OF THE 



ROVAL SOCIETY OF 4RTS m SCIENCES 



OF 



MAURITIUS. 



Part I. August, 1849. Vol. 11. 



REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE 



ON THE PUBLIC EXHIBITION HELD IN OCTOBER 1848, 



The Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Arts 

 and Sciences took place in the Razaar of Port- Louis on 

 Wednesday. 25'" October last, under the direction of the 

 Agricultural Committee. TheExhibition for Sugar was, on tWs 

 occasion, combined with that for general Agricultural Pro- 

 duce, and their united attraction obtained a more numerous 

 attendance of the public, and a greater amount of receipts at 

 the gates, than on any preceding occasion. His Excellency 

 the Governor and Lady Gomm honored the show for some 

 time with their company. The Committee had, however, to 

 lament the absence of a large number of the members ot 

 the Agricultural community. 



This absence, which the Committee observed with regret, 

 is attributable, it is aware, to the present depressed slate of 

 Agricultural and Commercial interests, and to the despond- 

 ency which late vicissitudes have generated. But, not- 



