Proceedings of the Society. 



Of the Society to Lady Gomm and Mf. Ciininghame, and (o 

 distribute these seels with a view to the restoring- to this Is- 

 land a plant of great value, on account of the excellent oil 

 which its fruit yields. This plant, though frequently intro- 

 duced, has for some time been lost to the Colony. 



Lieut. -Col. Llovd, presented a Table of the Meteorological 

 Observations made at the Observatory of Port Louis, in 

 the year 1846. 



Mr. Tb. Sauzier, presented a rare species of Cyct/)stoS1a, 

 found by him at Grand Port, and not hitherto known to 

 exist here. Delivered to ihp Curator of the Museum. 



A letter from Messrs. Hiker & Jeffrey-; was read, con- 

 taining an offer t<> the Soch tv "f their services as Printers*, 



The Secretary apprized the Son : i\ i»f the d a;h of Dr. J. 

 F. Walter, o ;e of its Members. 



The Secretary communicated a letter from the Hon. The 

 Colonial Secretary, signifying that the Secretary of State 

 had allowed the sum of £200 to be placed at the disposal of 

 the Society, annually, 911 certain conditions, and that by or- 

 der of His Excellency '1 he Governor, that sum is now at 

 their command. The letter ordered to be handed over to the 

 Finance Committee. 



Mr. E. Vigoureux, Vice-Secretary, presented a communis 

 cation from Mr. Lepervanche Meziere, a Corresponding 

 Member of this Society, on the state of Agriculture in the 

 Island of Bourbon, and particularly on the cultivation of the 

 Cane, in which Mr. L. states, that great improv3me:its have 

 been made by Mr. Joseph Desbassayns, a planter th re. Mr. 

 hi in this interesting treatise states the principles on which 

 Mr. D. had formed many years ago a theory which has been 

 acted on by the Planters in Bourbon almost generally. He 

 enters into some important details in regard to the degenera- 

 tion of Plants, the qualities of soils, and the practice termed 

 Assolement, which corresponds in some measure with the 

 gfeen fallowing of England, and, here, consists in covering 



