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Experiments to discover the best cotton to form a basis for 

 Uganda cotton have shown that long-stapled American 

 Upland is the best, and work is being carried out on one of 

 the Government plantations in acclimatizing and grading up 

 a suitable cotton by selection. 



Cotton growing is a purely native industry, and the exports 

 are due entirely to the thousands of small cultivators, who 

 are instructed by a large staff of natives working in every part 

 of the Protectorate. 



All the cotton seed is distributed free of charge, and over 

 300 tons of seed are given out annually. 



Uganda cotton regularly sells at from 50 to 150 points on 

 Middling American. 



Legislation has been put into operation to help in improving* 

 and maintaining the standard, dealing with such points as the 

 distribution of seed, uprooting of plants, hand cotton gins, 

 licences and permits to purchase raw cotton, markets, in- 

 spection of raw cotton and ginning factories; a copy of the 

 rules in force is given in extenso. 



[DISCUSSION.] 



The PRESIDENT : Mr. Simpson's paper is exceedingly 

 interesting, because there is no doubt whatever that Uganda 

 is capable of producing a very useful description of cotton for 

 Lancashire. It is also equally true that the natives are taking 

 up the work with great enthusiasm. In fact, the situation 

 altogether in Uganda seems to be most promising. If anyone 

 has any remarks to make about Uganda, I would ask that they 

 should be made now. 



Mr. C. M. WOLSTENHOLME : I have taken a great interest in 

 this matter, and there is one point which I should like to men- 

 tion. The cotton of late years has become rather longer and not 

 so strong as it was three or four years ago, chiefly owing, I 

 think, to the introduction of a longer staple seed from America, 

 and it is not so readily saleable as the cotton was three years 

 ago. 



CONTRIBUTION POUR L'ETUDE DBS COTONS DES COLONIES 



PORTUGAISES. 



Par le Professeur C. DE MELLO GERALDES, 



Directeur du Laboratoirc de Technologic Coloniale et du Musee 

 Agricole Colonial de I'lnstitut Superieur d' 'Agronomic di 

 Lisbonne. 



[ABSTRACT.] 



L'auteur presente dans ce memoire le resultat de ses etudes 

 au sujet de quelques echantillons de coton des Colonies Portu- 



