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Madagasciir birds. Tliu actual Assistant of the 

 Curator, receives a salary of Rs 1000. 



r„ ., . ,-. The present one receives a sa. 



LTaxiaermist] '■ 



lary of Rs 480. As there is not 

 in the island a really competent taxidermist, the 

 Council recommends that a qualified person be en- 

 gaged from home for two years, to set up the 

 first collection. He would also teach persons in the 

 Colony from among whom shall be chosen the future 

 permanent taxidermist. The Council believes that the 

 services of such a man could be obtained for Ks 2000 

 per annum, besides passage money. 



This officer would perform the 

 [Clerk aud Keeper of the 

 Museum.] ordinary clerical work of the 



department, and would also act 

 as keeper of the Museum during the hours it is open 

 to visitors. 



There is now a messenger receiving Rs 180, aud 

 Rs 240 are provided every year for keeping the Mu- 

 seum clean. 



These are the suggestions which the Council 

 thinks itself justified in making at present-; but it 

 cannot conclude this lengthy report, without express- 

 ing once more its deep sense of gratitude for the inte- 

 rest which Your Excellency has always been pleased 

 to evince to the vSociety of Arts aud Sciences of which 

 the letter asking for the present report, is the most 

 convincing proof. We may now entertain the hope 

 that Mauritius which as Your Excellency remarks 



