COTTON-WOOL. 



37 



No. 22. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 Bombay to the Court of Directors, dated the 4th 

 April ISn. 



Par. 10]. In reference to your Honourable Letter 



from Bombay, 



Court's letter of the 11th April 1810, we beg 4 April isu. 



leave to notice, that instructions were issued to 



the Commercial Department at Surat to proceed 



in cleaning a candy of the cotton intended for the 



Exeter s cargo, in any other modes that might be 



in use among the natives than bowing, which had 



been found to injure the staple^ as stated in that 



despatch. 



102. We were, however, informed, in reply, 

 that there was no other method besides bowing 

 known to the natives, except the process of hand- 

 picking and switching or beating, after which 

 manner two bales have been accordingly prepared 

 and sent by the E.veter. 



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