

In a country so subject as this to the ravages of
insects, the case of the agriculturist has also been
carefully considered. Hundreds of industrious
farmers have, even this rear, been ruined by the
caterpillar, and similar visitations must necessarily
be expected. The introduction of insect-destroying
birds has therafore been carefully attended to and
with this has been combined an effort to surround.
our colonial residences with those interesting asso..
ciations which constitute no slight portion of the
charms with which the name of "home" is ever
sst
phu
ear rr
starling,or
on wne
the
the
Javaihethrush, the
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sparrow,f
fi lc h ,thea n blackbird,sparrow,
a most the
t activehe sckhy Chinese
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interesting bird, the Indian mino, may now be
considered thoroughly established, and are rapidly
extending by natural means through the colony.
The goldfinch, the linnet, the greenfinch, the yellow
hammer, the ortolan, the canary, the robin, and
many kinds of the smaller birds of other countries
are being accumulated in the aviaries of the society,
and many of them have already bred there.
The nightingale and the hedge sparrow have been
promised us by benevolent ladies at home, and the
Queen herself has made an effort to supply us with
the rook. To other liberal friends of the cause we
are indebted for promises of the gazelle and the
edible crab.

As a contribution of very particular interest to
the cottager, the introduction of the Ligurian bee
may be adduced, that insect being probably, from
its industrious and wonderfully prolific properties,

the most valuable in the world. This bee is multi-
plying with almost incredible rapidity, and will
soon be accessible to all classes.

A widely-extended correspondence and a system
of kindly interchange are knitting us in interesting
relations with kindred societies in all parts of thu
world; and to gentlemen in England, France, India,
Ceylon, and China the scciety is, in particular,
under deep obligations.

The very great distances at which the operations
of the society have to be carried on, and the diffi-
culty of getting placed in communication with the
right class of persons and institutions calculated
to aid the enterprise, should argue in favour of a
steady persistence of effort, protracted over many
years, and should show the false policy of any ill,
considered interruption of a great national scheme.
The British Government has recently be2n

duced to take up the project of acclirnatization with
an amount of considt,r4tion altogether without pro-
ecdent, th© P-ireign and Colonial-offices having
recently scuc:., to Brilish emissaries in all countries
in the word a series of questions as to the various
desirable natural products of each country, and the
Admiral:s has iiisued a circular to all cortatuunOeTs
of her Majesty's ships, directing them to render
every servica is their power to the cease of ace i-

ni3;:':z2.tiorx in th.o cnovryaneo of F C inlC

In almost every eolon:i in these
tion societies have been founded, meet of them .Te.v-
ing that of Victoria the compliment of taking it wi
their model, cod with Sydney, Hobart Town, A.,1(!-.
laid, Brisbane, Auckland, Lyttelton, cod Dunedin,
the Melbourne Society is thus brought into friendly
and frequent communication. A French man-of-
war is at the time of the preparation of this state
meat engaged in bringing the society specimens of
the yak, the ostrich, and other animals.
There is something so attractive, and at the same
time so novel, in the nature of acclimatization, that
paragraphs referring to the proceedings of the
society attain a circulation more general than
almost any other subject in English and foreign
newspapers, and such notices are calculated greatly
to interest strangers in the progress of the colony,
Even the very disasters and deaths inseparable from
this kind of experiment are not without their uses,
as many interesting specimens have been contri.+
buted to the National Museum from the collection
of the society.

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The Council of the society ss composed of gentle-
men who have no personal object to serve. They
attend the weekly meetings at the cost of consider-
ab!e valuable time taken from their business hours,
and the reports of their meetings will .show that
the attendance is such as no other non-commercial
body in the colony can boast of.
The Council think that in this brief enumeration
of facts they may consider that 'results' have been
obtained sufficient to carry conviction to any unr
prejudiced mind to show how impolitic it would be
to allow their proceedings to be rashly or wantonly
interfered with, and to justify them in expressing a
doubt whether any other public money is as advan-
tageously expended in regard to the future as that
portion with which they have been intrusted.

From the very novelty of the project of sYst°•
matic acclimatisation, and from the almost illimit-
able range of the objects with which it seeks to
deal, a fertile topic is afforded to the sneers of the
thoughtless and the misrepresentations of tho ill.
informed. But in seeking to stock this country
with new, useful, and beautiful things, to add to
our national wealth, to suggest new forms for our
colonial industries, to provide for manly sports
which willead the Australian youth to seek their
recreation on the river's bank end mountain bide
of interest and beauty, rather than in the cafe
the
path of
casino,and
every
to surround
every homestead and wayfarer
nweiwth elements
newforms
to thefood
of
the
entire and to add
people, the
Council conceive that they are engaged in a work
sufficiently noble to secure the sympathies of every
good man• And ofparents, in particular, they
would ask, what may not be made of this
fine colony
when the seed this society is now
diligently seeking
to sow shall have had time tofructify
harvest P"

THE MACKAY GREAT GUN.—This gun was again.
tested on the Crossby Sands, near Liverpool, yesterday,
with great success. The shots passed twice through a sec-
tion of the side of the iron plat.d ram Agincourt; and on
being tested for range with a charge of 2003, of powder,
made the first graze at a distance of 4,500 yards, which is,
we understand, a satisfactory proof of the value of the gun.
The Gazette de France says:—"Oar letters
dir.ct from Rome, written by persons who are price! ly
well-informed on the subject, slate that the Pore has now
recovered, and is in good heaith."
A MAN DECAPITATED ON A RAILiv.A.Y.--An in.
quest which was not concluded unlit a late hour on
Tuesday night, was hid before Mr. IV. Caster, coroner for
East Surrey, at the Wandsworth and IlAttersea Union on
the body of Stephen Largent, aged 36, who was horribly
reaurtki 1 i
t Stationate d by au engine on the line near the Battersea
Park of the Brighton Railway. On Sunday after.
noon, about four o'clock, the deceased was proceeding
along the line towards London, when an engine and tender
struck him with tremendous force. He was found with his
bead and one arm completeiy severed from his body. It
was shown that the deceased, who was a respectable
mechanic, had doubtless gone on to the line to seek for
groundsel and cotton waste, some of which were found in
his pockets. The Coroner having summed up, the jury
returned a verdict of Accidental Death.