12 



RAW-SILK. 



(C.) that of the remaining quantity of the filature 

 Be"t'ai° assortment, instead of observing the proportions 

 20 Jan. 1808. assiguod in the indent, as great an increase be 

 made to the provision of letter A., of five to six 

 cocoons, as the state of your filatures, under every 

 exertion will admit. The residue of the indent 

 may be furnished of the letters B. and C, in the 

 proportions which those descriptions bear to each 

 other in the former scale, or as nearly so as cir- 

 cumstances will admit. 



No. 2. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor -general in Council^ Bengal^ dated 

 the Sth April 1808. 



Letter to Our letter of the 20th January last will have 

 8 Aprifisos. apprized you, that in consequence of the customary 

 supplies of raw and organzine silk from Italy, 

 being entirely withheld from this market, it has 

 become a matter of the most serious importance, 

 that ample quantities of the material for carrying 

 on so very considerable a branch of British manu- 

 facture as that of silk, should be afforded from 

 Bengal. The instructions given on that occasion, 

 had reference solely to the provision for the 

 current season, as answering to our indent of 29th 

 May 1807, and we rely with confidence they will 

 have had such weight, as to ensure our not being 



disappointed 



