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COTTON-WOOL. 



No. 3. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 'Bombay, to the Governor -general in Council, 

 Bengal, dated the 21th January 1790. 



Account of the Cotton used in the Cloth Manu- 

 factures at Surat, includmg an Estimate of the 

 Quantit}^ produced in the adjacent Countries, 

 that reserved for Home Consumption, and what 

 Exported, &c. 



Letter from Cottou is produccd from seed, and throughout 



Bombay to ^ . 



Governor- gen., this couutry the sccd IS nearly the same m quality. 



Only one kind of cotton is used in the cloth manu- 

 factures, but this varies considerably in value 

 according to the part it comes from, the difference 

 arising in a great measure from the soil, and also, 

 in some degree, from the manner in which the 

 cotton is extracted from the pod. This last reason 

 particularly affects and lessens the value of the 

 Bownaghur cotton, it being always more full of 

 dirt and leaf than that of any other part, and the 

 soil being poorer the becas grow much smaller. 



The seed, which is usually put into the ground 

 as soon after the first fall of rain as the earth is 

 sufficiently softened to be easily cultivated, is 

 sown in straight lines and as regular as possible, 

 so that the shrubs may shoot up single and about 

 a foot asunder. The ground is kept well weeded, 

 and (except a sufficient moisture to soften it, so 



that 



