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pean skill and industry to the attainment of the J ^^'f^"^ 



* ^ Bombay, 



object in view ; to which end you are authorized is Feb. 18^9. 



to grant to British subjects resident in India under 



our authority, properly qualified by character and 



by command of capital, a sufficient quantity of 



Government land for the establishment of a cotton 



plantation. The land to be secured to the parties 



on lease at a low rent for a term of years, on the 



condition of its being used for the cultivation of 



cotton ; and in the e^/ent of difficulty occurring as 



to Government lands of a proper description and 



in suitable situations, permission may be granted 



to such British subjects to enter into engagements, 



under the usual limitations, with native proprietors, 



for land to be applied to the like purpose. 



No. 61. 



Letter from the Court of Directors to the Gover- 

 nor-general in Council in Bengal, dated the 8th 

 July 1829. 



Par. 1. You will have observed in our letter Letter to 

 to the presidency of Bombay, under date the g ln\yfi'2\ 

 18th February last, that the course of public 

 affairs at the present time, has caused us to di- 

 rect our attention in an especial manner to the 

 great importance of improving the cotton grown 

 in India, and also to the introduction of the seed 

 of new and better species, together with the best 



h machines 



