K AW- SILK. 



10 1 



No. 1. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to the 

 Governor in Council, Bombay, dated the 1th 

 January 1831. 



(K.) 



We take this opportunity of acquainting you, ^^^^^"Yy 

 that the brig Springs on which you consigned to 7Jan. i83i, 

 us a small quantity of raw-silk, and a few speci- 

 mens of prepared twisted and dyed silk received 

 from Mr. Baber, the principal Collector in Dhar- 

 war, was unfortunately stranded, and although the 

 silk was saved from the wreck, it was found on its 

 delivery into our warehouses, in January 1828, to 

 be greatly damaged by sea water, and in fact alto- 

 gether unmerchantable. We deemed it, however, 

 right to exhibit the silk for inspection to the 

 merchants and dealers, and to dispose of it at 

 our sale which took place in October last, of 

 which inspection and sale the following is the 

 result. 



The prepared silk was considered by the brokers 

 to be of the quality of sewing silk, but foul and 

 inferior. The eight skeins, weighing three pounds 

 net, produced five shillings and a penny per pound. 



The raw-silk was declared to be of a middling 

 white colour and of a firm thread, rather more 

 resembling Turkey silk than any other kind, gene- 

 rally foul and uneven, but well reeled. The 



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