RAW-SILK. 



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former orders, had adopted a mean between re- Report, 

 linquishing the trade and giving it up to indivi- 

 duals, by investing fifteen lacs in silk on the 

 Company's account, and by permitting a participa- 

 tion in the trade to individuals to the like amount, 

 it was presumed that the filatures were yet in the 

 Company's possession, and that there would be no 

 bar to carrying the Court's wish into immediate 

 effect. But if existing engagements prevented 

 such immediate resumption, the Government was 

 to take measures for bringing this branch of the 

 investment back to its former channel without in- 

 jury to individuals. 



The intention of these orders was not to confine 

 to the Company exclusively the manufacture of 

 raw-silk in the Bengal provinces, but merely to 

 resume the right of exclusively bringing it home 

 from India, and to revoke the privilege formerly 

 given to the Company's servants and others, of 

 sending the article to Europe on their own private 

 account. 



On resuming the exclusive trade, the Court, 

 after having consulted experienced persons in this 

 country as to the quantities of silk required for 

 the home manufacture in the various channels of 

 consumption, directed an annual provision of 



540,000 



