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RAW -SILK. 



Letter from 



Resident 

 at Bauleah, 

 15 April 1833. 



(K.) any way better than the annual worm of this 

 country, or that, under any circumstances, their 

 produce would have realized better in quantity or 

 quality. 



6. For the information of the gentlemen who 

 forwarded the eggs now reported upon, it may be 

 proper to add, that the worm in question was fed 

 from the mulberry shrub or plant cultivated in 

 the Bauleah aurungs, and not from the leaf of a 

 tree, as done in Italy and some other places. 



7. A statement of the expenses in rearing the 

 worm in question is herewith forwarded, and the 

 amount thereof. Sicca Rupees 62. 12. 2, I have 

 to request permission to debit " Account-current, 

 Calcutta," in order that its adjustment may be 

 effected by transfer to the Bombay Government. 



No. 14. 



Letters from the Resident at Soonamooky to the 

 Bengal Board of Trade, dated 2Qth August 1833, 

 with Enclosures, 

 Gentlemen : 



Letter from In Continuation of the subject of my address of 



Resident i i * • • 



at Soonamooky, the 2d of April, which replies to the queries sub- 



26 Aug. 1833. 'i. 1 1 T-k T 1 



mitted by Dr. Lush, under date the 31st January, to 

 the Bombay Government, I beg to submit copy of 

 the correspondence which since thai period has 



passed 



