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RAW-SILK. 



(L.) of the 10th May. With a view, however, to in- 

 BirdofTr^e, vestigato this point more narrowly, we directed 

 20 Aug. 1832. ^Yiat a series of experiments should be conducted 

 under the immediate eye of Mr. Bracken, and the 

 following is a copy of that gentleman's letter re- 

 porting the result. 



To F, Macnaghten, Esq., Secretary to the Board of 

 Trade, Fort William, 



Letter to I havc the honour to report, for the information 



Board of Trade, pita iPm^i 



29 June 1832. of the Board of Trade, the result oi the experiment 

 at the Howrah silk filature on the 23d instant, 

 between the pottery and the quadruple ghye, 

 which the Board was pleased to direct me to 

 superintend in your letter of the 21st instant. 



2. To each spinner were delivered seven khwans 

 of cocoons.* The spinning was began at half-past 

 seven A. M., and (exclusive of one hour for the 

 workmen's dinner) terminated at half-past six, p.m., 

 each man producing eight skeins. The evening 

 being too far advanced to admit of further work, the 

 cleaning and weighing of the silk were postponed 



to the following morning. 



The 



* To be wound into B No. i, that is, ten to twelve cocoons 

 to a thread. 



