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COTTON-WOOL. 



No. 27. 



Extract Letter from the Governor hi Council at 

 Bombay to the Court of Directors, dated the I5th 

 October 1813. 



Letter Par. 38. As it was understood that cotton of a 



^iTocuTsis!' superior quality was produced in Persia, Mr. 



Bruce was directed to afford all the information he 

 could obtain respecting it, and he has, in conse- 

 quence, sent a sample to the presidency, which on 

 examination has been found of a quality equal to 

 the worst part of the produce of this country, and 

 higher in price ; we have, in consequence, refrained 

 from the adoption of any further proceedings for 

 obtaining cotton from Persia of that description. 

 In case the brown (nankeen coloured) cotton 

 could be procured from thence at a reasonable 

 price, it would probably prove an acceptable com- 

 modity for the manufactures in Great Britain, and 

 we shall direct Mr. Bruce to furnish all the infor- 

 mation he may be able to obtain on this subject, 

 of which your Honourable Court will be hereafter 

 apprised. 



39. With regard to the cotton produced in the 

 neighbourhood of Porebunder, the samples for- 

 warded to the presidency were not, on a careful 

 examination, found of superior quality, or procur- 

 able at a price that rendered it an object to your 

 Honourable Court to have recourse to that part 



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