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Besides the Newspapers and periodicals to which the 
Society subscribes, we have received several works, from 
the autliois themselves, or from the Societies with which 
we are in the habit of making exchange, as lor instance 
the Royal Society of London, the Academie Royale de 
Belgique, the Zoological Society of London &e. &c. 
An Exhibition was held this year, in August, at the 
Royal College. His Excellency the Governor, several 
influential persons and some of the Corporations contii- 
buted to its success by offering prizes. 
It is' to be regretted that no Report was made on the 
articles exhibited on this occasion. The first exhibition 
under the direction of Hr. Regnaud combined even ie- 
quisite, thanks to the Report which revealed the real value 
of these grand displays. 
The public, not only in Mauritus, but also in foieign 
countries with which w r e are in correspondence were en- 
abled thereby to obtain a correct idea of the resources of 
our Colony in an agricultural and commercial point of view. 
The happy precedent was unfortunately not followed at 
the 2nd and 3rd Exhibition, it was no longci an indus- 
trial and intellectual holiday; it was ah immense and 
brilliant display, a sumptuous bazar, a large diamond, so 
to speak which required the hand of the lapidary, to in- 
crease its value a hundred fold. 
A part this, we are bound to acknowledge the talent 
and rule with which the Exhibition was managed, and tbe 
excellence of the classification and arrangement of the 
articles exhibited. 
A Committee was appointed to revise the Regulations 
of the Society, which after all might be left alone, as 
it has not ceased to progress, since they were drafted by 
the late Bojer, Mr. Rawson and your Secretary. 
But no decision has been taken and the question is 
therefore in the same state. 
