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COTTON- WOOL. 



No. 56. 



Letter from the Secretary to the India Board to 

 the Secretary to the Board of Trade, dated the 

 22d September 1828. 



Sir: 



Letter from The Commissioners for the Affairs of India, in 



India Board to •ii n - t ^ r> -r\ • 



Board of Trade, compuance With the request ot the Lords of Privy 

 22 ept.1828. Q^^j^^jj Trade, as intimated by your letter of 

 the 26th July last, have directed their attention 

 to the suggestions of the Lords of Privy Council 

 for Trade, regarding the possibility of improving 

 the culture in the East-Indies of cotton and 

 tobacco. 



In pursuance of directions from the Commis- 

 sioners for the Affairs of India, a copy of your 

 letter of the 26th of July was by me transmitted 

 to the Court of Directors, accompanied by a 

 request that every information which it might be 

 in the power of the Court of Directors to commu- 

 nicate on the subject therein referred to, should 

 be furnished at the earliest possible period. 



I am now directed by the Commissioners for 

 the Affairs of India to transmit to you, for the 

 purpose of being laid before the Committee of 

 Privy Council for Trade, the copy of a letter from 

 Mr. Dart, dated the 5th instant, being in reply to 

 that which I had the honour to address to him when 



enclosing 



