3©. Report cf the Agricultural Committee. 



The following is a list of the successful competitors." 



SUGAR. 

 Judges.— Messrs. L. Lechell), L"" U coq and F. IN. Target. 



The Exhibitors wjre few in number, the wholj of the Spe- 

 cimens, incl iding the Trade Samphs, having been sent in by 

 only thirteen Exhibitojs, of which several did not compete. 

 1. — The SocrETv's First Gold Medal, for ihc Finest Sample of 

 Mauritius Sugar, the produce of the Crop 1848-49, made 

 and prepared in any way whatever, but not refine!, was 

 awarded to Mr. D'Agnel of the a Phoenix t Estute, for the 

 produce of the Vacuum pan, being the third time that the 

 property has gained this prize consecutively. 

 There are now nine Vacuum pans established in the Colony, 

 viz.: 



Two on Howard's principle, wiih the cold wjter injeciion, 

 and exhausting air pumps. Viz.; one at « Queen Vcloria» 

 and one at o Phoenix. » 

 Four on Derosne and Call's improved adaptation of Degraod's 

 invention, with Pontifex and C°'s modiflcations and ame- 

 liorations, viz.: Two at «Labourdonnai?, » and two at the 

 Re6nery, i.i town. 

 Three ef Pequeur's paleil, cylindrical, horizontal pans, viz.: 

 One at »rUnion, « Mr. Daruty : one at «Eastwich Park,* 

 Mr. Jamio : and one at jRavenswortht, Messrs. Cuiben 

 and Bonsergenl : 

 besides one lately received from England, by Messrs. Piat and 

 Allandy of « Petite Retraite, » Flacq, on a new plan of Mr. Ban- 

 ning, Engineer, of Pamplemousses : and one constructed in 

 Port-Louis, by Messrs. Rousset and Fizaine, which has not yet 

 come into use. It is on Roth's principle. 



In connex-ion with the foregoing subject, the following ex- 

 tract from a publication of some importance, may not be un- 

 interesting to our Manufacturers : — a On sail que 1 s appareils S 

 \ 6vaporer, ou 4 cure, dans 1? vide, sont ceux qui se trouvenl le 



