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COTTON-WOOL, 



No. 23. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the 

 \ St November 1811 . 



Letter Par. 6. The two bales of cotton which are 



i^Nov.^i'sn. referred to in these paragraphs have been shewn 

 to several very competent judges of this commo- 

 dity, who are of opinion, that the switching is 

 not of the least advantage, that the staple does 

 not appear in any respect better than if it had 

 been prepared in the usual manner, but rather 

 the contrary ; and that, upon the whole, the cot- 

 ton is of less value than it would have been if not 

 switched. We observe by your Consultations of 

 6th November 1810, that an expense of Ru- 

 pees 24. 2. was incurred for hand-picking these 

 two bales ; but we are under the necessity of 

 noticing, that the operation has been ill-perform- 

 ed, the bales being very full of pieces of seeds or 

 leaves. 



7. As the cotton must, of course, be improved 

 by being rendered more free from seeds and ex- 

 traneous matters, we shall endeavour to send you 

 out, in the course of the present season, musters 

 of such machines as are in use for cleaning cotton 

 in the West-Indies and America. 



We are gratified in observing that you have 

 added the pergunna of Chowrassy to the other 

 districts which have for several years paid their 



revenue 



