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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



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 Aft. 1. — Report of a Committee appointed for the exa- 

 mination of a model of Pump, presented by Mr. 

 Carie 1 



2. — Queries addressed by ihe Agricultural Committee 

 of the Society, to the Sugar Planters in various 

 districts of the Island 10 



3. — Answer from the Sugar Planters at Flacq . ... 13 



4. —Do. do. at Riviere du Rempart. 41 



5. —Do. do. at Grand Port .... 60 



6.— Do. from Mr. Bellier Beaumont, Planter at Bour- 

 bon Island 68 



7. — Cultivation of the canes at Bourhon Island by 

 Mr. Lepervanrhe Meziere i . . . 72 



8. — List of Prizes awarded by the Agricultural Com- 

 mittee at the Exhibition held on the 15th October 

 1846 84 



9 — Prizes awarded at the Sugar Exhibition held on 

 the 19th October 1846 86 



10. — On a mode of preserving the cuttings, or tops 

 of the canes, by Mr. W. Bojer 87 



11. — Letter from the Hon. Mr. G. C. Cuninghame 

 on the osseous remains of the Dodo 87 



12.— Copy of a letter from Mr. H. E. Strickland on 

 the extinct birds belonging to the genus Didus . . 94 



13. — Hygrometrical observations made by Mr. Li6- 

 nard 97 



14. — Meteorological observations made at Port Louis, 

 by the Hon. Mr. G. C. Cuninghame 99 



