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COTTON-WOOL. 



No. 42. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the 

 21th November 1818. 



Letter Par. 33. The three bales of cotton which you 



to Bombay, , i 



27NOV.18I8. consigned to us per Carmarthen, 1817-18, de- 

 scribed as Bourbon cotton second-growth Guzerat, 

 have been reported to be " of tender staple, as is 

 " usual in cotton raised from Bourbon seed. It is 

 "very unequal as to length, and there is great 

 " intermixture of short : it is pretty clean, but the 

 colour not uniformly good." 

 34. The small bale of thomil cotton per Car- 

 marthen, which was cleaned by the American 

 machine, and of which the report made to you 

 by the Warehouse -keeper (Consultations, 26th 

 November 1817,) was, "that it appeared to have 

 been prepared for spinning by the use of the 

 " Indian bow, or some more violent instrument, 

 " and that the staple was of unusual shortness, 

 "hence I (the Warehouse -keeper) am led to 

 " apprehend, that the fibre must be in some de- 

 " gree deteriorated," has been shewn to the 

 dealers in London, whose report is, " fine, bright, 

 " uniform colour ; the staple is good, and does 

 " not appear to have sustained injury by the ma- 

 " chine. Although this cotton is remarkably 

 " clean, being nearly free from leaf, a considerable 

 " number of small seeds are found in every hand- 



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