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the lead in organizing the Exhibition of 1881. Through 

 his unwearied application and attention to details, and 

 through the encouragement, and, I will add, the 

 enthusiasm, which his example inspired, that Exhi- 

 bition, notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, 

 was perhaps the most brilliant and successful ever 

 held in Mauritius. For the attainment of that success, 

 he worked almost day and night; he gained his object, 

 but it is to be feared that he did so at the expense of 

 his health. Nevertheless, such was his buoyancy, that 

 at the very last meeting of the Society he undertook 

 to make the preliminary arrangements for holding a 

 more extensive Exhibition in 1884. 



I am not aware that Mr Pitot contributed any 

 papers to the transactions of the Society ; he was a 

 man of business rather than of abstract science, a man 

 of action, order, progress, practical knowledge, and 

 experience, ever ready and willing to suggest, aid, and 

 encourage ; and as such he rendered the Society 

 invaluable services. 



Gentlemen, the highest tribute that we can pay 

 to the memory of our departed President is to follow, 

 to the utmost of our ability and opportunities, the 

 examples he has set us of devotedness to the welfare 

 of the Society. He has left us a legacy which it is 

 our duty to turn, as far as we can, to good account. 

 Much has been done, bat the field is wide, and there 

 is ample room for further exertion. Let us, then, 

 laying aside every other consideration, work together 



