Adrien d’Epinay, leader of the local plantocracy, proposes a University of Mauritius where, among other subjects, Law would be read. His blueprint based on the Royal College, the island’s premier educational establishment, aims at a cheaper, more efficient and more Mauritian Civil Service. John Jeremie, (British) Procureur-General, sees the institution in more esoteric terms, spanning numerous subjects in the arts and sciences, languages and religious and radiating its influence its influence to Africa and Asia, in a unique imperial design based on the intellect.
