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L'HOINOBABLE E. NEWTON 



A LA. REUNION ANNUELLE DE 



LA SOCIETE ROYALE DES ARTS ET DES SCIENCES 



Mr. President and Gentlemen, 



I beg, as President of the Eojal Society of Arts and 

 Sciences of Mauritius, to associate myself "with the Secre- 

 tary in the sympathetic and affectionate words of farewell 

 which he has adressed to His Honor the President of this 

 meeting. 



The Hon. Mr Newton has been several times annual 

 President of this Society, and, during his long stay in 

 Mauritius, he has always taken a warm interest in its 

 prosperity, and he has more than once communicated his 

 labors to the Society. Readers of scientific reviews know 

 how he has described the birds of Madagascar, and also 

 the birds of Mamitius existing or extinct, and he has very 

 recently classified and described the very interesting col- 



