RAW-SILK. 



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To the Secretary to the Supreme Govei^nment. 



Sir : (K.) 

 I am directed by the Right Honourable the Enclosure i. 

 Governor to transmit to you the enclosed copy of 

 a letter from the Superintendent of the Botanic 

 Garden at this place, together with the packet of 

 silk- worms' eggs therein alluded to. 



I have the honour to be, &c., 



(Signed) C. Norris, 

 Chief Secretary with the Right Honourable 

 the Governor. 

 Dapooree, 15th September 1832. 



To the Secretary to Government, Territorial Depart- 

 ment, Bombay. 



Sir : 



Agreeably to the instructions of the Honourable e nclosure 2. 

 Court of Directors conveyed to this Government 

 and communicated to me, I have the honour to 

 forward a supply of eggs of the Italian silk-worm 

 bred at St. Helena, for transmission to Bengal. 



These eggs are from the purer breed of two sorts. 

 The other having been crossed with the Bengal 

 worm at St. Helena, and being very inferior to the 

 present, I take it for granted it will be unnecessary 

 to forward any of that kind. 



A portion of the eggs of this packet are marked 



as 



