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RAW- SILK. 



Soonamooky. 



No. 18. 



(^"^ Minute of the Eenml Board of Trade, 2^th July 



Letter Xo ^ ^ ^ 



Resident at 1834, With Letter to the Resident at Soonamooky^ 

 and his Reply thereto, dated 29th July 1834. 



Ordered, That the Resident at SooiiamQoky 

 be written to as follows : — 



To Colin Shakespear, Esq., Resideiit at Soonamooky . 



I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit 

 to you the accompanying copy of a letter from 

 Mr. Secretary Prinsep, dated the 21st instant, 

 with a copy of its enclosure, and as the Board ob- 

 serves that the silk-worm eggs furnished by you 

 to the Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at 

 Dapooree, upon a former occasion, appear to have 

 succeeded so well and proved of so superior a 

 quality, they request you will be pleased to comply 

 with Dr. Lush's request as far as it is in your 

 power, as it appears a large supply is now re- 

 quired, and in compliance with the directions of 

 Government expressed in the copy of Mr. Prinsep's 

 letter herewith. 



