NEW VINE SCOURGE. 
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In support of this view I enclose an extract from a 
local paper of the 1 9th instant, the result of an exami- 
nation of some vineyards in this neighbourhood, where 
the insect was found, but in too small numbers to 
account for the effects attributed to it. 
I have, &c, 
(Signed) Thomas Carew Hunt. 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 5.] 
* M. Duval to Consul T. C. Hunt. 
Bordeaux, 19th July, 1872. 
Sir, 
In reply to the wish expressed in your letter of 
the second instant, I have the honour to communicate 
such information as I possess concerning the propaga- 
tion of the Phylloxera vastatrix in my department. 
From information supplied by the Agricultural 
Society in a report, a copy of which I enclose, you will 
see that up to the present time there have been only 
partial attacks of this disease, and which have been 
confined to the commune of Floriac, near Bordeaux,, 
and some of the neighbouring communes. 
As far as concerns the causes of this disease, and the 
measures adopted by the Government to stamp out 
Phylloxera vastatrix, the information which I enclose 
herewith will be found to contain suggestions useful 
for consideration, and which will at the same time 
assist you in replying to the questions asked by the- 
Ambassador of Her Britannic Majesty at Paris. 
I have, &c, 
(Signed) Ferdinand Duval. 
* Translated from the French. 
