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government farm with American cotton, have themselves 

 adopted and are rapidly increasing it, as they find it 

 yields a larger quantity per acre, and they get a better 

 price, even from the native weavers. 



The culture of American cotton has been greatly in 

 creasing in quantity ; from 600 acres the first year (1842,) 

 to 15,000 acres this year, 1845, Mr. Mercer thought 

 that not less than 1,000,000 Ibs. of American cotton 

 would be produced. This crop has now been ginned, and 

 40,000 rupees (20,000 dollars) worth, at 66 Kupees per 

 784 Ibs. (i.e. 33 dollars in round numbers) has been 

 bought from the ryots (farmers), for transmission to this 

 country.&quot; 



The further expense of this cotton amounted to 17 

 rupees, (exchange value of a rupee is Is. lOd. or say 45 

 cts.) Some of this cotton (100 bales) was sold at Bombay 

 for 113 rupees a candy, and the 500 which were sent to 

 Manchester for 6^ pence a pouud, having cost 3|- pence 

 a pound. 



Mr. Blount wrote from Dharwar, the following two 

 letters to Mr. Royle, viz. &quot; I have much pleasure : n 

 informing you, that the number of acres planted this year 

 is in round numbers, 15,400 against 3,400 in 1848, and 

 we have had a copious monsoon, and the expectation is, 

 there will be another good productive season; should 

 such be the event, I have no doubt the crop will double 

 itself another year.&quot; Dlmwar, Oct. 27, 1849. 



&quot; The fine crop of New Orleans, likely to be realized 

 this season, will, I think, induce a more extended culti 

 vation of that variety ; I should not be surprised to see 

 the cultivation come up next year to 30,000 acres. I 

 have now completed the despatch of cotton purchased in 



