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the miserable expedients of tin pots and native chatties, while if 

 I mistake not, the labouring class in England, always use cheap 

 coarse white plates and jugs, &c. in their cottages. 



28. That the above may be made advantageously in India cannot 

 admit of a doubt, and it is also probable, at a cheaper rate than in 

 England, but whether the establishment of the manufacture will afford 

 a profitable return, must remain a matter of doubt until the experi- 

 ment is tried. 



29. Natives of India do not possess the information necessary for 

 undertaking an experimental manufacture of this kind, and even if 

 any had the information, although not deficient in ingenuity, yet 

 they entirely want the energy and application necessary to meet con- 

 tingent difficulties. 



30. Englishmen of sufficient capital and attainments are not likely 

 to invest their capital, or to give their time or attention to this 

 manufacture, where so many more channels for commerce are 

 open. 



31. If the experiment of the manufacture is desirable, either upon 

 the confined principle of economy, or for the more extensive purpose 

 of disseminating among the Natives of India a practical knowledge of 

 the enlightenments of European science, and the talents and skill 

 employed in European manufactories, it is most probable it can only 

 be effected by the direction of, and on account of, Government. 



32. The experiment undertaken merely by practical men of no 

 education, who have been employed in Potteries, could be of no use 

 in India, as such persons must be wanting in all the information and 

 resources required to establish a manufacture with new materials, and 

 with workmen, with whose capacities and peculiarities they must be 

 ignorant of; and gentlemen of education, who possess an experienced 

 knowledge of the manufacture, could hardly be expected to afford 

 their services under 700?. or 1000/. per annum. 



33. If the experiment is undertaken, it is probable that among the 

 Medical Officers, or in the Officers of the Army, individuals may be 

 found, who without any practical knowledge in the manufacture, 

 yet may possess the necessary information to devise or direct the es- 

 tablishment, as it will be plain from the foregoing sketch of the pro- 

 cesses, that manual skill is but little required in the matter. 



