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27. For the fabrication of “bine ea needles.” done galt 
sand francs. 
» 28. For the aphiitation of the steam oo to the art of 
printing. Two thousand frances: . 
29. For tinning looking glasses by a method different 
from that in common: use... T'wo thousand four hundred 
francs. 
+080. »For the preparation of animal charcoal with other 
substances than bones and ‘the purification of: animal char- 
coal that has’been already employed. Two thousand francs. 
°31.-For the preparation’ of fish glue. (Ichthyocolla. ) 
Tivo: thousand franes:. > 
32. For the construction of a hand ‘mill for shelling legu- 
minous seeds. One thousand francs. 
33. For the’ pr eservation of woollen stuffs. Three thou- 
sand francs. 
34. For the Fcclbamition ne paper from: the bark of the 
paper mulberry. | Three thousand francs. 
35. Potatoe.—Don Joseph Pavou, author of a Pha of 
Peru, has found the potatoe in a wild state in the province 
of Lima and in Chili,’ where it is'called Papas. ‘It was like- 
wise eesee edin 1809; in me environs of Santa-Fe’ de Bo- 
SOLA BING S 
36. Sante Tere _M. Geoffroy de Nellonbave has 
lately sent to Paris a small quantity of insects, of a species 
of Caraibes, with the following note: Being in the village 
of Postudal, some leagues from St. Louis, occupied in col- 
lecting insects, and shaving the ‘negroes to assist me in my 
researches, one of them brought mea van containing many 
thousands of little insects of the kind: called Caraibes. On 
questioning ‘the negroe I learned that this insect is used in 
the making of soap. He shewed a piece 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, 
with corselet edges ; the wings have a reddish’ colour ; c the 
claws and the antennz are of a pale colour. 
37. Hospital at Hamburgh.—The Magistrates anid Bur- 
sesses of Hamburgh have assessed themselves in the sum 
of eight hundred thousand thalers current, (about three mil- 
lions two hundred thousand francs,) destined for the erection 
of a new hospital for the sick poor. The citizens of Ham- 
