| Chamber of odiis Manchester; 
SIR, ay 1,1 E 
I THANK you for the letters of March 21st and April 24th, : 
written by pie direction, and for the sample of Cotton grown near the | 
um River, West Africa, you were also good enough to forward to 
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pound in Liverpool. Already about 2,300 bales per annum are im 
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plaints respecting it, of which I can hear, are that the supply 
and intermittent, and that occasionally it is not so co 
sa as it should be. 
for spinning are, the length, fineness, and strength of the dones E: 
need hardly say that English spinners would be greatly pleased to have 
another source of supply o Egyptian Cotton. ; 
` On behalf of the President of this Chamber I desire to thank ydi h 
the interest you have shown in this important question of Cotton supply, 
and to say that we shall be very pleased to hear from you as to the 
progress of the vive which you are ikide for the extension sí Cotton. 
culture in West VEM 
Iam, &c. c 
(Signed) ELIJAH Hari i 
WE Leere Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., F.R.S., S 
sium Gardens, Kew. 
ROYAL Ganon, Kew, to CoLoRiAL Orrice. Pe. 
Sm, Royal kiere Kew, 5 Ha 1890: 
acknow. wledge t «e > recei] 
overnor o rra Leone on the Dreh of a sample of Des. growr 
by. natives at Mabel, on pic Bum River, West Coast of Africa. 
ed, was jpoiardód to the Manchester í ^haml 
eived from the se 
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. The sample, asr , 
of piede and a cop ara a report rec 
enclosed for the information of the xt 
We ARI og T Cotton is resale ar iverpo 
ires wu es per annum. A much larger supply ivre 
|. readi taken die as “et special kind is very acceptable to Lan 
es S a These facts are of very encou raging character, and should be 
Widely known i in the Colonies perenne 
