xxiviii. Proceedings of the Society. 



» Mr. ChurWs D'Epinay, in a very inieresiing paper on the 

 fabricalionaf sirup-sugar, points out the means which ou^ht, m 

 bis opinion, to be used lo improve its quality ; be also,and with 

 reason, assigns great importance to the preparation ofthat agent 

 the puiity of whiih h;is so sensible an effect upon the quality 

 of the sugar, and he notices the want of care and attention gen- 

 erally shown in Mauritius in the making of lime. 



» These works are in llie hands of those genllfmen who 

 have been appointed to report upon them, and will probably be 

 published in the next number of the tTransactions of the So- 

 ciety*, together with the Repor:s of the respective Committees 

 which have been eagsged about ihem. 



I In the course of ilie year which has just elapse^, you have 

 seen Members ofgreai innuence,as well asof distinguished talentj 

 leave our shores. Sir VVilliam Gomm accepted on his departure 

 the title of i Honorary Patrom, which the Society, as an acknow- 

 JeJgtment of the constant kindness he manifes ed towards it, 

 on so many occasions, felt it a du y to oiTer to him. Mr. Raw- 

 son, so zealous and active, so attached lo your interests, and 

 whose abseme will be more and more fell as the day of our next 

 Exhibition approaches, has left us, and so has Mr. Cuning- 

 hame, who took a most lively and true interest in your pro- 

 ceedings; your Vice-Secretary, Mr. Morris, whose obligingness 

 and devotion to you almost equaled the diversified knowledge 

 whi h be possesses in so high a degree, has also departed. You 

 wished to express to him, previously tohisleavingthe Island, how 

 much you valued his services and talents, by appointing hiih 

 one of your Honoraiy Members, and we indulge the hope ih.ij 

 he will preserve his feelings of affection towards the Society : 

 t I will always, when he wrote to us, on the point of leaving the 

 » Colony.recollect the Meeting* of iheSociely wi:h real pleasure, 

 » and will endeavour to make amends for the little it has 

 » hiihertft been in my power to do for it, by the zeal to serve it 

 I which a wider sphere of action will enabU me to display.! 



» lou have lost by death one of your oiosi active aad inielli' 



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