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COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter The Samples of cotton-wool transmitted to us, 

 25 Jan. 1820. per the General Hewitt^ have likewise been 

 received, and the following is the result of a care- 

 ful examination of them : 



The cotton in one of the parcels from Ganjam, 

 weighing 128 lbs., but not distinguished by a 

 number in the invoice, is of a good colour and 

 fairly cleaned, but coarse and short in the staple ; 

 shorter than good Bengal cotton. The sample in 

 the other parcel from Ganjam, weighing 90 lbs., 

 is very poor and weak, pretty clean, but as short 

 in the staple as the sample in the parcel weighing 

 128 lbs. 



The sample from Nagpore is nearly of the 

 same quality as the cotton in the parcel of 128 lbs. 

 weight from Ganjam^ but somewhat cleaner. 



The sample from Ingeram proves of bad quality, 

 being very short and coarse in staple, stained and 

 otherwise foul, with leaf and seed. 



The sample from Maddepollam is of nearly the 

 same quality and value as the sample from In- 

 geram. 



All the above samples from Ganjam, Nagpore, 

 Ingeram, and Maddepollam, exhibit qualities and 

 defects that will render the cotton unfit for advan- 

 tageous importation into this country. 



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