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ed in consequence, where manual labour must be 

 resorted to. The carriage of grain, &c. is also great- 

 ly kept under by it. 



25th. No streams intersect the district. 



26th. AVater is the mode of transport in use 

 where it can be had. Land carriage, as before 

 stated, is impracticable from want of roads. 



27th and 28th. As to the question as to what 

 extent have manufactures or commerce been carried 

 on, and if a manufacturing district, what proportion 

 of the population has 'been thrown out of work by 

 the cheaper imported European cottons, I may re- 

 mark, that little or none is yet carried on ; but I 

 should think the introduction of them advantageous 

 from what I have seen elsewhere. 



29th. There are no Societies in the district insti- 

 tuted for the improvement of agriculture. 



30th. The natives have no turn for improvement. 



31st. The obstacles to it are the high rent of 

 land, and the grinding oppression of the Native offi- 

 cers of the Revenue. Though I am not a member 

 of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, I 

 shall be happy to do all I have in my power to for- 

 ward the interests of the Society. If favoured with 

 small supplies of sugar-cane, cotton, Guinea grass, 



