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To L.R, Reid, Esq,, Secretary to Government, 

 Bombay, 



Sir: 



I have the honour to inform you, that I have 

 despatched from Dharwar a further quantity of 

 St. Helena silk-worms' eggs, to the address of the 

 Secretary to the Bengal Government, Territorial 

 Department. 



2. I have found that the most of the country 

 worms in and about Dharwar were cut off by 

 disease within the last two months, and that the 

 portion of the Italian worms already hatched from 

 the St. Helena eggs had shared the same fate ; 

 I therefore took the liberty of sending off the 

 remainder to Bengal, as the only chance of saving 

 them. 



3. With reference to your letter of the 13th 

 ultimo, enclosing the copy of a communication 

 from the Commercial Resident at Soonamooky, 

 I have to report, that I have commenced supplying 

 cuttings of the white mulberry by the letter post, 

 as desired, and that I shall constinue to do so until 

 I receive information from Mr. Shakespear that a 

 sufficient quantity has been sent. 



4. I have to express my thanks to Mr. Shake- 

 spear for his remarks on the cultivation of the 

 mulberry in Bengal. The two varieties which I 

 have sent for introduction to Bengal, are distinct 



from 



