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THE AGIUCULTUKAL NEWS 



December 23, 1911 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write aa follows, under date December 4, with reference 

 bo the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton : — 



Since our last report, about 170 bales of West Indian 

 Sea Islands have been sold, including Old Crop Montserrat 

 at 14'/. to \6d., New Crop I7d. to I9d., St. Kitts both Old 

 and New Crops 18|rf. to 19rf, a few St. Vincent at 20c;. 

 and Stains 7rf. to 7 id. 



The market is firm and the stock is exhausted, but 

 whether buyers will require a concession, when large quan- 

 tities are offering, depends largely upon the action of the 

 holders in South Carolina. 



The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on 

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ending December 2, is as follows: — 



In the absence of any demand the market has remained 

 quiet and unchanged throughout the week. The receipts 

 and stock consist largely of off cotton, which Factors are 

 anxious to dispose of, and to do so would be willing to make 

 some concession to effect sales. 



We quote : — 

 Extra Fine, 32c. = 18d., c.i.f., & 5 per cent. 



Extra Fine, off in colour, 25c. = \'i{d., ,, ,, ,, ,, 

 Fully Fine, 28c. = 15|d., „ „ ,, 



No. 1 OffCotton, 21c. to 22c. = 12c;. to 12Jrf., ,, 

 No. 2 Off Cotton, 18c. to 19c. = lOirf. to 1 \d , „ 



THE 



BRITISH COITON GROWJNG 

 ASSOCIATION. 



t'oUiiwiiig is taken tium an accnunt receivi^d 



the British Cotton Growinir 



The 

 ol a recent meetiii". 

 Association : — 



The ninety third meeting of the Council of the British 

 Cotton Growing Association was held at the offices, 1") Cross 

 Street, Manchester,' on Tuesday, November 7, 1911. The 

 President, the Right Hon. the Karl of Derby, (i.C.V.C, 

 occupied the chair. 



iNin.v. It was reported that proposals had been received 

 from the Indian ( iovernment that the As.sociation should 

 commence direct operations in the I'rovince of Sind in order 

 to encourage the cultivation of long stapled cotton, and 

 a detailed scheme has been drafted and submitted to the 

 Indian Government for its consideration. 



WEST AFi;ic.4. It was reported that there had been good 

 rains throughout Lagos during the month of Sei)tomber, and 

 it is certain that the growing crop has been greatly benefited 

 by the break in the weather. 



The purcha.ses of cotton in Lagos up to the endof Octo- 

 ber amount to 5,378 bales, as compared with 5,575 bales for 

 the same period of last year and 11,894 bales for 1909. 



NYASAL.^ND. Reference was made to the rapid advance 

 of agriculture during the past three or four years in Nyasa- 

 land; in 1903 the value of cotton exported from the Protec- 

 torate was only £3, in i904-5 it had increased to £5,914, 

 and in 1908-9 to £28,555, and for the past financial year 

 the exports of cotton were valued at £56,000. Unfortun- 

 ately, it is practically impossible for Nyasaland further to 

 increase its acreage under cultivation with the present means 

 of transport, although as a matter of fact the fringe of 

 the agricultural possibilities of the country has scarcely 

 been touched. At the present time the whole produce 

 of the Protectorate is held up for about six months 

 each year owing to the shallowness of the Shire Kiver. 

 In order to develop properly the resources of the country, it 

 will be necessary to extend the railway northwards from 

 Blantyre to Lake Nyasa and southwards from Port Herald 

 to Beira, and it was decided that this question should be 

 taken up with the Colonial Ofhce. 



'I'ho report concludes with a statement showing 

 that a sum of ,£38,000 remains to be raised, in order to 

 secure the total authorized capital of the Association, 

 namely £500,000. It is al^o reported that, in view of 

 the improved condition of the cotton trade, the Federa- 

 tion of Master Cotton Spinners and the North and 

 North-East LancashireAssuciations have been approach- 

 ed again for the making of a further effort lo secure 

 the balance of the capital. In the same conrie.\ion, the 

 amount realized from the workpeople's collections has 

 been very di.sappointing. Lastly, the Lancashire 

 County Council has apju'oved that the King Edward 

 Memorial fund of about .£11,000 should be handed over 

 to the Association. 



It is reported from St. Kitts that the picking and ginning 

 of the cotton crop are proceeding rapidly, and good returns 

 are being obtained on some estates, though on the whole, an 

 average crop, only, is to be expected. The cotton worm has 

 continued to be controlled -successfully, on most of the 

 estates. 



