50 



COTTON WOOL. 



frora^Bombay ii'^'igated SO as to cause some variety in the outset 

 so May 1812.' ^^^^ attempt. It would be attended with very 

 little expense, and if persevered in until the 

 result should be satisfactorily ascertained, it might 

 be attended with advantage, and gradually induce 

 the more adventurous inhabitants of either Bombay 

 or Salsette to apply their industry in a similar 

 manner. 



60. Agreeably to the recommendation submitted 

 by the Judge, Magistrate, and Collector, a person 

 well qualified has been entrusted with the experi- 

 ment they suggested, a convenient spot of ground 

 having been set apart for the purpose, and a 

 supply of seed procured from the northward, and 

 we shall not fail to communicate to your Honour- 

 able Court, as soon as possible, a report of the 

 result of this undertaking. 



No. 26. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Cou?2cil, Madras, dated the 1th 

 May 1^13. 



Letter Par. 4. We are altogether convinced of the 



to Madras, i . r. • 



7 May 1813. souudncss of the policy of paymg attention to an 

 increased cultivation of cotton in our territorial 

 possessions, and especially in the Tinnevelly 

 districts, as also to the northward of the Ceded 

 Countries. The mixed and dirty state in which 



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