£ftcntf)!s> i^'i'ccccumgo ct xt*t %$tiet$. 



(Thursday, the 3rd September 1 846. J 



The Hon. G. F. Dirk, President, in the Chair. 

 Present: — Mr. Bnjer, Vice-President, Mr. But, lor, Se< ro- 

 tary, nine ordinary Members, and 



Mr. Eugene de FrobervilU, Corresponding' Member. 

 Visitors : — Five Students of the Royal College, introduced 

 by Mr. Morris, Vice-Secretary. 



Mr. Theodore Sauzier was elected a Resident Member, and 

 Major Phillips, H.E.I.C.S., a Corresponding- Member. 

 Mr. Edouard Olivier, Veterinary Surgeon, was proposed by 

 Mr. Bouton, Secretary, and seconded by the President. 



Mr. Bouton, Secretary, read a letter from Mr. E. Baker, 

 Corresponding Member of the late " Society of Natural 

 History," re-established, with certain changes in its consti- 

 tution and Regulations, under the t' tie of " The Society of 

 Arts and Sciences of Mauritius." Mr. Baker, requesting to 

 be admitted as a Resident Member, was proposed by Mr. Bo- 

 jer, Vice-President, and seconded by the President. The 

 ballot to take place at next Meeting. 



The Hon. Col. Staveley, Hon. M.S.A.S.M., presenter! to 

 the Society specimens of Stalactites found in the caves of the 

 district of " Nouvclle Decouverte." 



Mr. Hossford,M.S.A.S.M., presented samples of Guano from 

 Patagonia ; and 



Sir Edward Belcher, Captain 11. M.S. Samarang, presented 

 shells collected in the Eastern Seas. 



