Coiumal Secrelury's Office, Uh March 18it. 
To the Natural History Soeiely. 
. Gentlemen, 
— The Right Ffonorable the Secretary of S'ate, in a Despatch N° 391, da led the 
7th Oktober las', aeknowledges ihe receipt of a comcDunicmioit from H;s l-.xceilenoy 
Governor, relative to Ute proposed grant of public money towards ihe Colonial 
Society of NaUiral History al Mauritius, 
2. — IJis Lordship ohserves that, althougb as a general rulf. ft 3ppears to Her 
Mfljesty's Government that the public utility of Soeieiies of this deäcriniion, is best 
testet! by Hie deg ee of vo'untaty support Hiev receive froav* the cömmuniiy* ihey 
■will not ander ihe circmnstances as explained by His Excellency and by ihe Committee 
of the Society, wilhhold tbeir sanction from the grant of £ 200 a year to the lusli« 
tulion as an experimental measure. 
3. — His Lordship, however, desircs that it may be distinctiy underslood that the 
grant shaU be annually sub;ect to revisiou, an t that. if ihe private contribuiious fof 
ibe support of ihe Institution, shaU fall off in ihe average amount, the publie 
allowaace shall be dimimshed, if noi allogeilier withdrawn. 
I bave ihe liouor to bo, Gentlemen, 
¥our most obedient servant, 
GiäO F. DICK, 
Colonial Secreiary. 
TTIonorahle President propose qu’une lettre de remerciment 
soj ! adrpssee ä S. E. le Gouverneur pour ta part actite qne Sou 
Excelieuce a bien vouhi preudre dans les relations qui ont eu 
lieu ä ce s uj e I a\ec le Ties Hnnoiabie Secretqire d’Etat, et pour 
ses pressantes recomruaudations aupres de 8a Seigneurie. M. Bojer 
ajopte a eeüe proposifion, teile de noinmer une deputation qui 
irait elle-nteme faire agreer ii Son Excelieuce les remercimenis de 
Ja Societe : cet’e proposifion e-l approuvee, et. MM. W. Bojer, 
L. Boutoq el l’Houorable Cuniiighame sont ch arges de eelle 
Rtishioif. 
JEUDI, 2 AVRIL 1840, 
L’Honorable G. F. Dick., occupe le fauteuil. 
MM. W. Bojer, Lienärd L. Bouton, J Morris, H. Barlow, 
je Lieut.- Colonel Blanshard. Castillon, J Chauvin, le Doc- 
fear Cotton, l'Honorable Cuninghame, B. Finniss, H. LemierEj 
V. Merle, l’Honorable Bavvson, N. Savy, E. Vigoureux. 
M. Eng-, de Froberville, membre correspondant. 
M. A. Blancard, propose ä !a derniere seaoce, est recu Membr^ 
residant. 
