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RAW- SILK. 



(L.) that the basin of Captain Soinerville's ghye is of 

 Boa^dofTrade ^^PP®^' principle of its fire-place very 



29 June 1832.' inferior to Mr. Shakespear's. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) W. Bracken. 

 Calcutta, 29th June 1832. 



Letter from The above report entirely accords with our own 

 so^Aug. 1832? general observations, and the opinions offered to 

 us by Mr. Watson and other gentlemen, who saw 

 the quads at work, and who are practically versed 

 in the art of reeling silk. 



Your Honour in Council will understand from Mr. 

 Becher's description of his quad basins, that four 

 spinners work at one and the same basin, having 

 two reels attached to each, so that the silk of two 

 spinners is wound off on one reel. Thus, when 

 either breaks a thread, the other stops and gene- 

 rally gets his thread entangled, which causes con- 

 fusion, delay, and wastage, in a more or less 

 degree, as the spinners are accustomed to the use 

 of the quads. From these and other defects, inse- 

 parable from the use of these basins, we cannot 

 but think it very inexpedient that their adoption 

 should be extended to all other factories. 



In offering this deliberate opinion, however, we 

 think it due to Mr. Becher to observe, that there 

 is considerable ingenuity in his plan, whereby -a 

 saving m fuel, equal to that at either the pottery 

 or Soraerville ghye, is effected, and double the 



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