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Letter to balance these with the advantages of the several 

 i3^b"i^822. other commodities which they have it in their 

 power to produce, and to chuse for themselves. 



16. With these views, we approve the authority 

 which you have granted to the Collector in the 

 Eastern Zillah, to prosecute to a certain extent, 

 for another season or two, the cultivation of the 

 Bourbon cotton at the expense of Government, 

 and to grant premiums to the individuals whose 

 cultivation has been the most successful. 



17. Your proposal for obtaining a supply of the 

 Pernambuco cotton-seed is not unworthy of atten- 

 tion ; but the experiment, we think, should be 

 made on a very limited scale and be undertaken 

 solely by you, lest it should interfere with the cul- 

 tivation of the Bourbon cotton. If it is found that 

 the population take to this culture, and that the 

 soil and climate are favourable, in that case every 

 thing should be done which is calculated to im- 

 prove it to the utmost. If these hopes should not 

 be realized, every effort, beyond what is necessary 

 for giving a fair trial to the experiment, would be 

 labour thrown away. 



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