The international geography . --f^ii^STl ^; Fig. 483.—Mauritius. settlement at Grand Port Madagascar escaped to the woods, and later these Marons caused much trouble to the colonists. In 1715, the Dutch having abandoned the island,. I02 2 The International Geography it was taken by the French East India Company. Mahe de Labourdonnais,who arrived as governor in 1735, proceeded with energy and success todevelop the resources of the island, establishing Port Louis as the seat ofgovernment, introducing the sugar industry, and encouraging the culti-vation of cotton and indigo. The colony continued
The international geography . --f^ii^STl ^; Fig. 483.—Mauritius. settlement at Grand Port Madagascar escaped to the woods, and later these Marons caused much trouble to the colonists. In 1715, the Dutch having abandoned the island,. I02 2 The International Geography it was taken by the French East India Company. Mahe de Labourdonnais,who arrived as governor in 1735, proceeded with energy and success todevelop the resources of the island, establishing Port Louis as the seat ofgovernment, introducing the sugar industry, and encouraging the culti-vation of cotton and indigo. The colony continued to flourish, and evenacquired a degree of local independence, but at the same time it wasactive in its hostility to British interests and commerce in the east. It wasaccordingly captured by a British expedition in i8io, and its cession wasformally acknowledged by the Treaty of Paris, when Reunion, whichhad also been taken, was restored to France. Thepresent government is that of a Crown Colony, theentire administration being vested in the Governor ;various modifications have, however, been effected atdifferent times, the most important being that of 1885,when a representative element was introduced. Thepopulation at the time
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