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heavy seed Cotton to be ginned, in the place of one 

 bullock load of light wool. Again, the Natives urged 

 that they lost two per cent, more by the gin than they 

 did by the churka ; in other words, that two per cent, 

 of the impurities, which remained in the churkaed 

 Cotton, were removed by the gin. Unless, therefore, 

 higher prices were realized for ginned Cotton than 

 for churkaed Cotton, the Native cultivators would be 

 positive losers by the improved method of cleaning. 



