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THE STATUTORY POWERS of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE INDIA OFFICE. 
REPORT OF COTTON GINS, and on the Cleaning and Quality of Indian Cotton. By 
Dr. Forbes Watson. Two Parts, folio, paper covers, 10s.; boards, Ios. 62. 
Part I. Summary and Conclusion. Pp. xliii.-193. e 
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