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COTTON WOOL. 



Letter to although not sufficiently divested of the seed, has 

 8 July ^829. nevertheless been somewhat injured in its staple^ 

 by the process of cleaning to which it has been 

 subjected. It is desirable that a supply of cotton- 

 seed should be obtained, if not already done, from 

 the Tenasserim coast, for cultivation in our pos- 

 sessions in the peninsula of India, and particularly 

 in the maritime districts. 



No. 62. 



Letter from the Court of Directors to the Gover- 

 nor in Council at Bombay, dated the 4th November 

 1829. 



Letter to Par. 1. Our letters have acquainted you with 

 4 Nov. 1829. the measures we were taking, for obtaining from 

 the United States of America various kinds of 

 cotton- seeds, as well as the most approved ma- 

 chines used in the Southern States of North Ame- 

 rica, for cleaning cotton-wool from its seeds and 

 impurities. 



2. We have received the first supply of Ameri- 

 can cotton-seeds, which have been drawn from the 

 crop of the year 1828. This supply comprises 

 seeds of the species known as upland Georgia 

 cotton, and seeds of the cotton of Louisiana known 

 in commerce as New Orleans cotton, both being 

 of the description called by the planters " green- 

 seed cotton," the wool of w^hich adheres to the 



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