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COTTON-WOOL, 



State of Culture The persoD before noticed as sent by the Court to 



and Trade of . . ^ *' , 



Cotton in India, introduce the American method of cleaning cotton 

 resided in these districts. 



The districts of Canara and Malabar, on the 

 western coast of India, constitute part of the 

 Madras presidency, and there is some trade in 

 cotton between the province of Canara and Bom- 

 bay ; but the cotton exported is not the produce 

 of Canara but of the countries above the Ghauts. 



The East-India Company continue, at present, 

 to maintain factories in the southern division of 

 the peninsula, where cotton is provided, chiefly 

 for exportation to China in the Company's Europe 

 ships which touch at Madras on their outward 

 voyage from England ; except which, the export 

 trade of cotton from the presidency of Madras to 

 foreign places is not considerable, as the following 

 statement shews. 



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