COTTON-WOOL. 



31 



Letter 

 to Bombay, 



In the year 1804 4,772,699 " ^^"'^ 



1805 6,758,019 



1806 6,809,183 



1807 10,341,278 



1808 3,018,906 



and it is to be remarked, that the upland Georgia 

 cotton would be more desirable to the manufacturers 

 of these kingdoms, had it been cleaned by the 

 usual machine instead of the bow, which injures 

 the staple. 



5. No. 3 is a sample of privilege cotton re- 

 ceived from your presidency by the ship Lord 

 Castlereagh in the present year. This cotton was 

 much better cleaned than any of the Company's; 

 but it appears to have undergone some degree of 

 beating, whereby it is considered to have partaken 

 of the injurious effect of bowing, mentioned in the 

 foregoing paragraph. 



6. No. 4 is a sample of cotton- wool the growth 

 of the island of Grenada, and which is considered 

 to be of the standard quality which the principal 

 consumption of the British manufactories con- 

 stantly requires, as it possesses more substance 

 than the upland or bowed Georgia cotton, and less 

 than the cotton of Demerara, Brazil, Sea Island, 

 Georgia, or Bourbon. 



7. It is our intention to procure a quantity of 

 seed of West India and American cotton, part of 



which 



