ON HEMP. 



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Hemp-seed in a cellar, two or three weeks previous to its being sown, 

 will assist its vegetation. Taylor's Instructions. 



Hemp-seed, if sent to India, should, during the passage, be 

 kept in a cool, dry, airy place ; for, if put into the hold or bread- 

 room, the seed, from its oily nature, will become rancid and unfit 

 for vegetation, A large quantity of the best English Hemp-seed 

 was sent to me about two years ago by Sir Joseph Banks ; it had been 

 kept in the ship's hold in the way out, and not one seed grew. 



Dr. Roxburgh — Bengal Cons. \2thFeb. 1801. 



If seed is obtained as soon as threshed out of the straw, and 

 packed in small bags of Osnaburgh, or some other thin linen cloth, 

 each bag to contain not more than a bushel, such bags may be 

 stowed in the stern-gallery or some other airy part of a ship ; and 

 as it is impossible that the seed can heat under such circumstances 

 it is apprehended, that the large part, if not the whole of it, will 

 retain its vegetative powers till its arrival in India. 



Letter from Mr. Fawkcner to the Court of DircQtors y 4th Feb. 1803. 



BENGAL. 



SUNN. 



Benares.— The seed will not keep beyond a season. 



Board of Trade Cons. 25th May, 1302. 



