COTTON-WOOL. 



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them to be carefully preserved amono; the more Letter 



^ ^ to Bengal, 



valuable and select parts of our commercial re- so May 1792. 

 cords, for the purpose of being consulted when- 

 ever occasion requires. 



9. In respect to the provision of cotton for the 

 English market, as directed by our letter of 20th 

 August 1788, the Government at Bombay, in 

 consequence of the orders you transmitted them 

 for that purpose, have made us a consignment of 

 the Ahmood assortment, which, on being brought 

 to sale, has produced only from l^d. to \0^d. per 

 lb. ; and we also are given to understand, some 

 illicit consignments to Ostend have not turned to 

 a more productive account. It is evident, there- 

 fore, notwithstanding the flattering allurements 

 held out by the British manufacturers, that the 

 article will by no means answer. 



No. 7. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the2lst 

 May 1794. 



We send you a machine that has been invented Letter 

 for facilitating the operation for cleansing cotton 2 °Ma7ni 

 from seeds and other foul particles. It was in- 

 tended to have been sent you in the course of the 

 last season, but some impediments occurred in 

 respect of its being shipped. 



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