COTTON-WOOL. 



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ceded provinces in the growth of cotton, the po- Report on 



... . . . Cotton Trade, 



pulation will increase by emigrations from other so April 1802. 

 parts, many tracts of land now lying fallow will 

 be brought into cultivation, and the Honourable 

 Company's land revenue will be thereby propor- 

 tionably increased. 



No. 16. 



Extract Observations of the Reporter-general of 

 Eternal Commerce, 1802. 



Trade of the Doab. 

 Pa. 32. The staple commodity of the coun- Report 



T . , 11^" External 



tries to the westward is cotton, and as on the due Commerce, 



1 802 



supply of this article the most valuable manufac- 

 ture of the Lower Provinces must in a great 

 measure depend, it becomes an object of impor- 

 tance to ascertain the mode in which the supply 

 can be most regularly obtained, and at the 

 cheapest rate. 



33. To accomplish this desirable object, no 

 better mode can possibly be desired than is point- 

 ed out in the 40th, 41st, and 42d paragraphs of 

 the Report of the Honourable the Lieutenant 

 Governor. 



34. Should it be deemed expedient for Govern- 

 ment to be at the expense of clearing the Jumna 

 of the numerous rocks which now intercept the 

 navigation of that river, and subsequently to 

 grant a guard of sepoys at fixed periods to accom- 

 pany 



