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fait enregistrer pai* le Secretaire son nom et ie titre 

 de I'ouvrage. 



Lecture est donnee de I'adresse de bienvenue pre- 

 sentee a Son Excellence Sir John Pope Hennessy par 

 la Societe ainsi que la reponse de Son Excellence : 



To His Excellency Sik John Pope Hennessy, 



K. C. M. G., F. G. S., P. E. A. S. 

 &C., &C. 



Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the 

 Island of Mauritius and its Dejjendencies, 

 Sfc, 8fc., Sfc, 

 May it please Your Excellency, 



We, the undersigned Office-Bearers of the Royal 

 Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius make it our 

 pleasing duty to express to Your Excellency, and Lady 

 Hennessy and family, on behalf of the members of the 

 Society, the best wishes of the Society at Your Excel- 

 lency's arrival in this Colony. 



In welcoming Your Excellency to this Island, the 

 Society very respectfully begs Your Excellency to be 

 pleased to confer on it, the same honour which Your 

 Excellency's predecessors have hitherto conferred upon 

 it, in becoming the Patron of the Society. 



The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mau- 

 ritius having learnt with pleasure that Your Excel- 

 lency is already a fellow of a renowned Scientific 

 Society of London, hastens to express its hope and 



