Proceedings of the Sod fy. iii. 



(Thursday, 8th October 1846 J. 



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



Present : — Mr. Bojer, Vice-President, Mr. Bouton, Secre- 

 tary, and nine ordinary Members. 



Mr. Edouard Olivier, and 



Mr. Edward Baker, were elected Resident Members. 



Mr. Ed. Arbuthnot, and 



Mr. A. Morel, were proposed by Mr. Rawson,aod seconded 

 by the President. 



Mr. Bouton, Secretary, communicated a letter from Major 

 Phillips, thanking thj Society for having elected him a Cor- 

 responding Member. 



Mr. C. Wiehp presented to the Museum a specimen of the 

 Crowned Pigeon (Gaura Lop/ri/rus. Steph.) 



Delivered to the Curator of the Museum. 



Mr. Bouton, Secretary, laid before the Society a communi- 

 cation from Mr. J. Chauvet, enclosing a letter and notes from 

 Mi - . ITugenin, Chambevry, offering plants and shells from 

 the Alps in exchange for objects illustrative of the natural 

 history of Mauritius. 



Mr. Bouton presented specimens of Brick manufactured at 

 " Asylc" in the District of Pumplemousses. The bricks 

 made there have, it is stated, been used by many persons 

 both in domestic buildings and in furnaces, and have given 

 perfect satisfaction. As, hitherto, bricks have always been 

 an article of importation to the amount of from £1200 to 

 £1500 & annum, and as it is stated that they can be manu- 

 factured in this island and sold at the price of £7 or £8 & 

 thousand, while those imported cost above twice that sum, 

 the Society considered that their goodness and durability 

 ought to be proved beyond question, in order that encourage- 

 ment be given to this new article of Colonial manufacture. 



Mr. Bouton read a letter from Mr. Devaux, lithographer. 



