COTTON-WOOL. 



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appreciate the probable advantages arising from Letter 

 the experiment, the merits of Mr. Brown in its is March isoi. 

 projection and superintendence, and to determine 

 whether the scheme should be prosecuted, either 

 partially, or entirely abandoned. 



No. 14. 



Extract Report of the Lieutenant-Governor of 

 the Ceded Provinces, 



Bareilly, 16th January 1802. 

 Allahabad was formerly esteemed a considera- i^^P^''' 



on Ceded Pro- 



ble mart for the cotton of the Deccan and the winces, 



16 Jan. 1802. 



countries to the southward of the Jumna ; but, 

 from the numerous exactions and oppressions ex- 

 perienced by the merchants, the cotton has for 

 some years past been carried to Mirzapore for 

 sale. 



No. 15. 



Extract Summary Report on the Cotton Trade 

 of India, 



Fort William, 30th April 1802. 



The average annual quantity of cotton imported ^^f^f^^^rade 

 into the Honourable Company's provinces on this so April 1802. 

 side of India, by the Ganges, has been for many 

 years 450,000 maunds of ninety-six pounds. 



The 



