103 



the Soil of parts of India, I shall quote but one 

 opinion. It is that of an American Planter, Mr* 

 Finnic, who on visiting the northern portion of the 

 Bareilly district, exclaimed 4 most beautiful, as 

 good as ever I wish to see ' ' the finest land in the 

 World.' And in another place, still speaking of 

 soil { all India must be the garden of the world, 

 if it were supplied with water.' Yet, there is bet- 

 ter, and far richer, soil in other parts of India than 

 that of the Bareilly district. 



It is further most satisfactorily proved that the 

 indigenous cottons of which, though not generally 

 known, there are many varieties can be im- 

 mensely improved, and it is singularly to be regret- 

 ted that very much greater attention has not been 

 paid to this point. With such facts before us, that 

 the plant exotic in America is in India indigenous ; 

 that varieties like New Orleans and Sea Island, 

 which in the Western Continent are annuals, are 

 biennial in India, often triennial, and sometimes 

 standing for even four or more years, the second 

 year's crop being both more abundant and of better 



to them, with a view of securing- an adequate and permanent 

 supply ; and resolve 



2, That India affords the means of supplying- the raw material 

 in great abundance, the extent, climate, soil, and population all 

 being favourable, and the country being dependent upon the British 

 Legislature. 



