10 
year, after which time the larger animals die only from 
accident. It is safe to count therefore on 10 o/o of the 
carets raised to bring them to a commercial size (24 
inches) at the end of the 7th or 8th year. At iVlphonse 
there are probably a lot of sea organisms (most jelly 
fish) which Mr Chenard at Curieiise should try to grow 
artificially, they being scarcer on the Mahe hank. He 
should also destroy, within the park, all predatory fish, 
and with a judicious selection, he should raise at the 
same time young fish for the feeding of the carets. 
It would he very expensive to depend entirely on 
fish caught at a distance from Curieuse, but it is very 
likely that the same food serves for both carets and 
fish, and that therefore secondary enclosures should be 
created to avoid undue competition. 
P. II. DUPONT, 
Curator, 
Botanic Station and Crown Lands, 
Seychelles, 
30th April, 1912. 
