COTTON WOOL. 



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acquainted with the nature and uses of the machines i^etter 



. ^ to Bombay, 



from America, our Government of Fort St. George 12 June is is. 

 will, if required, furnish copies of his instruc- 

 tions and observations on the subject, for the 

 guidance of the persons at your presidency in the 

 provision of the cotton investment. 



4. The object in view, which is to enable you 

 to ship cotton in a clean state, being of material 

 importance, you will not fail to cause a sufficient 

 trial to be made as to the utility of the gins, and 

 should the metal ones fully answer, the number 

 may be increased by constructing them in India, 

 or by indenting on us for such as may be wanted. 



No. 33. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the \th 

 December 1816. 



Par. 12. The construction put upon our orders Letter 

 respecting the duties on cotton, in our Governor's 4^°Dec."i£ 

 Minute recorded on your Revenue Consultations 

 of the 26th July 1815, is substantially correct, 

 and we direct you to be guided by that construction, 

 viz, that cotton-wool, the produce of any part of 

 India, shall be allowed a drawback of the whole 

 internal and sea duties, when exported on British 

 or Indian registered ships trading directly or 



circuitously 



