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COTTON- WOOL. 



Letter from the mav be williiis: to employ their knowledge and 



India Board ^ i p -l ? l,' 



to the Chairs, their capital in the culture of an article, or which 



7 Oct. 1828.^ , \ . . c 



the production, m any quantity, ot a superior 

 quality, would conduce in so great a degree to the 

 interest, not only of the East-India Company, but 

 of this country. 



I trust that you will persevere in your endea- 

 vours to produce a species of tobacco suitable to 

 the British market. 



I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 

 Your most obedient humble servant, 

 (Signed) Ellen borough. 

 The Chairman and Deputy Chairman 

 of the East-India Company. 



No. GO. 



Letter from the Coiu^t of Directors to the 

 Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the l^th 

 February 1829. 



Letter Par. 1 . During many years past, we have been 



irpdrlS. strongly impressed with a sense of the great 

 importance of improving the quality of the cotton 

 grown in India, and have directed our attention 

 to the introduction of new and better species of 

 cotton, with the viev/ of rendering the produce of 

 British India fit for the general consumption of 

 the manufactures of Great Britain, and it would 



have 



