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filling one page and a half. I cannot make out by whom the article in the 

 third, fourth and fifth editions is written. It is not only interesting, but 

 important, as it was largely used in the pamphlet printed by the order 

 of the Parliament. I have not extracted the article in the Encyc. Britan., 

 as the Dobson's edition at least is present in every library. But I shall 

 quote in the Parliament pamphlet the letters reprinted or extracted in 

 Encycl. Britan. The Encycl. Perthensis, vol. xi., p. 254-256, has the same 

 article somewhat abridged. 



In the three copies of the Brit. Parliamentary papers which I was able 

 to consult, I found in the printed papers of the House of Commons that 

 April 21, 1789, was ordered to be printed a paper entitled " Proceedings 

 of His Majesty's Most Honorable Council, and Information Received 

 Respecting an Insect Supposed to Infest the Wheat of the Territories of 

 the United States of America." But the paper itself seems to be wanting 

 in those three copies. Kirby speaks of a vast amount of material col- 

 lected by the Council, which filled upwards of 200 octavo pages. As this 

 paper contains several reports by Sir Joseph Banks and others, and as it 

 seems to have been used only in the article of the Encycl. Britan., I was 

 very eager to know something more. Prof W. R. Nichols, of Boston, was 

 so kind as to make in the British Museum the following index of the con- 

 tents of this paper : — 



This is a 4to pamphlet of 65 pages, and, of course, it would be too 

 expensive a matter to have the whole thing copied without special direc- 

 tions. I will give you, however, a list of everything in the volume, and 

 state just how long each portion is. 



Cotitents of Paper Referred to. 



1. Letter from Mr. Bond, Consul at Philadelphia, to the Marquis of 

 Carmarthen, 22nd April, 1788; half page. 



2. Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to the Marquis of C, 4th June, 1788 ; 

 one page. 



3. Order in Council forbidding any entry of wheat, etc., etc., 25th 

 June, 1788; half page. 



4. Minute of Council, 4th July, 1788; one and a half pages. 



5. It II 5th >i >i II II (Con- 

 taining statement by Sir Joseph Banks.) 



6. Report of Sir Joseph Banks, proposing the mode of making experi- 

 ment on the American wheat, 6th July, 1788 ; half page. 



