Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18
ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

There has been recently established in Lon
don Society for the Acclimalizaton of Ami
mails, Birds, Fishes, Insects, and Vegetables.
The Secretary is f, T. Buckland, Esq, whose
name and that of his father are so thoroughly
aSsoce ted with natural history. The purposes
of the institution thus set down in an ad-
vertisement: 81. The introduction, acclimatiza-
ton, and domes;ication OF all animals, birds,
fishes, insects, and vegetables whether useful
or ornamental. =. The perfection, propaga-
ton, and hybridizuion Of races newly intro
Guced, or already domeSticated. 3. The spread
OF indigenous animals, etc, from parts OF the
kingdom where they are already known, 10
other localities where they are not known. 4.
The procuration, whether by purchase, gin, or
exchange, of animals, etc, from foreign coun-
iris. 8. The transmission of animals etc.
from England to her colonies and foreign parts,
in exchange for Others sent thence to the So
ciety. 6. The holding of periodical meetings,
and the publication OF reports and transactions
for tha purpose of spreading knowledge of ac-
climatizaton, and inquiry into the causes of
success or failure. 1t will be the endcavor of
the society to cttemp to acclimatize and cult
vate those animals, Birds ETC., which will be
useful and suitable to the park, the moorand,
the plain, the woodland, the farm, the poultry
yard, as well as those which will increase the
resources of our aca-shores, rivers, ponds and
gardens.
The Emperor Louis Napoleon, during the
last ten years, has done more for the improve
ment of agriculture and rural economy than has
been done by all the other sovereigns of Europe
put together. The Emperor's farms are Situ-
a,ed in various parts of France, from the Lam
des south Of Bordeaux, to the neighborhood of
Paris. They are model forms,--drain ny, sub
/ linz Of o,I ~
/ agricultural Improvement being carried on in
the most approved manner. The French gov
ernment has, since the first revolution, always
/ bestowed special attention on agriculture, hor-
ticul ure, and arboricullure. Lectures on agri-
culture ard horticulture are delivered by first
rate men in the capital and in the provinces
and, though these are partly tie results OF pri-
vate enterprise, they everywhere meet with
cOuntenance and encouragement from the gov
ernment. Gardening is taught by precept and
example in many of the elementary schools
and the young profcients are rewarded BY pri-
zes distributed by the royal authorities, Among
other things, the literature of rural affairs is
judiciously fostered by the imperial government
The "AmpelOgrdphie brGHcaise" is a magnii-
cent work on the vines of France, published
under the auspices of the Minister of Agricul
ture. 1t contains a ser es of folio engravings
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sizes, carefully drawn and beautifully colored
together with an ample accompaniment letter
press, describing the growth OF the vines ant
the special culture of the vineyards, snd exhib
: iting the statistics of the wine products o.
France with fulnesS, minuteness, and accuracy
,, The aboriginal inhabitants of the Pacifi
, islands are vanishing before the peaceful ag
gressions of colonization in manner unex
ampled even in the history of our decaying In
dian tribes. The swift decline of the Sand
: wich islanders is well known, but even thei
fearful rate of decay is exceeded by that of III
more southern insulNr people. The Maoris G
$ New Iceland, were estimated by Sir Georg
l Gay in 1851 at 100000 the census of 1856
G makes their number only 10000 "Neithe
: census" remarks one peculiarly fitted by a Ion
} residence among them to pronounce an opinion
e "may be very accurate, but both indicate, whG
$ every one in New Iceland knows, that the nG
n tive races are becoming extinct with rapdit
o unprecedented in the annals of nations"
II Tasmania the earliest European eolonists ioun
: in 1903 more than 5000 natives they no
a number less than score. In Australia III
Is same fatal process is going on. The census
J 1900 made the native population of Soul
\ Aus .ralia to be 1910, and that in 1860 show
II them to have decreased to 100. In Victor
+ there were in lS4S nearly 5000 Australian al
originals in 1860 there are only l,76S.
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