COTTON -WOOL. 



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cultivation in other districts, with the hope of Letter from 



*■ Madras Board 



ultimately superseding for the purposes of expor- ^I/i^^^iqIq 

 tation the growth of the present country plant. 



6, In case the Government should feel disposed 

 to encourage the project suggested in the above 

 outline, the Board would take the liberty of re- 

 commending that the local Collectors should be 

 instructed to facilitate the enquiries of the Com- 

 mercial Residents in regard to the spots most 

 convenient and favourable for the experiments, 

 and to assist them in all other matters immediately 

 connected with the undertaking. 



No. 44. 



Letter from the Commercial Resident in the Ceded 

 Districts to the Board of Trade at Madras. 



To the President and Members of the Board of 

 Trade. 



Fort St. George, 29th March 1819. 

 Gentlemen.: 



Par. ]. I have the honour to lay before your Memoir on 

 Board a Memoir upon Cotton Cultivation, accom- CuWvlu"on, 

 panied by musters of cotton raised in the zillah of ^^^^^"'^'^^^^ 

 Cuddapah from Brazil and Bourbon seed, which 

 perhaps may be worthy of your Board's particular 

 attention. 



2. Probably your Board may be pleased to send 



both 



