Aranrg the minor fividi-jicps of progress is (he meet ss which re ins to bo. aUtiu'h-c; Iho .->r>er/!T.ifi!)s of oi:r sale. rerscuJiurisfc. I <7o r.nt like t> eosntnifc inysel? to an uutpaliiJeu opinion njir.n the'i.r.ili's of this in.-'iish-v. being disposed to regard it as iirr-r.iteil to Ihe habits and spirit of our v.eopl«, b;.t Mi- Wi'.- Ha'ri Coote, the np<"-stle of fericulturc in Queensland, a gentleman who has devoted much time, onorgv. afid s,inli;y to its dsvol opinf'iit. is of a-different opiuion, in spite of a good cie-.l of d;.scour."!j:rme;;t which he has b.vl to one---nntr-r. By the last- English inaii v.-c are now uifotimd that :-i« "gis.iiv'(:i tfehnie.'il tcj-in for siJkvrojm epgs) pro duced at liis e-tahlishrneiib hns ri>a;isefl 17s an onr.ee ;at the s.-i^ne time \v-.; leirn t-'nat he his Khipr.e I altapether p,';ont 1000 oiincrs. As liis whole area \\a dor i üb. t^ntial cultiv;>.iion does not smovint to ton ncrcs. find his l^i'dii-i;;-? are c-i the mrst inexpensive Ikieli r.onstincti.'-n, it only remains that the v.-]io!e of thu cr;:iii shonid fetch the smnc ])>ioe, and that tht markf-t s-h>n:hl le l::;ge and constant, to sho'v that s!lk-c;ro-.v-ii?g is a. jirofitable \imlor t.-.king. T!;n [>ha?edescjibod. moreover, only ilonls with the Ciilr.-'v'tion of " f.'rain;' fora foreign ir.arkeh. Whetlier .Mr Coote can produce cocoons and wind sill; for the ln.iirs faninvor at lii 3 sarao rate of i.svofit has not yet ar>!>eir"'il. Sitnnltanenus'y wish this condition o? t-ho indasfry hare, M'.s leani that in Victoria. \vhare it i". fostered by a Liiiic-s' Scripnltura] As-s6ei:ition, the season has bc-eis n f liluiv ; but of course it is quite pos-ilili; that the ladies are not "mcoiof bu'^i lioss," and that the value or fitnr-ss of the industry for the colony should not undr-p the-. cii'oumst.a'sef'S bft debited wUh the failure. In Now S'mth Wales, again, the Kn!>joct pe--rns to have die:! out', or, if anything is doing, it mn-t be by stealth. Upon t-c whfiie perhaps ifc will be as well to form nr> definite opinion yot upon tae future of this industry in Australia.
