COTTON- WOOL. 



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Mr. Roworth to dispose of the seed to the best ^ better 



^ ^ from Bombay, 



advantage, rather than incur the further expense 24 Feb. isie. 

 of freight. 



No. 31. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 Bombay to the Court of Directors, dated the 1 1th 

 April 1816. 



Par. 35. The Collector of Coranja having failed Letter 



from Bombay, 



in his endeavours to prevail on the ryots to culti- n April isie. 

 vate a portion of the land with the Bourbon 

 cotton-seed sent to him for that purpose, under- 

 took the experiment himself, and having forward- 

 ed a sample of the produce, it has been reported 

 to be superior, in every respect, to any cotton 

 produced in the Broach pergunnas with which it 

 had been compared. 



36. We have directed the Collector to submit 

 an estimate of the expense of cultivating a begah 

 of land with Bourbon- seed, and of the probable 

 out-turn, acquainting him at the same time, that 

 we had no objection to an application he had pre- 

 ferred for a quantity of waste land being assigned 

 to him, to enable him to undertake, at his own 

 risk^ the cultivation of this valuable shrub, the 

 introduction of which into the neighbouring 

 islands would be an object of great importance. 

 Should Mr. Marriott succeed in the cultivation, 



the 



