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COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter from mitted, has given his opinion, " that it is fully 

 11 April 1818. " equal to any produced in Bourbon, and that it 

 " would fetch 2s. 3d. sterling per lb. in Europe.*' 

 8. We have therefore thought it advisable, 

 without waiting for the extra ships, to consign the 

 cotton thus produced to your Honourable Court 

 by the Albinia free-trader, in order to guard it 

 from the injury which might follow its detention 

 here during the monsoon. 



10. Encouraged by the successful result of this 

 experiment, we have authorized the Collector in 

 the Eastern Zillah to prosecute for another season 

 the cultivation of the Bourbon cotton to a certain 

 extent, at the expense of Government, through the 

 medium of the Tullaties, and as a stimulus to their 

 exertions have authorized premiums to be given 

 in the following proportions : 



1st. The person who shall produce the greatest 

 quantity of cotton of approved quality, by a given 

 period in the years 1819 and 1820, from a given 

 quantity of ground, shall be entitled to a premium 

 of Rupees 200. 



2d. To the person who produces the next greatest 

 quantity, Rupees 150. 



3d. To the third successful candidate, Rupees 

 100. 



4th. And to the fourth, Rupees 50. 



11. The pretensions of the candidates to be de- 

 cided by the Committee, to consist of the Judge, 

 the Collector, and Mr. Gilder. 



12. The 



