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COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter Honourable Court to be for the most part, the pro- 



from Bombay, 



18 Dec. 1816. duce of districts beyond the jurisdiction of the 

 Honourable Company. It is never to be had in 

 any quantity except in bales, already too generally 

 deteriorated and freed from the seed ; and it is 

 therefore out of our power to introduce any im- 

 provement. 



32. Though we did not think necessary to call 

 for the aid of Mr. Metcalfe, we nevertheless thought 

 it right, previously to the arrival of those by the 

 Alexander, to apply to the Government of Madras 

 for two of the machines, intending to satisfy our- 

 selves of their merits, under the inspection of 

 Mr. West, an able mechanic of this place, adhering 

 to the directions furnished by Mr. Metcalfe ; and 

 if likely to be attended with advantage, we shall, 

 notwithstanding the objections which at present 

 exist to their introduction, endeavour to induce 

 the ryots to make use of them. 



No. 35. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the 3d 

 January 1817. 



Letter Par. 24. The want of success which has attend- 



to Bombay, . i i i . . 



3 Jan. 1817. CQ your eudeavours to mtroduce the cultivation or 

 cotton from Bourbon seed is a matter of public 

 loss. We have been at considerable expense on 



this 



