COTTON -WOOL. 



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Charges on a candy of Cotto7i bought at Broach and Letter from 

 sent to Surat^ either by Sea or Land, at the be- Govemor-gen., 



n 1 ' 27 Jan. 1790. 



gmmng oj the oeason, viz. 





By Sea. 



By Land. 



Packing and Screws Rupees 



1 











10 



Freight 



2 





















5 





2 



2 







2 2 



Customs at Broach 



2 



2 







2 2 





1 



2 







12 









3 







030 





1 



2 







030 





1 











10 



Rupees. . . . 



12 



3 







15 



The method adopted m and since 1788 on the 

 Company's account, of receiving the cotton loose 

 and packing it before their own people, is greatly 

 to their advantage, notwithstanding it enhances 

 the price four or five rupees per candy, as it pre- 

 vents all kinds of fraud, the receipt of seedy or 

 leafy cotton, and secures it against being kept in 

 close package when damp or discoloured, as, also, 

 it insures them full weight. The attention, like- 

 wise, to having good and new gunnies and ropes, 



will 



