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COTTON-WOOL. 



stateofCui!ure of the British manufacturer, it meets with little 



and Tra(!e of 



Cotton 111 India. encGuragemeiit in Britain, and Indian cotton has, 

 for some time past, been selling at a lower price 

 in London than its original cost in Calcutta. 



Besides the general defect of shortness of staple, 

 Indian cotton is liable to objection on account of 

 its not being sufficiently cleansed from the seeds, 

 leaves, and other matters. To remedy which, the 

 Court of Directors obtained from America patterns 

 of the most approved machines in use in Georgia 

 and Carolina, for separating the wool of the cotton 

 from its seeds: and they also, in the year 1813, 

 engaged the services of Mr. Bernard Metcalfe, a 

 very respectable man, who had for some years 

 carried on the business of a cleaner of cotton in 

 Georgia; but this person, after residing in India 

 some time, finding that his endeavours to induce the 

 natives to use American machines were fruitless, 

 gave up the employment and retired from India 

 altogether. 



The following is the value of the exports of 

 cotton from Calcutta by sea for the years men- 

 tioned, viz. 



An 



