218 RAW-SILK. 

 SHk'pactoHes ^' '^^^^^^P^^^^ FoCtory. 



in India. jjg^j Factory, comprising Filatures with 300 Basins. 

 Peelee 500 



800 



Much of the Santipore raw-silk was drawn from 

 hired filatures. 



10. Soonamooky Factory, 



Rangamatty^, comprising Filatures with 302 Basins. 



The principal supply of raw-silk from Soona- 

 mooky was from hired filatures. 



11. Surdah Factory. 



Head Factory, comprising Filatures with 588 Basins. 



Pikeparah 100 



Dakrah 100 



Sandikhan 100 



858 



Part of the Company's raw-silk from Surdah 

 was provided at hired filatures. 



12. An E.vperimental Filature^ 



Of one-hundred basins, for making comparative 

 trials of the various modes of winding silk, fur- 

 naces, basins, reels, and for improving the kinds 

 of silk-worms, &c. was erected in 1832, at How- 

 rah, opposite to Calcutta, to be under the 

 personal direction of the Board of Trade. 



