60 



COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter circuitouslv with the United Kino-dom, but that 



to Bombay, & ' 



4 Dec. 1816. this allowance is not to extend to any port or settle- 

 ment in Asia. 



No. 34. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 Bombay to the Cornet of Directors, dated the 

 ISth December 1816. 



Letter Par. 29. Previous to our receiving your Honour- 

 1^8 D^^Tsie! able Court's commands respecting Mr. Metcalfe, 

 we were informed of the proceedings which had 

 been adopted at Madras for the attainment of the 

 objects on which he was sent to India, and of the 

 little success with which they had been attended, 

 and desired by that Government to apply for his 

 services, if it appeared to us to be likely they 

 could be employed with advantage within the 

 territories subject to this presidency ; but con- 

 curring with the Commercial Resident and the 

 Collector of Broach, to whom the subject was 

 referred, w^e declined to avail ourselves of his 

 services, since it did not appear that they could 

 be of use, the quantity of cotton now received 

 as revenue being so small as not to render it of 

 great importance to introduce the measure with a 

 view to benefit the Honourable Company, and the 

 ryots deriving too much benefit from cleaning the 

 cotton they are at liberty to sell, to relinquish the 



privilege. 



