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which could be consumed here in the largest quantities. The 
question, therefore, is whether it can be produced at a cost so 
as to yield a profit to both planters and the merchants who 
would export from India to England. 
OBSERVATIONS ON EXPERIMENTS. 
On reviewing the accounts and the results of these experi- 
ments, it appears that, though abandoned too soon in some 
situations, they were carried on for a sufficiently long period in 
others to allow of reliable deductions being drawn from then, if 
full information on all points had been supplied. The soil does 
not seem to have been complained of; but though drainage is 
essential in many parts of Europe, the power of irrigating will 
be found most useful in the East. The climate is obviously 
very different from what the plant meets with in Ireland, as 
not a drop of rain seems to fall from the time of sowing to that 
of reaping the crop; but heavy dews compensate for this defi- 
ciency during a part of the season. But as this dryness of 
climate prevails over a great part of India during the season of 
cultivation—that is, from the end of the rainy season to the 
beginning of the hot weather—it is evident that irrigation is 
necessary for such cultivation, and must not be too expensive. 
Perhaps the double monsoon of the Madras Presidency might 
in some localities afford a suitable climate, if the temperature 
is not too high. <A perfectly appropriate climate may no doubt 
be obtained at different elevations on the Himalayas, and in 
some of the mountainous ranges of the South of India; but 
European superintendence may not be available and the ex- 
penses of transit be too great. The Saugur and Nerbuddah 
territories appear favorable, from their more moderate climate ; 
while some of the districts of the North-West, of Sindh, 
and the Punjab, may be found suitable, from the command of 
irrigation and the prevalence of a moderate temperature. 
The proportion of seed required having been ascertained by 
Mr. Deneef, we cannot but observe the unexpected results ob- 
tained from the sowing of some native seed—the Flax produced 
from Saharunpore seed having been considered to be of excel- 
lent quality, and, in Liverpool, to be the best of all the specimens 
sent. American seed was found to be suitable to the country; 
