PAPERS 



RELATING TO 



THE PRODUCTION 



OF 



COTTON-WOOL, 



No. 1. 



Extract Letter from the Court of T)irectors to 

 the Governor -general in Council^ Bengal, dated 

 the 20th August 1788. 



Par. 2. We earnestly call your attention to the Letter 



•IP • 1 • rr* T Bengal, 



article of cotton, with a view to afiording every 20 Aug. nss. 

 encouragement to its growth and improvement in 

 general, but particularly to the species manufac- 

 tured into the finer sort of thread in use for the 

 superior goods of the Dacca fabric, as we learn 

 that many of our orders for those assortments have 

 not been able to be executed for want of such fine 

 thread. 



3. We have, in compliance with the wishes of 

 the manufacturers, come to a resolution of im- 

 porting 500,000 pounds weight of Broach and 



B 2 Surat 



