ANNEXE F. 



(Voir, iSeauco spccialc ila 14 Mui, page 18.) 



Ili-i Escdlency Major (Jeneral Sir Akthur Purves 

 PhaykEj K.C.S.I.G.B., Governor and Comiiiander 

 ill Chief ill and over the Island of Mauritius and 

 ih' Dependencies, Sj-c, S)'c. cj'c. 



May it please Your Excellencj'^ 



The Council of the Royal Society of Arts and 

 Sciences of Mauritius having attentively read the let- 

 ter which Your Excellency has been pleased to address 

 to the President of the Society relative to the Mu- 

 seum, and having carefully examined the several points 

 raised in it, begs to submit to Your Excellency the 

 followiug Report duly approved by the Society at its 

 last meeting. The delay in forwarding it, was chiefly 

 occasioned by the desire of obtaining the fullest pos- 

 sible information on the subject; with this view, the 

 Council has placed itself in communication with the 

 Curators of the Museums in several English Colonies, 

 whose answers are hereto annexed. The Council 

 begs to annex tabular statements showing the sums 

 spent and the allowances made by certain of the said 

 colonies for their Museums. 



I. The Council fully concurs in Ycur Excellen- 

 cy's opinion that the Museum should bo placed in a 

 moi'B central position of the town than it is at present, 

 Lo render it more easy of access to persons visiting 



