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COTTON-WOOL. 



No. 5. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor-general in Council^ Bengal^ dated 

 the 28th April 1790, 

 Letter to We take this opportunity of recommending to 

 28 Aprit 1790. your Consideration the propriety of introducing 

 the Ahmood species of cotton into the Bengal dis- 

 trict, which, from a similarity of soil and climate, 

 seems best adapted to its growth, as it may in 

 future prove a valuable article of import to China. 



No. 6. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor -general in Council, Bengal, dated 

 the 30th May 1792. 

 Letter Par. 8. We have perused with much pleasure 

 30 Ma7"iV92. your scvcral proceedings respecting an investiga- 

 tion into the state of the trade in cotton and 

 thread, and entirely concur in the measures you 

 have judged it right to pursue, with a view to 

 effect an improvement in the culture of the rav^ 

 material. As the reports of the several Collectors 

 and Commercial Agents, particularly that of Mr. 

 Duncan at Benares, which we cannot but notice 

 as a most masterly performance, are replete with 

 important information on the points to which the 

 object of their inquiry was directed, we shall cause 



them 



