185362.] 



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14th. Maximum number culti- 

 vated with Cotton by one individual. 



15th. Quantity of Cotton export- 

 ed from Tuticorin ? 



Sixty acres. 



Quantity exported from Tuticorin 

 in Fasly 1270, from 1st July 1860 to 

 30th June 1861, was 30,667 Candies. 



CHAP. 

 VI. 



16th. Is any extentionofcultiva- If there was a considerable rise in 

 tion of Cotton likely to take place the price of Cotton, the cultivation 

 in your District were a stimulus given would doubtless be extended. I do 



to the growth of Cotton by a consi- 

 derable rise in its price, or by any 

 other means ? 



17. Quantity of Cotton grown in 

 your District ? 



18. What is the total number of 

 acres available for Cotton cultivation 

 in this District ? 



19th. Do Capitalists make advan- 

 ces to Ryots engaged in Cotton cul- 

 tivation ? 



20th. What is done with the sur- 

 plus Cotton seed ? 



not see a better stimulus than this. 



The average quantity grown yearly 

 in the last three years was 1,50,000 

 Candies ; this is Cotton not cleaned. 



2,07,850 acres. 



The Merchants and Agents make 

 large advances to the Brokers, Deal- 

 ers and Nattookottay Chetties equal 

 to three-quarters of the value of Cot- 

 ton contracted for, and the latter 

 again make advances to the Ryots 

 engaged in Cotton cultivation. 



A portion of the surplus Cotton 

 seed is used as food for cattle, some 

 is exported to Colombo. 



Letter from Mr. Hardy, European Agent at Tuti- 323 

 corin. The following letter, received from Mr. Thomas- 



Mr.Hardy's 



Hardy, at Tuticorin, furnishes the following particulars re- 

 specting the Cotton trade of Tinnevelly. 



" The average exports of Cotton for the last 10 years from 

 this District have been about bales 55,000, but this year it 

 may probably reach 90,000 : one season, during this de- 

 cennial period it reached only bales 16,000 the crop being 

 nearly a total failure, During the first half of these ten 



