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RAW-SILK. 



(K.) directly, and I am happy to say that they are in a 

 Superintendent Very thriving condition, highly creditable to the 

 '^Garden''^ carc bcstowcd on them by Captain Tudor, both 

 28 Sept. 1833. ^j^g voyago and after their arrival in port. 



There are altogether thirty-three plants, small and 

 large, and they appear of the same sort as those 

 which you forwarded to me with your letter of the 

 22d April last (the Italian white-mulberry). 



2. With regard to the last-mentioned consign- 

 ment, I beg leave to avail myself of this opportu- 

 nity for reporting to the Board, that out of the 

 nine plants that arrived, I have succeeded in get- 

 ting six to grow vigorously, and that several layers 

 have been made for them. 



No. 16. 



Minute of the Bengal Board of Trade, 3d October 

 1833, with Letter to the Superintendent of the 

 Company s Botanic Garden, and to the Resident 

 at Soonamooky. 



Ordered, That the Superintendent of the Bo- 

 tanic Garden and the Resident at Soonamooky be 

 written to as follows: 



To 



