Report of the Agricultural iJmrtmitMe. 37. 



Gkvger. —Fres/i.— Prize of £ 1, lo Mr. C. C. Broworigg, sf Beau 



BassJQ. 

 Turmeric. — Prize of £ 1, lo Mr. Barfoat, Vacoa. 

 Tai'ioca,— 2 exhibitors : Extra Prize, £ 1, to Mrs. Baissac ju- 

 nior, Port- Louis. 

 ■ Arrow Root.— 4 exhibitors: Extra Prize of£l, to Mr. Bar- 

 foot, Vacoas. 

 Manioc Powder.— Extra Prize of 10 s., to Miss C. Furteau, 



Cassis. ' 

 Fresh Butter, — 3 competitors : Mrs. Blanshard, Lady Barclay, 

 and Mr. Tribe, Red u it. The Prize, £ 1, was awarded to 

 the last. 

 Honey,— 4 competitors : Prize of £l, to Mr. B. PellegriD, of 



* Port-L»uis. 

 Liqueurs. — Messrs. St. Alrae and Co., the only exhibitors, were 



awarded an Extra Prize of £l. 

 Hams. — Colonial: Extra Prize, £l. These, which are a novelty, 

 were exhibited by Capt. BiHing, of Petite Riviere, who 

 deserves great credit for ihe degree of perfection he has 

 attained in their preparation, as well as in that of Bacon. 

 It is to be desired that there may ijc mmy imitators in this 

 art, which it is so important to introduce in a climate 

 where meat retains its freshness so short a time. 

 Salt. — Colonial: Mr. Bonieux exhibited the only Sample. It 

 was of very fine quality and oi^laineci an Extra Prize of £ 1. 

 No sampleswereexhibitedof Tea, Cocoa, Chocolate, Coffee, 

 Cloves, or other Spice, Pkesebves, Pickles Flour or Bacon ; 

 Cotton, Silk, Indigo, Ai<oe, or other Roe»:; Dying Stuffs, Po- 

 tash, Leatueb, Gunny Bags, or other Produce or Manufactures, 

 excepting Vacoa Bags and Tortoise Sxiell Combs. The latter 

 Speoimens of Colonial "Workmanship, exhibited by Mr. Jeaa 

 Julien of Port-Louis, wereso well executed that, at the recom- 

 mendation of the Committee, the Society has awarded to him one 

 of its Silver Medals. «Some boards ol Caupbok VTood were «xhi* 

 bited by Mr. Janson, of Savanne. A very neat model of a bow 



