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" October 26, 1874. 

 " My clear Sir, 

 " I have received and thank you for the description of ths 

 singular fish caught off Pointe cnix Sahles ; but tlie figure was 

 not enclosed in your letter. 



" Many points of the description remind me of the family 

 Gt/mnetridce ; and probably your fish belongs to it ; bnt I 

 would not give a positive answer before I have seen either a 

 drawing or a specimen. 



" Touri^ very truly, 



" (Signed) A. GiiNTHER." 



Le Secretaire donne lecture dc la Icttre siiivante qii^il a 

 re5ue de M. C. E. Bewsher, ayaut trait a I'eleve des liui- 

 tres a Maurice : " 



" Port Louis, 14th January 1875. 

 " Dear Mr Bouton, 

 '' As 1 am unable to attend the meeting this afternoon, will 

 you kindly communicate the following to the Society. You 

 will recollect that at the last annual meeting, reference was 

 made to oyster cultivation by Mr Robillard, and our President 

 in his reply expressed a wish that something should be done 

 by this Society to improve and increase this favourite article 

 of food. I now give you the reply of Mr Sibert Saunders of 

 "Whitstable in answer to my enquires, dated 16th JSTovember 

 1874." 



OTSTEEf? AND OTiSTER CULTURE 



" The Oyster spawns dui'ing the months from May to Sep- 

 tember inclusive. 



" The parent is Hermaphrodite, and the ova are deposited 

 betweeii the lobes of the branchia and mantle of the parent 



