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basket-makers to the Presidency. It brought to light the curious fact 
that very little is accurately known about them, and that information is 
not readily procurable. 
Inpia OrrickE to RovanL GARDENS, Krew. 
India o Whitehall, S.W., 
Sir, 19th mber, 1 893. 
I am directed by the Secretary of Sui "for India to forward 
c a copy of a letter, and its enclosure, received from the Govern- 
Madras regarding cuttings of certain pic of osiers and 
allows es eri for planting in that Presidency, and to ask you to be 
og o give instructions for the cuttings to be rocas ed, properly 
fsked "E forwarded to the Distriet Forest Officer, Nilgiris, Ootaca- 
mund, Madras, by any route you may consider most safe and 
expeditious 
All costs that may be incurred will be paid by this — 
am, 
The Director, (Signed) x: GoDLEY. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
[ Enclosure. ] 
GOVERNMENT OF Mapras to IxpiA OFFICE. 
Revenue Department, Fort St. George, 
Sir, 7th November, 1893. 
I am directed to forward a copy of the proceedings vf the Board 
of Revenue, Land Revenue, on the planting of osiers and sallows in the 
swamps of the Niigiri District, and to request that the Right Honourable 
the Secretary of State be pleased to arrange with the authorities at 
the Royal Botanical Chine Kew, for the transmission to the address 
of the District Forest Officer, Nilgiris, Ootacamund, of cuttings of the 
varieties referred to in the list attached to the collector’s letter. The 
size of the euttings, and a description of the manner in which they 
should be packed are given in the collector's letter 
ave, &c. 
(Signed) R. GIBSON, 
The Assistant Acting Secretary to Government. 
Under Secretary for India, 
London. 
Royat Garpens, Kew, to IxptA Orrice, 
Royal Gardens, Kew 
Sm, . 7th Febr uary 1894. 
I HAvE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your d of 
December 19, asking that cuttings of certain specified varieties of osi 
and sallows might be obtained for Wasietniesion to the District Forest 
— D Octacamund, Madra 
2. Compliance with this request fas not heen easy, as the cultivation 
of willows appears to be a decaying industry i in this country, and con- 
siderable difficulty has been experienced in finding a person who would 
