COTTON- WOOL. 



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by experiment, whether or not the machines for 

 cleaning cotton, sent out by your Honourable 

 Court, could be advantageously used in the pre- 

 paration of your investments, 



53. The result of the trial which accordingly 

 took place was reported by the Warehouse-keeper 

 on the 2d April, and we regret it has proved un- 

 favourable to the further use of the machine. The 

 expense of working the machine, and the injury it 

 causes to the staple, are the objections stated. It 

 was found that five men were able to clean no 

 more than two pounds of Icupas in a quarter of 

 an hour, and the effect upon the staple is similar 

 to that of cleaning with the bow, which renders it 

 altogether unfit for the China market. Instruc- 

 tions have been given for cleaning a bale by means 

 of the machine, for consignment to your Honoura- 

 ble Court, that you may have an opportunity of 

 ascertaining the opinion of the manufacturers on 

 this point. 



54. On the 24th November Mr. Goodwin re- 

 ported to us that he had prepared a bale of 361b. 

 gross weight of toomil cotton. We directed it to 

 be shipped in the Carmarthen and marked as per 

 margin. 



55. We are sorry to observe, that this further 

 experiment does not afford any encouragement to 

 the use of the machine. Though worked by twelve 

 men for five hours, only 141b. of cotton were 

 cleaned, whereas the common Guzerat churka^ 



F worked 



Letter from 

 Bombay, 

 20 Dec. 1817. 



