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rary unfavourable change in the market ; but as Letter 



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the article of cotton- wool has not hitherto formed 29 Aug. 1810. 

 a part of our regular investment for Europe, it will 

 not be consistent with commercial policy for us to 

 persevere in the importation of Indian cotton- 

 wool into England, if the British manufacturers 

 continue to manifest so adverse a disposition to 

 the use of it. The first consignment of private 

 cotton which w^as made from Tinnevelly to China 

 v^as so greatly approved, that we hoped an exten- 

 sive trade would arise in that commodity ; but we 

 have observed with concern, that the falling off 

 has been experienced in the quality of that cotton. 

 However this may be, we indulge in the expecta- 

 tion that the considerable investment of Tinnevelly 

 and Salem cotton, which is now in the course of 

 provision, will be of approved quality, and we 

 have desired that some of the best Tinnevelly 

 cotton, and of the longest staple, should be con- 

 signed to London, where it may possibly enter into 

 a competition with American cotton of the finer 

 assortments. 



14. There is another point to be noticed on this 

 subject as a matter of complaint, but for which the 

 remedy is so obviously in our own power that no 

 excuse will hereafter be admitted by us for its 

 continuance, and that is, the foulness, dirt, and 

 seeds, which are suffered to remain mixed with the 

 cotton. It is desirable that the cotton should be 

 cleaned from those impurities, as a means of saving 



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