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have obtained in that market proportionally a 

 better price than the Tinnevelly cotton : in this ^^''^'[^^^1'^^ 

 point of view, therefore, it is still considered ex- 

 pedient to continue the Cuddapah factory. 



5. The cotton of Tinnevelly has been highly 

 approved in the English market, and there is 

 every reason to expect a similar testimony in 

 favour of the produce at Coimbatore, which in 

 quality appears, from the specimens produced by 

 Mr. Heath, to be at least equal to that of Tin- 

 nevelly. Still the Board feel satisfied, from 

 general opinion, and from the information com- 

 municated on a late occasion by Mr. Hayes, of 

 Tinnevelly, that Tinnevelly cotton is inferior to 

 many other descriptions, and that from the climate 

 of those districts (Tinnevelly and Coimbatore) 

 being peculiarly favourable to the growth of the 

 plant, the better kinds might be introduced with 

 little difficulty and trouble. This circumstance 

 has led the Board, on the present occasion, to 

 consider the expediency of endeavouring, on a 

 limited scale, to introduce a system of cultivation 

 which may eventually lead to the dilFusion of a 

 better species of plant. With this view, the 

 Board would propose the establishment of four 

 experimental farms under the direction of the 

 local Commercial Residents, and upon the re- 

 sponsibility of the Commercial Department, 

 namely, one in Tinnevelly, one in Coimbatore, 

 one in Masulipatam, and one in Vizagapatam ; 



each 



