Mr Keen, Lawrence, tillering to purchase some rabbits, t.ho progeny of^which lie intended to distribute. Ho hud also received from Mr William Stuart, Black mount, Waiau, Southland, a letter in. which that gentleman stated that while boating on tho Waiau rivor, ho had seen, about a inilo below its outlet from the Manipori Lake, a bird similar iv all respects tc» the Australian black swan; and asking if any birds of that desci-ip tion had been turned out by the Society —a question which ho (Mr Clifford) had,, of course, answered in tho affirmative. With reference to tho trout ova, lie had! nothing to report, except that, flay by day, they .seemed to bo getting bad. He believed that thero wcro two now left, in whi'jh thero was no change, and ho feared, that they would change for tho worse. From the lower box in which the doubtful ova bad been, placed, ho had cleared out nearly all ; they had nearly all "gone bad." Ho had put some in a separate box, but they all became covered with a vegetable depoait, and had evidently ceased to live.
In roply to questions by Mr Clifford, it was agreed that tho seeds which had been, presented to tho Society by Mr Johnson, Secretary to the Canterbury Societj v should be distributed to members. It was also thought desirable that the wild duck, which had now begun to " lay,". should not be mixed with any tatno breed of duck, and should not be placed in tho new pond, until a convenient season. It was agreed that Mr Keen should have some rabbits,, on his becoming a member of the Society.
