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cleared Graphite, which I have prepared for shipment, at the rate 
of 1 Rupee per 100 lbs., but as I have above noticed I have little 
doubt that with ease it may be put down at Trevandrum which is 
within Ij mile of the sea at f Rupee per 100 lbs., without includ- 
ing any duty that the Travancore Government may hereafter con- 
sider it advisable to impose. 
" From the smaller fragments of the Graphite I have by pounding 
it and washing the powder in water endeavoured to separate the 
clays, and I believe I have^succeeded to a* considerable extent, and 
I shall also prepare for dispatch 1 or 2 cwts. of this powder. 
" I beg to forward a few coarsely made pencils prepared from 
the Graphite by a common peon, which would seem to prove the 
good quality of the material. I have prepared boxes to hold about 
200 lbs. each, and the Government may perhaps approve of its being 
dispatched by sea from Cochin to England, and may approve of in- 
structions being sent to the Collector of Malabar or Master Attend- 
ant at Cochin, to make arrangements for its shipment. 
Government Horticultural Garden, Ootacamimd. 
For some years, I have read the Reports of this Government 
Institution with much pleasure, although I had not seen Mr. 
Mclvor or his Garden ; but this year, my forest duties necessitat- 
ing my proceeding to the Neilgherry Hills, I delayed forwarding 
the remarks called for, until I had an opportunity of ascertaining 
by inspection, and noting in some detail, " The present condition, 
resources and prospects of the Institution." 
Ten years have elapsed since the Marquis of Tweeddale origi- 
nated the scheme of this Garden, and the Court of Directors 
selected (on the recommendation I believe of Dr. Royle and Sir 
Wm. Hooker) the present Superintendent, who is emiix^ntly qua- 
lified by early training at the Royal Gardens, Kew, for carrying 
out the objects of the Institution. 
The earlier stages of the Garden's existence have passed, and * 
I need not perhaps allude to the great difficulties to be overcome 
