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is evident that these tracts already possess a fairly valu- 

 able cxDtton. 



Messrs. Tata, Sons & Co. have kindly furnished me 

 with the following valuations and lemarks on all the above- 

 mentioned seven samples : — 



Valuation furnished hy Messrs. Tata, Sons Sf Co., Bombay, on the 

 seven samples of cotton from Khandica, on 20th February 1912. 



Serial 

 No. 



o 

 6 



Name of sample. 



Bhuri 



Remarks. 



Malvensis 



Cotton from Chhapara 



Saugor jari . 



Local . 

 Koseum 



Patun 



Compared with local cotton of Kliandwa 

 this cotton is far and away superior. It 

 is soft and silky in feel and has a fine long 

 fibre. It is more like the Bassim cotton 

 of the tableland. Taking Akola as our 

 basis for valuation at Rs. 275 we value 

 tliis cotton 15 rupees higher, say Rs. 290. 



Same style of cotton as No. 1, but the length 

 of the fibre is slightly shorter though the 

 staple shows more strength. Same value 

 as above, viz., Rs. 290 per candy. 



Bengal style of cotton, but of superior 

 quahty for which we value it 10 rupees 

 higher than Fine Bengal, viz., Rs. 280 per 

 candy (Bengal Fine Rs. 270). 



Same style as No. 6, but a shade better and 

 more even in staple. Value Rs. 275. 



Same as No. 4. Value Rs. 275. 



This cotton is equal to local Khandwa 

 cotton and shows no improvement. Value 

 same as for local Khandwa cotton, i.e., 

 Rs. 270 per candy. 



Punjab style of cotton. Comjjaiod with 

 No. 3 it is inferior in colour but a sliadc 

 better in staple. It is more like fine 

 Mooltan cotton. Value Rs. 265. 



Punjab.— I visited the Punjab in October and complet- 

 ed a joint inspection of the cottons of that Province, with 

 Mr. Milne, the Economic Botanist. 



There are two varieties of the dark flowered and broad 

 iobed G. sanguineum, one with dark, the other with green 



