COTTON-WOOL. 



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desire that this subject ina\' be ao:ain taken under ^-etter 



^ . . to Bombay, 



consideration, and that vou ascertain with the ut- i Jan. 1789. 

 most degree of care and attention the smallest 

 possible dimensions to which a bale of cotton is 

 capable of being compressed by the Company's 

 screws ; and if, after so doing, it shall appear that 

 the new standard dimensions are not capable of 

 being diminished, you must endeavour to ascertain 

 whether the cause is to be attributed to any defect 

 in the principle on which the Company's screws 

 are constructed, or whether they require the aid 

 of any mechanical improvements, to give them 

 powers which they are not at present possessed of. 



5. If individuals, either by superior industry, 

 or the application of powers better adapted to the 

 end proposed, have been enabled to accomplish 

 so material an advantage as the difference thus 

 gained in point of tonnage, provided there were 

 no other objections to the measure, this alone 

 would be sufficient to prevent our complying with 

 the request contained in your public letter, for 

 the suppressing of private screws, and confining 

 the merchants to the use of the Company's screws 

 only. 



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