COTTON- WOOL. 



41 



possibly with a sufficient knowledge of the natural Letter 



1 • 1 -rs 1 11*° Bombay, 



history CI the iiourbon cotton, we have resolved syNov. isii. 

 on the measure now communicated to you. 



o. As cotton-wool of a quality equal to that of 

 Bourbon may be expected to produce in London 

 the price of two shillings per pound at the least, 

 when the common cotton of India will not at the 

 same period produce more than nine-pence, and 

 as the freight of about four-pence per pound in 

 time of war on the extra ships falls equally upon 

 each kind, notwithstanding the inequality of their 

 value, it is presumed that the encouragement held 

 out to the finer cotton in the freight only, may 

 ensure its success as an article of cultivation, 

 unless prevented by natural causes which are not 

 at present known to us. 



No. 25. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 Bombay to the Court of Directors, dated 30th 

 May 1812. 



Par. 39. The samples of cotton referred to in Letter 



from Bombay, 



the paragraphs were received per E.veter, and so May isis. 

 found to consist of four parcels marked No. 1, 

 No. 2, No. 3 L. A. Privilege, and No. 4 Grenada, 

 which were immediately distributed among the 

 several Collectors and Commercial Residencies 

 under this presidency, for their remarks, inclusive 



also 



