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RAW-SILK. 



(K.) to me of the cocoons of the annual worm of Ben- 

 Su^peHntlnrnt g^l, foF Comparison with those of the St. Helena 

 °Garden^*^ worm, are so conclusive in favour of the former ^ 

 that it appears of little importance to continue the 

 St. Helena breed ; which indeed, I regret to say, 

 has by this time become so degenerated, that in 

 spite of the greatest care, T fear I shall not be able 

 to restore it. 



6. The haiUstorms in May last have much 

 injured the European mulberry-trees in the gar- 

 den ; but when the later shoots are further 

 advanced, I will continue my supplies in the tin 

 cases. 



I am, &c. 

 (Signed) Charles Lush, 

 Superintendent Botanic Garden, Dapooree. 



Dapooree, near Poena, 2d Aug. 1833. 



Extract Letter from the Resident at Soonamoohy to 

 the Board of Trade, dated 1 \th April 1831, above 

 referred to, page 16 L 



Particulars of the produce of cocoon bunds 



Letter ^ 



referred to in throuefhout the vcar, in the Gonatea and Ran- 

 gamatty aurungs, west of the Baughrutty river, 

 showing the cost per seer in each bund, and pro- 

 duce in silk of different assortments. 

 1831. October (or Kartick), November (or Urgwhi/ne), January 

 (or Poos.) From the hatching the egg in these bunds to the 

 completion of the cocoon -pod, forty to sixty days may be 

 taken as the average. Price two khwans per rupee. 



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