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a rPSuU of 45 p^r pent and in the blast furnace it wouM 

 yield 50 per cent of imn. 



According lo Mr de (Jlospts thn cost per ton < f imn 

 smt'liprl in a hlost fiirnacf, uivinj^ diii y 4 or 5 Ions, 

 'w.-uld he £ 10 16« or £2. 1^\ X [wr t.-n. ^ 



TliH prodncp of the fnniiues could he «mpl"y. d in 

 th colony, ei lier iinnieili>itt''y or fifti-r b ing r uielt-.d 

 iii miikiojf pipp>*, r^ils, cot k nj^- nttiirils, Luiteri s uvA 

 oih r art cU-s us> d in su^ar lioiiscs 



Uiiluckilv, tiic c.on-iniction of the fu-naccs would, 

 OCCMsioij a heavy outi y of cupitnl iiiid sufliLifUt culU'- 

 busiible jiruvided with great difficulty. 



TliP ppfRons received in tlip course rf the y^ar arp as 

 f dli w- : Dr Ayrcs and Mr J. Mallii' , as re>i<leiit niem- 

 hers, and .Mr dn Closets as correspondi g m inbHr, at 

 Port-Loiii-i, Mr G Imhius. of llHn.ion Island, mil 

 Mr Lyon Mac Lend, Her Miijt^styS (-oiisnl at Mozmi- 

 bique, a* Honorary JNIimb-is, and Mr H -rniana 

 H< rbst, of Rio Jan' ir6, as ceries]).)ndii g nnmher. 



MrG Inih Ills, as you k .ow, was de egat»»l by the 

 Governor of Reunion and anioig"! Iii> nii-»ioiis, bt^ was 

 chaiged w th calling upon the colony to cootribute 

 to ttie Exhibition of St D. nis. F<y that pur(nise 

 be ciaimi-d the support of th^ Mauritius Govern- 

 ni< nt and the benevolent assistan'-e of the Cbanibers 

 of ('o'limerce and Agri ulttire as that «.f the Society.,. 

 Mr Inihau*, as b arer of tl'at message ')f cuirtesy, met 

 everywhere with a sympaih- tic reception, and the So- 

 ciety, as a riinrk of esteem, confr-rred on biin the title 

 of Honorary Member. In return when Mrlinhaus ar- 

 rived at R- tinion, the Socieiy of Arts ami Scieiicts, to 

 which he belongs, conferred the title of ('orr sponding 

 Members on your Prebident, your "two Vict:-Prt&ideiit« 

 and your Sei reiary. 



Mr I,. Mac Leod is knriwn by his labours on magnf- 

 ti>m and his nteleoro o^icai ohser alions <lurin;4 a bi*iy 

 of .'-fVeral years at Moz nibique ami the East- rn Coast 

 of the African contin nt It is according to the ))lan 

 subinitti'rl by liiin t<i the Geogr;i|'!iicul Society of Lon- 

 don, that the flat bottomed h«)at or sort of r; ft with 

 compartmeutu w.is constructed fur the use of Dv jLi* 



