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desirable that the slope be sheltered from hot winds by an 
opposite slope. There should -be a constant and plentiful supply 
of good water. 
Though the mulberry tree thrives everywhere, yet the soil 
which suits it best, is a deep, rich, but light volcanic soil. 
Such is the rough outline of the scheme: I am aware that it 
is far .from beiug complete. I feel that it requires many 
elucida'ions and explanations, but I have to keep within certain 
limits. As I have stated before, I am prepared to answer any 
question which might be asked on the subject, and to prove any 
statement which might be doubted or denied. 
I said I would not attempt to calculate what the outlay, 
annual expenses, and return of such an establishment might be 
in this colony. With the foregoing data, and those given in the 
three tables, it will be easy for any one to make his own 
calculations. 
CHAPTER IV. 
Formation of a Sericicole Establishment either by the Govern¬ 
ment or by means of a public subscription. 
Now let us suppose that a capitalist, or a company could not 
find inducements to form, at prevent, a Sericicole establishment, 
would it follow that the Sericicole industry, the principal source 
of wealth to so many nations, should be given up altogether by 
the people of Victoria ? I have already answered and 1 answer 
again most distinctly, No ! ! If this industry fail to benefit the 
capitalist, it cannot be denied that it would benefit the farmer 
and the cottager: the very fact which the capitalist would consider 
as the main obstacle, that is to say the dearness of labor would be 
the source of the welfare of the latter. In one word : to object 
to the dearness of labor is to acknowledge that the cottager, his 
wife and children would have a handsome remuneration for their 
industry; and this boon could be obtained by them without a 
great extra outlay. The whole cost of a cottage apparatus for 
breeding the worms and reeling the cocoons would not exceed 
£10 or £12. 
Let us suppose a cottager with four or five children; the lads 
go and pick the leaves, the girls feed the worms ; and, when the 
cocoons are ready for reeling, the younger ones replace the steam, 
that is to say put the wheel in motion while the elder reel the 
cocoons. 
But we have demonstrated that nothing of this can be done 
until a model establishment has been formed jn this colony. 
