220 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [185362. 



CHAP, between two canals, that from Bezwarah. and that from 

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. Dowlashwarum to Ellore, which will render the line of in- 



Mr Thorn- water commucation complete from the Cotton produc- 



28th S ^N'OV' * D l ca liti es to the coast. The following particulars are 

 1861 - supplied by Mr. Thornhill, the Collector. The Cotton pro- 

 duced in this district is partly consumed within its limits, 

 but by far the greater portion is transported by land to the 

 northern districts of Godavari and Vizagapatam, where it is 

 used by the native weavers. Very little however is export- 

 ed by sea, and none is shipped direct for Europe. The Cot- 

 ton is picked in the dry season, and is seldom cleaned and 

 packed before the setting in of the monsoon in June ; and 

 therefore it cannot be moved until the following December 

 or January, as the roads are not passable until that time. 

 The soil suited to the cultivation is very widely spread, and 

 therefore it cannot be doubted that the extent of land under 

 cultivation would be largely increased, in the case of a 

 larger demand, accompanied by a rise in price. At present 

 the greater part of the Cotton grown is of the sort called 

 " Red Cotton," which I am given to understand, is not now 

 in demand for the European market. I do not however 

 think that any measure of Government would have any 

 effect in increasing the produce. There is abundance of 

 room for an extension of the cultivation, and the merchants 

 have only to send their Agents into the country, to enter 

 into agreement with the cultivators, and to show them that 

 the cultivation will be profitable, to induce them to bring 

 more land under Cotton culture. In the same manner it 

 rests with the merchants to point out the kind of Cotton 

 that is required, and to make arrangements for the more 

 speedy and effectual cleaning and packing of the crop. 



295 2nd, Eastern plain of the Carnatic : eight Districts. 



This territory, lying between the Eastern Ghauts and the 

 Bay of Bengal, extends from the Northern Circars to Cape 



