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Le Secretaire donne lecture de la lettre suivante qu^il 

 a re9ue du bureau du Secretariat : 



" Colonial Secretary's Office, 

 " 6th December 1870. 



" To the Secretary of the Eoyal Society of Arts and Sciences. 

 " Sir, 

 " I have the honor, by direction of the Officer Admiuister- 

 ing the Government, to transmit to you, for tbe information 

 of the Eoyal Society of Arts and Sciences, the enclosed copy 

 of a Eeport made by the Silk Supply Association on the spe- 

 cimen of Raw Silk sent from this Colony. 

 I have tbe bonor to be, &c., 



(Signed) W. Marsh, 

 Assistant Colonial Secretary. 



SILE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, 



" 65, Moorgate street, 

 " London E., 

 " 26tli September 1870. 



' Report on specimens of Baio Silk in Skeins submitted to the 

 SilJi Supply Associatiou and received from Mauritius. 



'' This silk is of a very good quality apparentl}'" from the 

 best Japanese breed of AVorms. It is of a desirable descrip- 

 tion, and would be readily saleable in the London market if 

 sent in quantities. It woald class with the Isatli Chinas and 

 carry a value of 2os to SOs per lb. 



" It has evidently been reeled by skilful hands to whom 

 manipulation of silk was not strange, and it is probably not 

 too much to say that persons producing this silk, could give 

 all the information necessai'y for the cultivation of silk in the 

 colony. 



" If the cost of producing this silk admits of its being laid 

 down at anything like normal prices (v. e. the value of silk 

 before the feature of the European crops), the colony need 

 not fear the competition of other countries. 



(Signed) B. PiiAifcis Coble, 



" Honorary Secretary." 



