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at all had been grown before, at any rate since the British Cotton- 

 Growing Association campaign a good many years ago. On this crop 

 G. gossypiella was found in fair numbers. I have always growing in 

 my compound H. rosa-sinensis, H. esculentus and usually H. Sahdariffa, 

 Althcea rosea frequently also, but neither before I grew this cotton nor 

 subsequently have I seen G. gossypiella. 



My compound is ringed in with a pure crop of Hevea trees for a 

 distance of quite half a mile in all directions and the land falls steeply 

 iu all directions from it. The rainfall is sixty to ninety inches and 

 the elevation 1386 feet. 



Table I. — showing the Quantities of Indian Cotton Imported into Egypt. 



Quantity in 

 Kilograms 



Prior to 1903 



1903 



1901 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



None. 

 20,510 

 25,827 

 9,150 

 81,240 

 1,62,000 

 21,460 

 31,206 

 13,353 



[Nona. 

 10,998 

 90,012 



