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CONTENTS. 



The patentee's system, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, 

 tried on his prepared Italian hemp at Chatham, proved 20 to 

 25 per cent, in his favour, but not reported, and a complaint 



made of the injustice 327 — 330 



Letter by the Rev. George Rowc, Geography Training College, 

 York, who had the Indian fibres, yarns and cloth for the 

 purpose of illustrating his lecture and supply of material . . 331 — 333 

 Letters of Sir W. Hooker, Royal Gardens, Kew, who had obliged 

 the patentee with the Indian fibre plants in the green state 

 from the Gardens; also the author's views on the necessity of 

 the Secretary of State for India promoting the cultivation of 



such fibres as substitutes for cotton 334 — 336 



Mr. N. Wilson on the useful vegetable products, especially the fibres 



of Jamaica 337—343 



Notice to spinners and manufacturers to prevent piracy and fraud . 344—346 

 New company for the supply of East and West India fibre, and 

 their attempt to make use of the patent machines and liquid 

 in India, without paying according to their agreement . . 337 — 348 

 Lieut-Colonel Abbott's report on the cost of growing rheea fibre in 

 India, from 25 years' residence in that empire and a thorough 

 knowledge of the nature of the plant ..... 349 — 358 

 Mr. W. Whittaker, late partner of Messrs. Milligan and Forbes, of 

 Bradford, his purchase of the patents for £10,000 and the 

 cause of his not making good his agreement after paying £850 



on account 359—360 



The late Dr. Koyle's letter to the patentee, wishing to see the 



machines at work 361 — 362 



Leeds spinners valuation of Italian hemp and New Zealand Flax, 



(Phormium Ten ax), when prepared by the patent liquid . . 363 — 364 

 New material for cotton spinners, not half the price of cotton, 

 calculated to revolutionise the trade of Lancashire ; such was 

 the expressed opinion of the late Sir W. Brown, Bart., 



Liverpool, and liberty to refer to him 365 — 372 



Banquet to the Lord Lieutenant (Lord Wodehouse) in Ireland, 



26th November, 1864 373 — 376 



Letter of the patentee to His Excellency on the advantages of the 

 power-loom in Ireland, the patentee having been the first man 

 in Ireland to introduce a power-loom into Belfast to weave 

 linen cloth through his alterations on a power-loom in Leeds, 



in 1838 377—378 



His Excellency's reply and the patentee's comments . . . 380 

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