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COTTON-WOOL. 



Madras Board vacant tonna^ce available on any of the Honourable 



of Trade Ge- ^. 



neral Report, ComDanv's shipS. 

 30 Sept. 1819. 



No. 47. 



Extract Letter from the Court of Directors to 

 the Governor in Council at Bombay y dated the 22d 

 December 1819. 



Letter Par. 5. The samples of cotton noticed in your 



to Kotnbay 



22 Dec. isi'g. letter of the 14th August 1818, were found to be 

 of excellent colour and perfectly clean, but short 

 in the staple and coarse, and had been hurt by 

 some process in cleaning : there was but little 

 difference in their quality. 



6. The consignment of 289 bales of Broach 

 thomil, per Lady Lushington^ noticed in your letter 

 of the 19th October 1818, proved to be very fine 

 cotton, both in colour and staple, and it had been 

 properly cleaned. 



7. The Jambooseer thomil, by the same ship, 

 was ill gathered and not clean enough. 



8. The sample of cotton of Malwan growth from 

 Bourbon seed, was reported to be of fine, long, 

 silky staple, but badly managed, being stained in 

 a remarkable manner, probably with oil from the 

 seeds. 



9. The sample of Broach growth fi-om Bourbon 

 seed was of short staple, not of good colour, and 

 foul with particles of leaves. 



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