RAW-SILK. 



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contend with in Bengal, op- (K.) 

 posed to the superior advan- Letter from 



, , , Resident 



tages possessed by the Ita- atSoonamooky. 

 lians, of a pure, mild, and 

 regular temperature ; espe- 

 cially on the borders of a 

 mountainous country, such 

 as tlie northern provinces of 

 Italy, Piedmont, Milanese, 

 and the Tyrol approaching 

 the Alps. 



No. 7. 



Letter from the Bengal Government to the Board 

 of Trade, dated the 22d January 1833, with 

 Enclosuixs. 



With reference to your letter of the 22d October Letter to 

 last, I am directed to transmit, for your information, "la^'janf isss! 

 the accompanying copy of a letter from the Secre- 

 tary to Government at Bombay dated the 4th in- 

 stant, together with a small parcel, stated to contain 

 a further supply of the Italian sulphur silk-worms' 

 eggs, forwarded by the Superintendent of the . 

 Botanic Garden at Daporee, and a copy of that 

 officer's letter, stating that the chief difficulty in 

 rearing these worms arises from their hatching at 

 very irregular periods, and recommending that 



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