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COTTON-WOOL. 



No. 19. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the 

 nth April I^IO. 



to Bombay Par. 2. In addition to the particulars of infor- 

 11 April 1810. mation on the subject of cotton-wool which are 

 communicated in our letter of the 30th ultimo 

 (March), we again call your attention to this sub- 

 ject, with a view to the better selection of the 

 quality of your cotton ; and for that purpose we 

 refer you to a box in the packet, in which are con- 

 tained sundry samples of cotton, and also some 

 copies of a printed paper which was prepared for 

 the instruction of the planters of cotton in Africa, 

 and which, we understand, has been drawn up 

 from accurate practical experience combined with 

 botanical knowledge. 



3. The sample No. 1 is your Toomeel cotton 

 imported on the ship Bombay, and which is repre- 

 sented to be of a desirable quality, such as will 

 answer well as a substitute for the bowed upland 

 Georgia cotton. The generality of cotton which 

 you consigned to us by the Bombay was of fair 

 quality, but considerably inferior to the Toomeel. 



4. No. 2 is a sample of bowed Georgia cotton. 

 There are other kinds of cotton imported from 

 Georgia, but all of a superior quality. The total 

 importations from that province were : 



