Report of the Committee of Fine Arts. 106. 



charming Landscapes in chalk and pencil of Lieut. Swinny, 

 (the subsequent death of this young and accomplished Offi- 

 cer has been a subject of universal regret,) and Turner, 

 both of the Royal Artillery, the Daguerreotypes of Mr. Mai- 

 sonneuve; the Pastils of Messrs. Devaux, Blakesly and Mal- 

 gontier; the Gouaches of Chainbaux; the Mosaics exhibited 

 by Mrs. Vandamme; the remarkable worsted work of Mrs. 

 Couteau; and the ingenious model of a spiral staircase, the 

 work of Messrs. Boulle and Laureau. 



The Committee have not thought it adviseable to repeat 

 the Exhibition this year, owing to the commercial depres- 

 sion and consequent general gloom that prevails in the Co- 

 lony; but they entertain a hope that if they are reconsituted 

 to the Council, they will be able to arrange for an Exhibi- 

 tion in 184-9, and that by giving a year's notice, they will 

 stimulate the Native artists to prepare woiks specially for 

 it, and thereby produce the effect, which is the chief object 

 of the Committee, and the aim of all Exhibitions of tbis na 

 tufe, namely, to encourage the development and improve- 

 ment of Talent among Artists, and of Taste in the commu- 

 nity-' at large. 



Port- Louis, July 1848. 



Geo. F. DICK, Pnsident. 

 I Ed. P1TOT,— Rawson W. KAWSON, Secretaries. 



