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during the year, one in Pebruary and one in June. 

 Cotton is planted in the month of October and Novem- 

 ber, and deliveries begin to take place in April. Cot- 

 ton is all bought on contract for delivery under heavy 

 advances to the sellers, viz., about three-fourth of its 

 value, and for delivery in periods varying from tvro to 

 four months." In a subsequent letter, Mr. Hardy 

 says,—" I do not think that saw gins will be introduced 

 in Tinnevelly, for the staple of the TinneveUy Cotton 

 is shorter than that of Dharwar." 



3rd, Central Table-land : five Districts. — This large 329 

 territory between the Western and Eastern Grhauts 

 slopes away from west to east, and from south to 

 north ; that is, from the great western chain of moun- 

 tains to what might be called the eastern hiUs ; and 

 from the southern territory of Mysore, which has a 

 mean elevation of 3000 feet, to the northern districts 

 of BeUary and Cuddapah, where the mean elevation 

 is 1600 feet. It embraces five districts, viz. — (1) 

 BeUary, (2) Kumool, (3) Cuddapah, (4) Salem, (5) 

 Coimbatore. 



(1) BeUary : detailed report from the Collector. — 330 

 "BeUaryisoneofthe largest Cotton-growing « „ j^ 

 districts in the Madras Presidency. The w^s letter. 

 Collector reports that nearly 600,000 acres J™ J'™^' 

 are available for the cultivation, and of 

 these nearly half were planted with Cotton during the 

 season of 1860-61. The land is tolerably accessible 

 to the ordinary country carts at aU times, save during 

 the rainy weather. A sufficient quantity of Cotton is 

 obtained for consumption within the district, and a 

 large quantity is exported to Madras, Bangalore, Wal- 

 lajapet, and Coomptah. These lines of communication, 

 with the exception of the one to Coomptah, appear to be 

 in -good order." The following extracts from a detailed 

 report furnished by Mr. Pelly, the Collector, in reply 

 to Professor Mallet's application, are worthy of record. 



Soil. — " Attempts have at difierent times been made 331 

 to introduce the cultivation in this district ji^ peiiy-a 

 of the American Cotton ; but the experiments letter, 7th 

 have generally failed. The Cotton grown '^^•^^^> 



