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refer more particularly. The manufacturers were unani- 

 mous in regarding the product as of excellent quality, 

 some asserting that it would be specially suitable for 

 manufactures of which the thread would be No. 40; 

 generally they compared it with the quality " good 

 middling" or even "fair middling fair," according 

 to the Liverpool classification. One Oporto manufac- 

 turer compared it to Jumel cotton of Egypt. Mr. 

 Henrique Taveira, a well-known manufacturer and 

 director of the Companhia Fabril Lisbonense, wrote 

 in highly flattering terms regarding Amaramba cotton, 

 and having occasion to be present at the 9th Inter- 

 national Cotton Congress, which took place at 

 Schevening, The Hague, was good enough to take 

 with him a sample of cotton. The opinion of the 

 experts of the Congress were as follows: " Type Egyp- 

 tian, colour good, staple irregular and a little weak, 

 probable value in the Liverpool market 8id. per lb., or 

 402 reis per kilo." At the same time Messrs. Wolsten- 

 holme and Holland, of Liverpool, reported as follows 

 in regard to Amaramba cotton: " It is as good as any 

 cotton from the east coast of Africa that we have seen." 

 The 104 lb. of cotton sent to England were sold in 

 London for 3 i8s., i.e., pd. per lb. 



We should like to refer to the valuable services ren- 

 dered by Prof. Geraldes. He carried out a minute and 

 complete analysis and published his results in a paper 

 entitled " A study of Cotton produced by the Companhia 

 do Nyassa (Mozambique), carried out in the Laboratory 

 of the Colonial Section of the Superior Institute of 

 Agriculture in Lisbon." He states that the Amaramba 

 cotton " appears to have its botanical origin in a variety 

 of Egyptian cotton called Mitafifi. It has a good 

 appearance, and would have a better one still if there 

 were not mixed with it pieces of seed and bark. This 

 defect can easily be corrected by more careful ginning 

 and cleaning." As regards the irregularities in length 

 of the staple and its strength, Prof. Geraldes indicated 

 the probable causes of these, which indication should 

 serve for future improvements in cultivation. (See 

 Report of the Companhia do Nyassa to the General 

 Meeting, 8th December, 1913.) 



