OBSERVATIONS UPON COTTON. 



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This cotton is an extraordinary instance of a long staple^ 

 and at the same time a very strong cotton : it stands out in 

 strong contrast to the other long-staple cottons of simi- 

 lar length of hair. 



Breaking-weights of 20 hairs '^ middling Comptah " Surat 

 cotton. March 2%, 1863. Price i^d. per lb. 



Distance between points of suspension o*i to 0*2 inch. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



No. 



grs. 



I ... 



55'^ 



3 •• 



• 1238 



19 . 



. 182-4 



14 



.. 199-2 



2 ... 



77*7 



17 • 



. 144-0 



15 • 



. I88-I 



9 



.. 202-0 



6 ... 



89-2 



13 . 



. 150*2 



16 . 



. 192-0 



12 



.. 203-5 



4 ... 



95-1 



II .. 



. 169-4 



18 . 



. 192*0 



7 



.. 250-0 



8 ... 



1137 



5 • 



. 176-1 



20 . 



. 192-0 



10 



.. 280-2 



Mean breaking- weight = 163*7 grs. 



This cotton has a great number of short, stiff, strong 

 hairs, which bring up the mean, and place it the highest 

 in the list. 



Mean breaking- weight, and breaking- weight of strongest 



hair in samples. 



Mean. Maximum, 



grs. grs. 



Edisto Sea Island 83*9 142-5 



Sea Island " good quality" 90*0 132-0 



Benguela ioo"6 218-8 



Sea Island Cotton 1 02-6 203-0 



Upland 104-5 2126 



Surat, " fair Dhallerah " 105-8 2i5'5 



Maranham 107-1 187-2 



Egyptian, " fair " 108-0 i57*9 



Mobile . ii8-8 172-3 



Egyptian 127-2 191-0 



Orleans, " good middling " i39'7 289-4 



Pernambuco 140*2 251*1 



Surat " Dhallerah " i4i'9 236-6 



Maranham, " good middling " 142*9 ••<••• 242-4 



Orleans I47'7 264-0 



Queensland i47*6 246-2 



Surat, " middling Comptah " 163-7 280-2 



