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the smouldering embers from being extinguished, never 
giving up the cause in dispair. 
Before this Report is closed. "Will Your Honor and 
Gentlemen, permit Your Secretary to express his earnest 
hope, that the Sociely may pass through the ensuing 
year without any difficulties — that union and concord 
may prevail amongst its members — that interesting papers 
may be laid before it -that the meetings may be better 
attended — and the Exhibitions proceed in the same pait 
as the annual publications to the benefit of both, as long 
as the financial position of the Society will permit. 
Port Louis, Friday 23rd May 1873. 
L. BOUTON, 
Secretary. 
'1 he President then rose and said that he had very 
little to add to what had been stated in the Secretary’s 
Report, but he wished nevertheless to elucida'c a point 
which appeared to him not to have been sufficiently dealt 
with him. 
Speaking of the rewooding of lauds, the Secretary had 
stated that it was being practised on a large scale in 
Europe, America and more particularly in all the British 
possessions. 
The President remarked with reason, that Mauritius 
had not remained behind the movement, as the Govern- 
ment, with the assi tancc of Mr Horne, had replanted a 
large extent of land in the neighbourhood of Port Louis, 
Powder Mills, Canonniers’ Point, Flat Island and Cure- 
pipe (Mare aux Jones ) 
Thus, on the mountains around Port Louis, nine acres 
had been planted with 200,000 trees and 150,000 holes 
had been planted with seeds. 
At Powder Mills 50 acres had been planted ( with 
150,000 trees. 
