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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. esciilentus and usually H. Sabdariffa, 

 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 

 in 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. 



Year 



Quantity in 

 Kilograms 



Prior to 1903 



1903 



1904 



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 



NoBM 



10,998 



90,012 



