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produced in the Bombay territories having been Report, 

 transmitted home in 1827, the Court took this op- 

 portunity of adverting to its sale in London, and 

 the opinions entertained of it by the trade.* 



In October 1832 the Supreme Government 

 received from the Governor and Council at Bom- 

 bay a packet, containing a supply of eggs from 

 the Italian silk-worm (bred at St. Helena). These 

 were placed under the care of the Board of Trade, 

 who were directed to cause the worms to be care- 

 fully reared and the produce kept distinct, for the 

 purpose of its being ascertained whether they were 

 of a superior quality to those used ordinarily in 

 Bengal. 



Cuttings also of the Italian white mulberry, 

 raised in the Company's Botanical Garden at Da- 

 pooree, were subsequently transmitted to Bengal, 

 portions of which, and of the eggs from the Italian 

 silk-moths were forwarded by the Board of Trade 

 to the Agricultural Society at Calcutta, and to the 

 Residents at the principal factories ; and informa- 

 tion having been requested by the Bombay Go- 

 vernment, regarding the different species of the 

 mulberry, and the mode of its culture in use in 

 Bengal, reports upon these subjects were called 



for 



* Appendix K. 



