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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 



February 11, 1828. 



Mr. Van Rensselaer, from the Committee on Agriculture, to which 

 the subject had been referred, made the following 



REPORT: 



The Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred the report of 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, made in pursuance of a resolution of the 

 House of Representatives, passed the eleventh of May, 1826, directing 

 the Secretary to prepare a well-digested Manual on the growth and 

 manufacture of silk, have agreed to the following resolution, which they 

 have instructed their Chairman to submit to the House: 



Resolved, That six thousand copies of vsaid Mantial and Report be 

 printed for the use of the House. 



