COTTON-WOOL. 83 



" raised from Bourbon seed." This cotton has Letter 



to Bombay, 



been sold for fifteen-pence per lb. 27 Nov. isis. 



No. 43. 



Extract Letter /row the Secretary to the Board 

 of Trade at Madi^as to the Secretary to Govern- 

 ment, dated Fort St, George, 17 th May 1819, 



Sir: 



I am directed by the President and Members of Letter from 



Madras Board 



the Board of Trade to request that you will lay of Trade, 



^. 1 TT 1 1 .1 . 17 May 1819, 



before the Right Honourable the (jrovernor m 

 Council the accompanying copy of a letter from 

 the Commercial Resident in the Ceded Districts, 

 enclosing a Memoir on Cotton Cultivation. This 

 paper contains much interesting information, and, 

 in the opinion of the Board, seems to convey in a 

 tangible form many useful observations, drawn 

 from personal experience and careful investigation 

 and enquiry. As the cultivation of India cotton 

 continues to be a subject of great interest with 

 the Honourable Court of Directors, the Board beg 

 leave to suggest that a copy of Mr. Randall's 

 Memoir, which contains hints on the expediency 

 of procuring cotton-seed from America, be trans- 

 mitted to the Honourable Court, with the small 

 samples of cotton received with it. 



2. Experience of several years has now clearly 

 G 2 shewn, 



