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quick lime Was shown, coming: from the lime kilns of 

 the Societe Chauxfourniere cle Mahebourg. 



Fine Arts 



A nice collection of Water Colour drawings the 

 best fruits of the island by Mesdemoiselles E. & C. 

 Adam, and three oil paintings of fruits and vegetables 

 by Mr Avice Dubuisson were noticed, together with six 

 oil paintings by Mrs Lumgair, representing plants and 

 sceneries of Mauritius. 



Mr. North Hall had also several Water Colours 

 printings; illustrating the Colonial idyl of Paul & 

 Virginia. 



Mr. Ch. Drenning; the well known Mauritius 

 Photographer, exhibited some remarkably good photo- 

 graphs, and the collection of views from the Island by 

 Lieut. Col. H. W. Stewart attained a high standard of 

 excellence. 



Some good specimens, both water colour and oil of 

 the deceased Creole artist, Mr. Richard were exhibited 

 by the Honorary Commissioner, Mr. H. J. Jourdain. 



Mr A. Descubes sent two very interesting maps of 

 Mauritius illustrating the water system of the island 

 and delimitating the portion of land still under forest, 

 and also a map of Port Louis and a full collection of 

 Marine charts of all our Dependencies, carefully copied 

 from official maps and charts. 



Dr C. Meldrum's accurate and useful Meteorological 

 charts and diagrams completed the interesting collections 



