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the Earl of Derby to the Lords of the Admiralty, who had 

 them critically examined by competent men, and afterwards 

 forwarded them to Dr. Hooker for deposit and exhibition in 

 the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, as samples of a new 

 manufacture, and similar samples were exhibited at the Leeds 

 Exhibition, in 1858. 



Yarns and cloth were spun and woven from the rheea 

 fibre and mohair mixed, by Messrs. John Foster and Son, 

 Bradford, in 1860. 



Yarns and cloth were spun and woven from rheea alone by 

 Messrs. Bairstow, Brothers, of Bradford, in 1860. 



Yarns and cloth were spun and woven by Mr. Henry 

 Mason, from rheea alone, in Bradford, in 1860. 



Yarns were spun from rheea alone by Mr. W. Ramsden, in 

 Bradford, in 1860. 



Yarns were spun from rheea alone by Messrs. Addison, 

 Brothers, in 1860. 



Yarns and cloth spun from rheea and cotton mixed, on 

 cotton machinery, by Berley, Brothers, Preston, in 1861. 



A book, containing samples of the above described cloth 

 and yarn, has been examined by the members of the Cotton 

 Supply Association, and the members of the Manchester 

 Chamber of Commerce, and also by the Executive Relief 

 Committee, at their rooms, through the noble Earl of 

 Derby's courtesy, and desire to forward the views of the 

 patentee : 



Knowsley, January 12, 1864. 



" SIR, On my return from Manchester yesterday, I 

 received your book of samples. Your letter of the 9th did 

 not reach me till this morning. As I go up to town on 

 Friday, I shall not have another opportunity of conferring 

 personally with the Executive Committee ; but I forward your 

 letter and the book to the Secretary, who will lay them 

 before the Committee, and any other manufacturers who 



