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also in regard to the disposal of the produce at a reasonable 

 price as there is no market for cotton. 



Now that the appointments of Agricultural Overseers 

 have been made for this tract it is hoped that energetic 

 measures will be taken to steadily extend the area under 

 cotton in different parts and show to the Bhils the relative 

 advantages of this industrial crop; at the same time they 

 will induce the merchants of Godhra to encourage cotton 

 cultivation by paying reasonable prices. 



Bengal and Assam. 



Mr. Mankad undertook a tour to study the conditions 

 under which cotton is cultivated in the Garo and the 

 Chittagong Hill Tracts and submitted a report which was 

 communicated to the local officers concerned. 



Valuations. As usual all the samples received were 

 submitted to Messrs. Tata Sons & Co., Bombay, to whom 

 cordial acknowledgment is due for their kindness and 

 promptitude in furnishing valuations and opinions of tlie 

 numerous samples 



III. Programme of work for the year 1916-17. 



Major. 



(1) To visit and advise on points regarding cotton and 



its cultivation whenever requested to do so by 

 the Provincial Departments of Agriculture. 



Minor. 



(2) The study of the behaviour of Bhuri, Cambodia 



and other such cottons in non-cotton-producing 

 tracts as detailed in the last year's programme, 

 will be continued. 



(3) An enquiry into the manurial requirements of 



cotton will be continued. 



(4) Researches on the botany of cotton will be con- 



tinued. 



