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Letter from fectioD of its work. We instructed the Board to 



Bengal, 



24 July 1832. acquaint the officiating Resident at Calpee, who 

 had hitherto been unable, to work the saw-gin sent 

 to that Residency, with the mode in which the 

 engine was used, and if any part was defective, 

 which could be ascertained by forwarding a plan 

 of a complete machine from the presidency, to 

 have it remedied. 



110. We approved of the Board's proposition 

 to make over to the Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society the three pairs of similar saw-gins that 

 were received in 1831, by the regular ships Thames 

 and Lady Melville, as soon as they were set up by 

 the Superintendent of Government machinery, and 

 we directed the Board to apprize the Society of 

 this resolution, referring them to Captain Forbes, 

 at the New Mint, who would deliver the machines 

 to their Secretary. 



111. We stated to the Board our expectation to 

 learn from time to time, in what way these saw- 

 gins were disposed of, and with what results. We 

 called for a report regarding a cleaning machine, 

 which the Board informed us they had inspected 

 at the Glos'ter cotton-works, of simple construc- 

 tion, which would separate the dirt, leaves, and 

 other impurities from the cotton-wool, and thus 

 supersede the hand-picking. 



112. The Board were of opinion, that such an 

 instrument would be essentially serviceable in this 

 country. It might be used, they conceived, under 



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