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the point which concerns me, and which ought to 

 concern every one interested in the welfare of this 

 country is this. A trade, requiring, annually,/or/y 

 millions sterling of raw material, is suddenly let 

 loose, and found seeking a source of supply would 

 it, or would it not he advantageous to India to secure 

 permanently a portion of it? There can be hut one 

 answer to this important question, and that which 

 naturally follows is 'What are the best means of 

 accomplishing this end?' I venture to refer to the 

 history of the sister experiment I have here sketched, 

 and to reply that, with present experience, were a 

 similar course pursued, the question 'Can India, 

 can any part of India, produce cotton equal to Sea 

 Island, Upland Georgian, New Orleans &c. ?' which 

 has never yet, in my humble opinion, been disproved 

 might he solved in a manner as satisfactorily, and 

 with as benificial results to this country, as that 

 regarding TEA. 



'All the value of success' said Lord Auckland, 

 in introducing in India a better produce of cotton, 

 suited for the immense manufactures of England. 



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is fully appreciated by me ; and it is fitting that 

 renewed and special exertions being again directed 

 to the prosecution of this national object, our mea- 

 sures in furtherance of them should be well consi- 

 dered, and be as complete and effectual as circums- 

 tances will admit. We are simultaneously laboring, 

 with fair hopes, to secure the establishment of a 



