COTTON- WOOL. 



33 



No. 21. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the 

 2^th August \^\^, 



Par. 8. At the commencement of the year 1809, ^^'ter 



. . *° Bombay, 



in consideration of the state of public relations 29 Aug. isio. 

 with the United States of America, we issued, with 

 the approbation of His Majesty's Ministers, instruc- 

 tions to our servants in India to provide considera- 

 ble quantities of cotton-wool for immediate trans- 

 mission to England, and also issued advertise- 

 ments at the several presidencies, authorising the 

 owners of private ships, which usually carry cotton- 

 wool to China, to bring the same to the port of 

 London, and in consequence thereof very conside- 

 rable quantities of cotton-wool have been imported 

 from India ; but from the renewed intercourse with 

 America, and the coarse nature of Indian cotton, 

 the manufactures of these kingdoms do not now 

 require the same. 



9. About thirty millions of pounds-weight of 

 cotton-wool were sent from India in consequence 

 of our instructions, of which about one million two 

 hundred and fifty thousand pounds have been used 

 by the British manufacturers, and three millions 

 two hundred and fifty thousand pounds have been 

 exported to the continent of Europe, making to- 

 gether somewhat less than five millions. About 

 nine millions of pounds are now lying in our ware- 



D houses. 



