celui de ses collegues, qu'ils seront heureux et fiers 

 de l'aider dans toutes les questions sur lesquelles il 

 voudra les consulter. 



Lb Secretaire depose successivement sur la table 

 des brochures et autres communications qui lui ont ete 

 adressees. 



lo. De la part du Dr Pougnet un exemplaire de 

 son " Etude sur le Cholera a Maurice." 



Des remerciments sont votes au Dr. Pougnet. 



2o. De la part du Dr. K. Mobius les recettes de 

 ses recherches sur la faune marine de Maurice et 

 des Seychelles. 



3o. La lettre suivante du Secretaire Colonial : 



To A. Daruty, Esq. 



Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences 



Mauritius, Colonial Secretary's Office, 

 14th February 1881. 



Sir, 



Having been given to understand that the Royal 

 Society of Arts and Sciences is desirous of procuring 

 bones of the "Solitaire" bird from Rodrigues, the 

 Lieutenant-Governor requests that you will be good 

 enough to furnish His Excellency with a Memorandum 

 explaining precisely what the Society desires. 



A statement describing the haunts and habits of 

 the bird, or any suggestions which may facilitate the 

 discovery of its remains, would materially assist • the 

 Police Magistrate of Rodrigues, with whom His 



