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ON HEMP. 



The Board of Trade observe, that, upon a review of all that 

 Mr. Frushard has offered on the subject, they see no reason to make 

 any deviation from the amended instructions, as issued on the 8th 

 September, 1801, to which he must pay due attention. 



Mr. Frushard, upon this, addressed the Governor General in 

 Council, on the subject of his objections to the method of preparing 

 Sunn, as laid down by Mr. Fleming, who transmitted a copy of his 

 letter to the Board of Trade, and desired to be furnished with their 

 sentiments thereon. The substance of the Board's Reply will be 

 found in a subsequent part of this Work, where the whole of the 

 reasonings, both for and against the system, will be brought forward 

 in one point of view. 



Rungpore. — The Natives now think, that from the plant being 

 put so soon into the zvate?; and kept so long therein, the Sunn may be 

 weakened. 



Soonamooky.— The Riotts, at first, declined to engage in the 

 new mode of preparing Sunn. They were of opinion, that it 

 would be impossible to separate the fibre from the stem, after the 

 first drying had taken place ; but being at length convinced, that 

 their ideas on this head were erroneous, hopes were entertained, that 

 they would have prepared it properly; but, an inundation taking 

 place, succeeded by rains, the drying plan was prvented. The 

 experiment, nevertheless, has been tried by some, but on the worst 



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