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27. For the fabrication of sewing needles. Three thou- 
sand francs. 
28. For the application of the steam engine to the art of 
— Two thousand francs. 
or tinning inka glasses by a method different 
from that in common use. ‘T'wo thousand four hundred 
i 
- For the preparation of animal charcoal with other 
es than bones and the purification of animal char- 
coal that has been already employed. ‘Two thousand francs. 
31. For the tarsi of fish glue. Cakieyencind 
Two thousand france 
32. For the ncnssondiionind shand mill for shelling legu- 
minous seeds. One thousand francs. 
_33._For the preservation of woollen stuf. ‘Three thou- 
san 
34. For the eee aE WN of paper from the bait of the 
a mulberry ousand frances. 
. Potatoe.—Don Joseph Pavou, author of a Flora of 
ares has found the potatoe in a wild state in the province 
ima and in Chili, where it is called Papas. It was like- 
— discovered i in 1809, in the environs of Santa-Fe’ de Bo- 
36. Caraibes Insects.—M. Geoffroy de Velleneuve has 
ee? sent to Paris a small quantity of insects, of a —- 
of Caraibes, with the following note : Being in the vi 
of Postudal, some leagues from St. Louis, occupied in <4 
lecting insects, and having the negroes to assist me in my 
researches, one of them brought me a van containing many 
pes ar of little insects of the kind called Caraibes. On 
questio the negroe I learned that this insect is used in 
the rialltiog ofsoap. He shewed a i of it of a blackish 
colour, but of a quality as good as European soap. I was 
assured afterwards that this insect is used for the same pur- 
pose along the whole Senegal coast. The insect is black, 
ae corselet edges ; the wings have a reddish colour ; the 
claws and the antenne are of a colour 
: at Hamburgh —The Magistrates and Bur- 
gesses of Hamb have assessed themselves in the sum 
of eight hundred thousand thalers current, (about three mil- 
lions two hundred thousand franes,) destined for the erection 
of anew hospital for the sick poor. The citizens of Ham- 
