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A CATALOGUE
OF THE
OBJECTS EXHIBITED BY THE COLONY
.MAURITIUS
AT THE
VIENNA UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION,
1873.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY HARRISON & SONS,
1873 ,

W\ B.In v Mi 61 .

GROUP 2.
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J. CALDWELL, Esq. and Mrs. de CHAZAL MOON —
£ 44 Plates of Lithographed Canes, introduced into Mauritius by Mr. Caldwell, and painted from nature, in New Caledonia, by Mrs. Moon.
1 Report on New Caledonia.
1 Classifying Sugar Canes.
16 Plates, original painted in Queensland.
6 Ditto „ „ New South Wales.
36 Ditto „ „ Mauritius.
(All cultivated in Mauritius.)
Sugar Canes painted from nature .
Of Queensland.
Nos. 61
Tugi;
,
Nos. 69 Tabor Socrat.
62
Red Ribbon Cane.
70 Trebee.
63
Tabor
Socrat.
71 Black Cheribon.
64
„
Rappee.
72 Green a Rose Ribbon.
65
„ var.
73 Caledonian „
66
Mera.
74
67
>>
Pceti.
75 Mauritius „
68
Djoendgoeng.
7 6 Queensland „
Of New South Wales.
Nos. 1
Bourbon.
Nos. 4 Bales Ribbon.
2
Bales Ribbon.
5 Light Purples.
3
>>
))
6 Dark „
[357]
B 2

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In Mauritius.
1 Plaines St. Pierre.
2 Belouguet verte.
3 ,, blanche.
4 „ ordinaire.
5 „ vernissee.
6 Grande Baie.
7 Tamarin.
8 Diard verte.
9 „ blanche.
10 Malabarde.
11 Ghnngham.
12 Tiboo Hanr.
13 Tahiti blanche.
14 Tahiti verte.
15 Flaquine.
16 Giraffe.
17 Elephant.
18 Mapou Bouge.
19 Mapou blanche.
20 „ marbree.
21 Souchoniam.
22 Bois rouge bonde.
23 Mignonne.
24 Abondance.
25 Malamane.
26 Chicaga.
27 Heine blanche.
28 Egyptian striped.
29 „ yellow.
30 Bambou Ghinghan.
31 „ verte.
32 „ rose.
33 Bantang.
34 Saigon.
35 Reinette.
36 Avenir.
Sections of 62 kinds of Woods growing in Mauritius from indigenous trees found in the Forests.
1 Labourdonnasia glauca.
2 Colophonia Mauritiana (B. Colophane).
3 Jossinia lucida (B. de Clous).
4 Jambosa venosa (one specimen).
5 Blackwellia glauca (B. Sagai, grandes feuilles),
6 Labourdonnasia revoluta (B. de Natte).
7 Haronga Madagascariensis (B. Haronge).
8 Olea lancea (B. Sauvage) Olivier.
9 Calophyllum spectabile (B. Tatamaka).
10 Memecylon trinerve (B. de Canne).
11 Antidesma Madagascariens.
12 Syzgium obovatum (B. de Boeuf).
13 Securinega nitida (B. Dnr), one specimen.
14 Melicocca diversifolia (B. Gaulettes).
15 Diospyros reticulata (B. d’Ebene Batard).
16 Syzygium sp.
17 Erythrospermum sp.
18 Mimusops angustifolia (B. de Natte, petites feuilles).
19 Jossinia mespiloides (B. FTefie).
20 Erythroxylon sideroxyloides.
21 Syzygium sp. (B. Calebasse).
22 Quivisia ovata (B. Quisi).
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Sections of 62 kinds of Woods. — Continued.
23 Psatliura myrtifolia (B. Cassant).
24
25 Gaertnera vaginata (B. Cofe).
26
27 Fropiera Mauriliana.
28 Elseodendron orientale (B. Olive).
29 Prockia species.
30 Erythrospermum sp. (B. Bigagnon). '
31 Ehretia petiolaris (B. Betel).
32 Diospyros melanida (B. d’Ebene marbre).
'33 Tabernaemontana Mauritiana (B. de Lait a feuilles jauuatres).
34 Miniusops Imbricaria (B. de Natte).
35 Sideroxylon cinerum (Tambalacoque).
36 Mithridatea tamburissa (B. Tambour).
37 Diospyros melanida.
38 Croton sp. (B. Yiolon).
39 Calycodapliane cupularis (B. Cannelle, blanc).
40 Blackwellia integrifolia.
41 Cupania be vis (B. Sagai).
42 Badula reticulata (B. Pintade).
43 Miniusops sp. (Pomme de Songe).
44 Erytliroxylom lancifolium (B. a Flambeaux).
45
46 Gastonia cutisponga (B. d’Eponge).
47 Tenninalia Catappa (Budamier).
48 Heriteria littoralis.
49 bfeplielium Litclii (ritclii).
50 Syzygium Jambolana (Jamlongue).
51 Accasia elata (B. iSToir blanc).
52 Lagerstrsemia indica (Goyavier fleur).
’ 53 Hsematoxylon Campecliianum (Campeclie-Logwood).
54 Imbricaria coriacea (Pomme Jacquot).
55 Camphora officinarum (Camphor).
5b Morinda citrifolia (Murier de Java, B. Jaune)—Chinese pre pare a yellow dye from the bark of its roots.
57 Flacourtia Eamontchi (Prunier de Madagascar).
58 Nephelium Longan (Longan).
59 Psidium Indicum (Goyavier de Chine), r 60 Accaeia Lebbek (B. Noir).
hi Ilymenaia verrucosa Copalier (one specimen).
62 Tetranthera laurifolia.
63 Artocarpus integrefolius (Jacquier).
64 Cinnamomum Cassia, Bitter Cinnamon (Cannallier).
65 Casuarina equisetifolia (Filao).

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Note 1.— Numbers (in Roman characters) corresponding with those in the margin are cut in the back of each specimen, and the specimens will thus be identified with the names in the list.
Note 2.—The “ Gomti ” fibre is not named, but will easily be distinguished, as it is used in Botanical Garden, Box mhrked 4, to pack the bottles containing the Nutmegs.
Note 3.—It is my wish that the fibres, woods, and nutmegs be handed to the Museum at Vienna after the Exhibition.
J. HORNE,
Sub-Director, Royal Botanical Gardens.
List of Fibres sent from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Mauritius.
Caladium purpurescens.
Ditto, a species of.
Fourcroya gigantea (a very valuable fibre for Ropes, &c.). Agave Americana variegata.
Musa textilis (Manila Hemp).
Musa, variety “ Red-fruited Banana.”
Abutilon, variety “ Due de Malakoff.”
Bsehmeria nivea, “ China grass.”
Musa violacea.
„ Paradisica, “ Seed-bearing Banana.”
Hibicus mutabilis, “ Passe Rose.”
Helicteres hirstua.
Draciena Mauritiana.
Bromelia spectrum.
Musa, species “ Square-fruited Banana.”
Sida glutinosa.
Agave Mexicana.
Guazuma tomentosa.
Ficus, a species of.
Morus tartarica, “ Chinese Mulberry.”
Isora corylifolia.
Daphne viridiflora.
Pandanus utilis.
Hibicus lilifloris.
Milochia tilsefolia.
Carludovica palmata,
Cordia mixta.

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List of Fibres sent from the Royal Botanical Gardens,
MauritiusContinued.
Livistona Mauritiana. Latania aurea. Ropolocarpus lucidus. Sagus Ruffia (Ruffia). Malvaviscus arboreus. Strelitzia juncea.
Sanseviera cylandnca „ Ceylonica
„ latifolia
These plants are said to yields the strongest known fibres.
Yucca gloriosa.
Agave Americana (used for making Ropes). Ficus, a species of.
Urania (Ravenalla) Madagascariensis. Sturculia, a species of.
Sanseviera zebrina.
Paudanus latifolius.
Musa, variety “ Otahiete Banana.”
Sida velutina.
Pine Apple (Fibre from cultivated varieties). Alpinia magnifica.
Heliconia gigantea.
Strelitzia Reginse.
Tlieobroma Cacoa.
Dracaena (Fibre extracted from the Stems). Ficus, a species of.
Hibicus, a species from Central Africa. Colocasia antiquorum.
Ananas bracteatum.
Ficus Indica.
Pterospermum acerifolmi.
Hibiscus esculentus.
„ populnea.
Sponia orientalis.
Paritium tilaceum.
Gomti. From the trunks of Arenga saccharifera: is much used as a substitute for horse-hair in stuffing cushions. In Box No. 4 of Botanical Gardens.
Note .—The fibres are all from plants grown at the Botanical
Gardens.
J. HORNE.

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Mr. J. HORNE.
63 Sections of Wood, of which 43, from No. 1 to No. 46, are from indigenous trees.
Sections of Mauritian Woods.
Names, Botanical and Local.
1 Labourdonnasia glauca 1 (Bois de Natte).
2 Colophania Mauritiana (B. Colophon).
3 Jossinia lucida (B. de 3
Clous).
4 Jambosa venosa. 4.
5 Blaekwellia glauca (Bois 5
Sagai).
6 Labourdonnasia revoluta 6
(B. de Natte).
Remarks on uses, &c.
All of this order are more or less durable woods. They comprise the so-called “ B. de Nattes,” all of which are used for house and shipbuilding, cabinet and furniture work. Barks good for tanning and dyeing, and seeds make excellent bird lime; diameter from two to four feet.
A resinous, heavy wood, much used for framing of carts, felloes of wheels, and in some parts of ships, buildings, breaks for railways, carriages, waggons, &c. It is a large tree often attaining a diameter of six feet.
A slow growing tree. Wood very hard andlieavy,used in building; named from its extreme hardness. The Jambosas, of which there are five or six species in Mauritius, are woods commonly used for household purposes, tables, small planks, &e., one is used for the shafts of carriages. J. vulgars makes excellent charcoal, tool handles, &c.
Three kinds of Blaekwellia are used for building purposes, and for the axles of carts.
There are several kinds of “ B. de Natte,” all of which are good for all building purposes, and are not excelled in durability by any other kind of wood.

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Sections of Mauritian Woods. — Continued.
Names Botanical and Local.
7 Horonga Madagasca- 7
riensis (B. Horounge).
8 Olea lancea (Olivier 8
Sauvage).
9 Callophyllum spectabile 9
(B. de Tatamaka).
10 Memecylon trinerve (B. 10
de Canne).
11 Antidesma Madagasca-
riens.
12 Syzygium obovatum (B. 12,
de Bceuf).
13 Securinega nitida (Bois 13
dnr).
14 Melicocca diversifolia
(Bois Gaulettes).
15 Diospyros reticulata (B. 15
d’Ebene Batard).
16 Syzygium sp. (B. de 16
Pomme).
17 Erythrospermum species
18 Mimusops angustifolia 18
(B. de Natte, petites feuilles).
19 Jossinia mespiloides. 19
20 Erytbroxylon sideroxy- 20
loides (B. d’huile).
Remarks on uses, &c.
“ B. Horounge ” is little used and of no value, as the wood never attains a large size.
An elastic wood used for shafts, tool handles, &c. Tree small, slow growing.
There are two or three excellent species of “ Tatamaka,” the woods of which are light and tough, difficult to work, very durable, serving for poles and for bullock carts, masts, and squared timber, &c.
Seldom of large size, the wood is excellent and much esteemed by carpenters for handles to axes, &c. It is very elastic. Diameter 6 to 8 inches.
16, 21, and 50 are different species whose woods are used in house building, and the wood of one species (No. 50) is used for shafts.
The remarks to Nos. 17 and 30 apply equally to this.
Furniture, &c.
Timber of excellent quality and useful for many purposes.
Vide remarks on the “ Nattes.”
Used in house building, grows to 10 inches in diameter.
Yields good tough durable wood, but seldom found large. This is the common character of the Erythroxylum of the country.

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Sections of Mauritian Woods. — Continued.
Names Botanical and Local.
Remarks on uses, &c.
21 Syzygium species
Calebasse).
22 Quivisia ovata (B.
B).
23 Psathura myrtifolia.
(B. 21 Vide No. 12.
25
Ca-
23 Small tree, wood durable and elastic, fit for handles of axes and shafts. A valuable medicinal tree.
(There are no specimens marked 24 and 26.) Gaertnera vaginata.
27 Fropiera Mauritiana.
28 Elseodendron orientale
(B. Olive).
29 Prockia species.
30 Erythrospermum sp. (B.
Bigagnon).
31 Ehretia Betel).
petiolaris (B.
32 Drospyros melanida (B. d’Eb&ne marbre).
33 Taberneemontana Mauritiana (B. de Lait a fleurs jaunatres).
34 Mimusops Imbricaria
(B. de Natte).
35 Sideroxylon cinereum
(B. Tambalacoque).
36 Mithridatea tamburissa (B. tambour).
building,
29 Wood good, durable, but liable to
crack, is therefore seldom used.
30 Wood used in ship building; valuable, good for piles and posts, as it is very durable.
31 Grows to 2 feet in diameter;
wood used in house but not valuable.
32 Common characters of the ebony.
D. ebenum is the true ebony; the wood of both used for square timber in building, but will not support exposure, and it is of no use for planks as it invariably splits. *
34 Vide “ Nattes.”
35 Tree tall, straight, large, some
5 feet diameter. Timber used in house building, planks, shingles, almost indestructible if cut in proper season, makes very good piles.

Sections of Mauritian Woods. — Continued.
Names Botanical and Local.
37 Diospyros sp. (B. d’E- b&ne).
38 Croton sp.
39 Calycodaphne cupsularis
(B. de Canelle blanc).
40 Blackwellia integrifolia.
41 Cupania loevis (B. Sa-
gai).
42 Badula reticulata (B.
Pintade).
43 Mimusops sp. (B. Pom-
me de Siege).
44 Erythroxylom lancifo-
lium.
(No No. 45.)
46 Gastonia cutisponga (B.
d’Eponge).
47 Terminalia catappa (B.
Badamier).
48 Heriteria littoralis.
49 Nepbelium Litchi (Lit-
chi or Lee-cbee).
50 Syzygium Jambolana
(Jamlongue).
51 Accacia elata (B. Noir
blanc).
52 Lagerstrsemia indica
(Goyavier fleur).
Remarks on uses, &c.
Common properties of tbe Ebonies. A tall, straight tree. Wood durable, used for furniture and house building.
Timber used in shipbuilding, makes good planks, and furniture. Is one of the best native timber trees, but very scarce.
Is not found large enough to serve for more than axles, small planks, &c., a good wood.'
Good wood, vide “ Nattes.”
Never found large, but is used as lathes. It is almost indestructible.
Only the heart wood durable, the outer and bark peculiarly soft and spongy.
Wood fit for cabinet making and cornices, &c.
Large tree, wood excellent, close grained, dark coloured; makes beautiful furniture, &c.
Wood excellent, but not sufficiently abundant to be much used.
Vide Nos. 12, 16, and 21.
Timber said to be stronger than teak. Heart wood excellent, hard, and durable: useful for many purposes; stands a heavy strain.
Generally small in size, apparently good, little used, but hard and tough.
37
39
40
43
44
46
47
48
49
50
51
52

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Sections of Mauritian Woods. — Continued.
Names Botanical and Local.
53 Hsematoxylon Carnpe-
chianum (Campeche Logwood).
54 Imbricaria coriacea
(Pomme Jacquot).
55 Camphora officinarum
(Camphor).
56 Morinda citrifolia (Mu-
rier de Java).
57 Flacourtia Ramontchi
(Prunier de Madagascar).
58 Nephelum Longan
(Longan).
59 Psidium Indicum (Go-
yavier de Chine).
60 Accacia Lebbeck (Bois Noir).
61 Hymsena verucosa (Co- palier).
62 Tetranthera laurifolia
(B. d’Oiseaux).
63 Artocarpus integrifolia
(Jacquier).
Remarks on uses, &c.
53 Not often found large enough for
building purposes, used for ornament and dyeing. This plant makes excellent hedges.
54 Wood good, but not common, and
therefore little used.
55 Grows to a large size. Wood
used for boxes for preserving articles against insects.
56 A yellow dye is prepared from
the bark of the roots of this tree by the Chinese.
57 Mostly small trees, with a hard
wood, which is serviceable for small articles of furniture.
58 Vide “Litclh,” No. 49.
59 Vide 52, the wood of which this very much resembles in quality, &c., but this is a much larger growing tree.
60 Heart wood used for naves and
felloes of wheels ; makes good charcoal, and formerly the French used to collect it largely and employ it as charcoal in gunpowder-making.
61 Timber apparently good, strong,
hard, but coarse grained. The tree yields gum copal; and it is very common in Madagascar, but exists in a very few places in a cultivated state, in Mauritius.
62 Used for shafts, tool handles, &c.
63 Wood useful for naves of carriage
wheels, also for furniture. Yellow, beautifully coloured when fully matured.

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Sections of Mauritian Woods. — Continued.
Names Botanical and Local.
64 Mangifera Indica (Man- 64
go)-
65 Cinnamomum Cassia 65
(Cannallier).
66 Casuarina equisetifolia 66
(Filao).
Remarks on uses, &c.
Often attains a large size. Wood soft, light, hut tough, used for doors, packing cases, &c. It is scarce possible to draw nails out of it.
The better Cinnamon of Commerce.
Axle trees, interior, of houses, excellent firewood. Must not be exposed to moisture.
J. HOENE,
Sub-Director, Botanical Gardens.
GEOUP 4.
Sugar.—14 Samples sent by James Wiehe f Esq.
1. —Mr. W. HEWETSON, Heioetson Estate.
Eefining quality manufactured for European markets.
2. —Messrs. HAET and De BISSY, Plaisance Estate.
Large Crystals, manufactured for Australian market.
3. —Mrs. Ww. PELLEGEIN, Constance Estate.
Medium Crystals, manufactured for Australian market.
4. —Mr. KXENIG, Mtdine Estate.
Large White Crystals, manufactured for Australian market.
5. —Mr. T. THIEEEY, Mon DSsert Estate.
Soft white, manufactured for Australian market, without animal charcoal.
6. —Mr. MANES, Constance Estate.
Good white, manufactured without animal charcoal, for Australian market.
7. —Messrs. D’AEIFAT, Constance Estate.
Good white, manufactured without animal charcoal, for Australian market.

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Sugar.—14 Samples sent by James Wiehe', Esq .— Continued.
8. —Messrs. TREBUCHET & Co., Espdrance Estate.
Good yellow, manufactured for Australian market.
9. —Mr. A. SORNAY, Beauchamp Estate.
Good refining quality, manufactured for European markets.
10. —Mrs. L. FADUILHE, GUmentine Estate.
Fair yellow, manufactured for Australian market.
11. — The CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED, Mon DSsir Estate.
Refining quality, manufactured for European market.
12. —The CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED, Solitude Estate.
Yellowish white, manufactured for Australian markets.
13. —The CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED, Astrcea Estate.
White, manufactured for Bombay.
14. —Grande Bale Estate.
Good yellow, manufactured for Australian market.
Honourable H. PITOT,—0 cases Sugar.
Sugars ABC, crystalized in the Vacuum Pan, different sizes of Crystals.
These Sugars have been filtered and manufactured without animal charcoal, and purged by turbines. The juice of the sugar cane has been treated according to Dr. leery’s process. These three boxes, with the one marked F, are white “ Vesou ” sugars.
Sugars D and E have been treated in the same manner as above, with larger Crystals, and have been made from the syrup or refuse from the “ Vesou ” sugars.
FLORE MAURICIENNE.
24 Bottles Preserved Fruits.
H. MOIZEAU.
7 Bottles Pickles.
Widow J. STRONG.
9 Bottles Pickles.

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13 w. B. Inv
GROUP 4. JV1 61.
C. DUMAT, Esq.
Statistics of Sugar production.
1 Plan of first class Sugar Mill.
GROUP 5.
Messrs. BOURGUIGNON & Co.
Rope made of Aloe Fibre (Fourcroya Gigantea ), 6 sizes.
Mr. D’UNIENYILLE.
4 lbs. Raw Silk.
GROUP 12.
J. KYSHE, Esq.
One Copy Mauritius Almanack (1872).
Three Copies „ „ (1873).
Mr. MOCO.
16 Photographs—Types of the Chinese, Indian, and Mozambique inhabitants of Mauritius.
22 Photographic Views of Landscapes, &c. (Mauritius.)
GROUP 17.
C. MELDRUM, Esq., Government Observatory. Meteorological Charts.
Madagascar Products. (Exhibited by Honourable H. Jourdain.)
2 Handsome Silk Lainbas.
2 Grass Cloth Nattes.
3 Pieces fine Grass Cloth. 1 Sample Flax.
1 „ Silk.
1 „ Fibre.
1 „ Cord.
3 Samples India Rubber.
6 Cigar Cases.
7 Spoons.
1 Fork.
2 Cups.
1 Specimen Crystal.
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