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it is possible the shorter grades mentioned are hybrids, nearly 

 related to G. hirsutiim, and the longer (the Uplands proper) are 

 mainly hybrids that closely approximate to G. mexicanum. 



6. Greek, Italian, and Turkey. These have each independent 

 positions in Hannan's classification. I bring them together into 

 one place, since they are all forms of G. herbaceum, and constitute 

 the Levantine, Malta, and Smyrna cottons of the early cotton com- 

 merce of Europe. The grades mentioned by Hannan are Smyrna, 

 Calabria, and Levant. The Calabria has a staple 0'90 inch, 

 Levant 1*25 inch, and Smyrna 1*25 inch. They accordingly afford 

 counts that range from 26s up to 40s. 



7. African or Lagos cotton. This, it would appear, has a staple 

 of 0'80 inch, and may be spun into counts of 20s to 26s. 



8. West Indian. According to Hannan, the grades of cotton 

 classed as West Indian are ' Carthagena ' and ' La Guayran.' The 

 former has a staple 1*5 inch long, and would appear to afford 

 counts of only 26s, while the latter is 1*20 inch but yields 40s. 



Since the date of Hannan's ' Textile Fibres,' the West Indies 

 proper have begun, however, to grow cottons, and the imports into 

 Great Britain of Sea Island cottons from these colonies have already 

 assumed considerable proportions and bid promise of a great future. 



9. China. This country is said to produce, apparently, but one 

 grade a rather harsh, short staple, I'O inch long, and of which 

 counts up to 30s may be spun. It is probable that this view greatly 

 underestimates the Chinese and Japanese cottons. 



10. Australia Queensland. Produces, according to Hannan, a 

 long white, silky cotton that measures 1'75 inch, and may be spun 

 into counts of 120s to 200s. 



Amraoti, H. Indian Cottons. The grades of this class mentioned by 



._,h a Hannan are ' Oomrawuttee,' ' Hingunghat,' ' Comptah,' ' Broach,' 

 Kumpta. < Dharwar,' ' Assam,' ' Bengals,' ' Bilatee,' ' Dhollerah,' ' Surat,' 

 ' Scinde,' ' Tinnevelly,' ' Bhownuggar,' ' Cocoanada,' ' Bourbon,' 

 ' Khandeish,' ' Madras ' or ' Westerns,' ' Eangoon,' &c. I give these 

 names as used by Hannan, since they possibly are those best known 

 to the European markets. In another part of this work (pp. 81-153) it 

 will be seen I have attempted a classification into varieties and races 

 of the chief Indian cottons. According to Hannan the staples 

 range from I'O to 1'05 inch (in the Oomrawuttee, Hingunghat, 

 and Bhownuggar indigenous cottons and in the Dharwar and 

 Bourbon exotic cottons) to 0'5 or 0'8 (the Sind, Assam, and Bengal). 



