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1849 for government, and can give you a correct quan 

 tity . New Orleans, 330 candies, which -will cost, put 

 down to Liverpool, Siva- pence per Ib. ; native cotton 60 

 candies, cost, put down at Liverpool, about 3i pence per 

 Ib. The cotton is superior in quality to the previous 

 mop. )9 harwar, Aug. 8th, 1850. 



&quot; Since October last my partners purchased, on ac 

 count of my firm here, a parcel of New Orleans cotton, 

 which is now on its way to this country ; and, by the 

 mail, arrived this evening. I have advice of a further 

 purchase on account, of an eminent Lancashire spinner. 

 The quality of this cotton is now well known, and appre 

 ciated in Bombay, and its value is quoted in all the 

 prices current ; on the 15th January, the quotations were 

 114 rupees, whilst the highest quotations for Surats 

 were 74 rupees. The return to the cultivator, upon an 

 acre of ground, is thus doubled ; for he gets 50 per cent. 

 more weight of cotton, and an increase of 50 per cent, in 

 value. I feel, therefore, most confident, that this will 

 give a stimulus to the native grower, and that we shall 

 see a rapid increase in the production, as well as 

 a great improvement in the quality.&quot; Signed, JOHN 

 PEEL. 



I give these few extracts from Mr. Royle s work, (in 

 which is to be found a collection of all that has tran 

 spired on the cultivation of cotton in India; printed 

 in London this year,) simply to show that the Ameri 

 can cotton planter has some cause to apprehend a severe 

 competition, and to suggest the great danger there may 

 be in tampering with the natural order of things, be 

 cause, should planters by any means advance the price of 

 cotton from present rates, they will give an impetus to 



