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I am to request that you will lay this draft before Sir J. Hooker 
and move him to inform Lord Granville whether it meets with his 
concurrence. 
I am, &c., 
(Signed) PHILIP W. CURRIE. 
Copy OF INSTRUCTIONS addressed to Her Majesty’s Consuls at 
Canton, Kiungchow, Fuchow, Tamsui, Shanghai, Hankow, 
Chungkiang, and Tientsin. 
SIR, 
THE Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew being kya 
of obtaining some accurate information in regard to the ods 
used in China for printing blocks, I am directed by Karl east te 
request that you will furnish his Lor ordship with such information 
on the subject as you may be able to obtain in your Consular 
District aud will forward specimens of blocks for examination. 
The wood of the well-known Tallow-tree Sapium Vei b ) 
Chines urp 
to secure the latter object, it would be well to obtain, siad 
possible, dried specimens of the trees themselves € grs the 
woods, and I am to instruct you to do this where you 
A copy of printed instructions issued by Kew Ataona for the 
guidance of collectors is transmitted herewith for your u 
I have, &c., . 
(Signed) E. C. BABER, 
EXTRACT from letter from W. R. Carles, Esq. to Royal 
ardens, Kew, dated Her Majesty’s Consulate, Hankow, 
February 15, 1896 :— 
Dr. Henry, in his “ Notes on the Economic Botany of China,” 
refers to your wish to obtain specimens of the woods used in 
China for printing blocks. 
The name which the neighbouring city of Wuchang enjoys for 
the excellence of its printing work has led me to inquire into the 
woods used there, and I am sending you specimens of them by 
parcel post. 
The wood which is considered the best is the teng li mu, which 
has been identified as the P; dier betule folia, Bunge., and which 
grows in this Province. = abs of this wood 1 ft. x 6 ins. x 13 in. 
A ral 
the tu chung mu. Eucommia a Oliv., has been deter- 
mined to be md tu chung mu. The tu chung here gadet is a native 
of this Province 
A wood u "i in Kiangsu is the yin hsing mu, which is one of 
the names of the Salisburia adiantifolia. 
Boxwood, huang yang mu, is obtained from Szechuen , but 
s in small pieces, which are mainly used for cutting the 
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