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To summarize the above it may be said that, about 73 per cent, of the 

 Exotic Cottons were fit for Export the 4 unfit specimens only wanting 

 addition care in preparation : 



Of the doubtful species nearly 45 per cent, were' fit for Export including 

 one of very good thread. 



Of the indigenous Cottons only 2 specimens or 7 per cent only were found 

 worthy of recommendation. 



The cause of this was three-fold, and these items may be enumerated as 

 exemplifying the three great defects in native Cotton and native production. 



1st. Short staple (only to be obviated by improved culture and the intro- 

 duction of exotic varieties or by hybridizing native Cotton with the pollen 

 of foreign produce.) 



2ndly. Partial or total absence of cleaning (not only from seeds but from 

 leaves, sand and dirt either intentionally introduced or accidentally acquired.) 



3rdly. The harsh and curled fibre (due to the natural shortness of it and 

 to want of irrigation of the crop.) 



The standard of excellence was perhaps pitched higher at the time of the 

 exhibition than it would now be, when there is extensive demand for all 

 staples. But, unless marked improvement should be effected on the points 

 above indicated, native Cotton can never compete with exotic Cotton care- 

 fully grown even in India. 



It is worthy of remark that cost of production formed no item of the infor- 

 mation placed at my disposal by exhibitors : and in the absence of this and of 

 positive means of knowing the market value of each kind of Cotton I am 

 unable to do more than institute an arbitrary distinction been the decidedly 

 saleable and the probably unsaleable commodity. 



As to the classification by varieties contained in the last table, I should add 

 that in many instances (as the table itself shows) no reliable conclusion could 

 be arrived at and the distinct species of 34 of the 53 specimens could not be 

 determined. Of these however 9 appeared to be foreign varieties and 25 in- 

 digenous. This conclusion was arrived at from a careful examination of the 

 fibre, seeds, &c., of each specimen. 



