400 



MR. C. o'nEILL^S experiments AND 



Length of 32 fibres of Sea Island cotton, marked '* good 

 quality/^ March 31, 1863, ^^d. per lb. Sample sup- 

 plied by 0. Mosley, Esq. 



No. 



in. 



No. 



in. 



No. 



in. 



No. 



in. 



6 ... 



1-95 



10 .. 



. 1-65 



25 . 



. 1-50 



28 .. 



. 1*40 



7 ••• 



175 



2 .. 



. i*6o 



30 •• 



. 1-50 



31 •. 



1*40 



20 ... 



1*75 



12 .. 



. I 60 



32 . 



• 1-50 



5 • 



• 1-35 



I ... 



I'yo 



9 •• 



• 1-55 



19 . 



• 1-45 



14 .. 



. 1*30 



3 ••• 



1*70 



II .. 



• i'55 



22 . 



. 1*40 



26 .. 



. 130 



4 ... 



1-70 



17 .. 



. 1-50 



15 • 



. 1*40 



18 .. 



• i"i5 



8 ... 



170 



21 .. 



. 1-50 



23 .. 



. I '40 



13 .. 



. I'lO 



29 ... 



170 



24 .. 



. 1-50 



27 . 



. 1*40 



16 .. 



. I*IO 



Mean length = 1*501 inch. 



Longest fibre = 0*449 inch longer than mean. 



Shortest fibre = 0*40 1 inch shorter than mean. 



This is the second cotton in mean length, and shows a 

 considerable range between the longest and shortest hairs ; 

 more than half the hairs are, however, of or above the 

 mean length ; a few very short ones bring down the average. 



Length of 20 fibres of Queensland cotton. From a small 

 sample supplied by W. H. Heys, Esq. 



No. 



in. 



No. 



in. 



No. 



in. 



No. 



in. 



20 .. 



. i-8o 



13 • 



. i"6o 



5 •• 



. 1-45 



I . 



• 1*30 



19 .. 



. 170 



16 . 



. I '60 



12 .. 



. 1-45 



4 •• 



. 1-30 



15 .. 



. 165 



6 . 



.. 1-50 



2 .. 



. I "40 



II . 



• 1*30 



9 •• 



. i'6o 



8 . 



• 1*50 



14 .. 



. 1*40 



7 .. 



. 1-25 



10 .. 



. i'6o 



17 • 



• 1-50 



18 .. 



. 1*40 



3 •• 



. I'20 



Mean length =1-475 inch. 



Longest fibre =0*32 5 inch longer than mean. 



Shortest fibre =0*25 5 inch shorter than mean. 



This cotton, which can hardly be said to be in the 

 market, yet approaches very nearly to Sea Island at 546^. ; 

 it has fewer of the long hairs of 1*7 or 1*75, but is com- 

 pensated by having none so low as i*i, and only 10 per 

 cent, below i'3 inch. There is also considerably less range 

 in the lengths. 



