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Bleaching and Dividing—A partial bleaching is ett'ected on the and ﬁbres before they undergo further division, sometimes by boiling at others by pounding on a plank with a mallet. These are in some places repeated. After being dried in the sun, on important opera- tion then succeeds by women and children, to whom is entrusted the tedious process ofsplitting the ﬁbres, which they do with their finger nails. ‘ Expert hands are able to carry this division very far. \Vhen this process has b ‘eu preceded by buckling, the shreds are ﬂoor and setter. The. th ends are formed into balls, and subjected to frequent soakings and washings. The ashes of the mulberry leaf are recommended to,be put. into the water with the hemp, others use lime for awliole'I'iiight. Some Simply expose it to dew and sun. In iainy and cloudy weather, 'it should be exposed to a current of air in the house; moisture darkens it. The threads are now ready for splicing, the work of women and children. the labours of the agricultnrist being concluded when the threads are rolled into balls, after being sized or stiﬁencd with rice-water. Before the thread is ready for the weaver, the balls are steamed over the vapour of boil- ing water in a closed oven. They are then spreadout to dry. The subsequent stages, until the cloth is i'eiiioved from the boom, in- clude nothing which interests, or at least instructs artisans iii the \Vest. 11,—ON 'riin RIIEEAS, or NE'I‘TLE Gunssns, or Assisi. By

Major F. S. Haiiiiay. From Vol. VII, Part I, of the " Jour- nal ol the Agri-Horticultural Society ot India."

Cutting and Removing the Fihrcfrom tho Stalker—The stalks are considered ﬁt for cutting when they have become of -a brown colour for about six inches above the mots. To cut them the Doom seizes the leaves at the upper end with his left hand, and, passing the right hand down to the root, strips otI' the lenw-s, and cuts the stalk close to the ground. The stalks are made up into bundles, and the, scraping 011' the outer bark commences at the same time, or this operation is deferred until the whole crop of the plot has been cut. The scraping off of the ﬁbre from each stalk is a Very tedious oper- ation, and is performed with a blunt-edged knife; nil that is lett is the ﬁbre and the woody part of the stalk, which are exposed to a hot sun for two or three days to dry. The third morning, after having been exposed to the dew for several hours, the ﬁbre is drawn off. This is done by breaking the woody stalk right. through towards the thicker end, and then separating the ﬁbre therefrom, drawing it off slowly towards the small end, some care being required in giving the same a peculiar twist, so as to draw off as much as possible. liar- ing ﬁnished with the smaller end, what remains on the thicker end ofthe stalk is pulled off in the same manner. It will be seen that this is a very clumsy way of extracting the fibre, and, as far as I can judge, one-ﬁfth of the ﬁbre still remains in the stalk. which may be taken off. however, at a second breaking; but the Dooms are not particular. so long as they get what they require. The hanks of ﬁbre are then separately twisted at the upper end, and tied up in bundles of long hanks of about one seer in Weight, if to be kept for sale. As the fibre. however, thus extracted, is quite ready for the purpose of net-making, little or nothing more is done than to open out and prepare the threads for spinning. which is done ﬁrst by drawing the single hanks Several times with a blunt-edged slip of bamboo, held in the right hand. This softens and strengthens the ﬁbres, and they are more easily opened out to the required ﬁneness with the ﬁngers and thumb-nails, and then made up into small hanks ready for the spinning process, the ﬁrst stage of which is petormed by thewoinen, with the common tit/ire, or spii'idle, in general use throughout India. the hanks. having been well opened out and spread over the top of a high circular open bamboo frame set end-ways on the ground. The turthcr operations of spinning the ﬁrst threads to the requisite thickness, and the wearing of the nets, is pertorincd by the men. .

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. ‘ I In the Supreme Court of Judicature, Michaeimas Term, 31 Victoria, A « l). 1867. .

N the matter ot'an application for Execution» to be issued

against the Lands of Alexander McLean, late of Lot Thirty- three, in Queen’s County, in the said Island, farmer, deceased, and his Right, Title and Interest therein, under the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly ot the said: Island, made and passed in the Twentymiurtli year of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, iiititulcd “ An Act in amendment of and addition to the Acts relating to Judgiiiei‘its entet‘ed of Record in thé Slipi'eme Court of Judicature," in a cause wherein Thomas Heath Ilaviland was plaintiff, and the said Alexander Mchan and John McTCallum Wei-e defendants:

\Vhereus application hath been made to this Court on the part of the above named plaintiff, Thomas Heatli-Havdand, stating that the sums of Fifty-nine pounds, principal money amlinterest, and Three pounds costs, are due and owing to him on and secured by a Certain Judgment-entered of Record, at his suit against Alexander McLean

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and John McCallum, on or about Trinity Term, A. D. 1857, for the sum of One hundred and thirty pounds debt,:and the said sum of Three pounds, costs of suit; and execution on such Judgment has been moved tor on behalf of the said Thomas Heath l-Iaviland, it is ordered that unless all or some of the persons interested in the Lands formerly belonging to the said Alexander McLean. deceased, shall, on the Second Tuesday in January next, coming, at Charlottetown. come fin-ward and shew cause why execution should not be issued upon the aforesaid Judgment as prayed for, then execution will be issued against the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Alexander McLean, deceased. in pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island, passed in the 'I‘wenty40urth-year ot' the reign of Ilei' present Majesty. iiititutled “ An Act in amend~ meat of and in addition to the Act relating to Judgments entered of Record in the Supreme Court of Judicature.” "

On afﬁdavit of Thomas Heath Haviland, and on motion of Mr. Brecken, of Counsel for the Plaintiff. ~ By the Court,

4m. November, 1867. D. HODGSON, Protlionotary.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. . 1n the Supreme Court of Judicature, Michaelmas Term, 31 > Victoria, A. D. 1867. . EN the matter oi an application for Execution to be issued against the Lands of Neil Shaw, late of Covehead, Town- ship Number ’I‘iiirty-tour. in Queen’s County, in Prince Edward Island, farmer, deceased, his Right, Title andluterest therein, under the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the said Island. passed in the 'I‘wenty-tourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled “An Act in amendment of and addition to the Acts relating to Judgments entered of Record in the Sn. pi'eine Court of Judicature,” in a cause wherein Frederick Brecken was plaintiff, and the said Neil Shaw and Malcolm Shaw were de- fendants: .

Whereas application hath been made to this Court. on the part of the above named plaintiff; Frederick Brecken, stating that the sums of Sixty-eight pounds one shiliii-ig, principal money and iii- torcst, and Three pounds costs, are due and owing tofhiiii on and secured by a certain Judgment entered‘of‘ Record, at his suit against the said Neil Shaw and Malcolm Shaw, on or about Easter Term, A. D. 1852. for the sum of One hundred and thirty-three pounds six shillings and eight pence debt, and the said sum of Three pounds, costs of suit; and execution on such Judgement has been movrd for on behalf of the said Frederick Brecken, it is ordered that unless all or some of the persons interested‘in the Lands for- merly belonging to the said Neil Shaw, deceased, shall, on the second Fridayin January next, coming, at Charlottetown, come forward and shew cause why execution should not be issued upon the afore- said Judgment, as prayed tor, then execution will be issued against the Lands, Tenements and IIereditaments of the said Neil Shaw, deceased, in pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island, passed in the 'l‘wenty-fourth year of the reign of [It‘l' pieseut Majesty, intituted “An Act in amendment of and in addition to the Act relating to Judgments entered of Record in the Supreiiio Court of Judicature.”

On afﬁdavit of Frederick Brecken, and on motion of Mr. Havi- land, of Counsel for the plaintiff. By the Court, *

. D. HODGSON, Protlionotary.

SHERIFF’S SALE.

BY virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias tome directed, issued out of Her Majesty’s Supreme Court of Judicature, at. the suit of Edwin Lecke and James Kingdom against James Duffy. I have taken and seized as the property of the said.- Jamies Duffy, all the Right, Title and Leasehold Interest of the said James Duffy iii and to Fifty acres of land, little inorefor less, with‘ the buildings and appur- tenances thereuiit-o belonging, situate on Lot (‘29) Twenty-nine, in Queen's County; and Ida hereby give. Public Notice that I will, on Tuesday, the Twelfth day of Nox’embei‘, 1867, attwelve o’clock, noon, at the Court House in Charlottetown, in the said County, set up and sell at. Public Auction. the said property, or as. much thereof as will satisfy the levy marked on the said Writ, being thirty~four pounds L1, me shillings and seven pence, with interest thereon from the First day of February, A.‘I). 1865, debt, together with four pounds thirteen shillings and four pence costs, besides Slieritt"s fees and incidental ex- penses. . JEREMIAH SlMPSUN,Sheriﬂ‘. Slieiiff’s Ofﬁce, Queen's County, April 30th, 1867.

Frederick De St. Croix Brecken, l’liiiiitiﬁ’s Atty. ,

The above sale is postponed until Thursday, the 13th of February, 1.868, then to take place as above meiitio ed. * ' i . A-_ r JEREMIAH SIMPSON, late Sheriﬂ'.

Queen's County, Nov. 12, 1867.

31st Oct. 1867.

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