Ill 
E. the Governor inscribed on the obelisk at Parnple- 
mousses, which was founded in order to perpetuate the 
memory of the most eminent men of Mauritius and her 
benefactors. 
The gap then made in our ranks has been filled up by 
eight new members who are in order of their elections. 
1. Mr J. Muller, Chemist, attached to Mr Ilewetsom’s 
Laboratory. 
2. Mr Dhotman, senior, General Agent. 
•3. Mr Melville Matson, Accountant Oriental Bank. 
4. Mr Gustave dc Coriolis, Govt. Servant. 
5. Mr Ed. Virieux, Commission Agent. 
6. Mr Eug. Faduilhe, Sworn- broker. 
7. Mr Povah Ambrose, Merchant. 
8. Mr Constant de Gersigny, Planter. 
I will now, Your Excellency and Gentlemen, mention 
the subjects that have occupied the attention of the So- 
ciety. 
1. Anthropology . — Your Secretary, who has recently been 
in correspondence with the Societe Khediviale de Geogra- 
phic du Cairo , has received notes from the Bulletin pub- 
lished by that Society, respecting Negro tribes who inhabit 
those parts of Central Africa West of the Equator and 
who are called Makraka Niam-Niam. And also the ob- 
servations of Col. Long Key on those tribes who had never 
before been visited by an European. 
“ They arc said to live on the borders of flic marshes, 
