IGO 



COTTON- WOOL. 



Mr. Tucker's Iviii^ between the rivers Jumna and Nerbudda, 



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and extending westward to the Gulf of Cambay. 

 Cotton is also grown in the southern parts of the 

 Peninsula, and is exported from Madras under the 

 denomination of Tinnevelly ; but the quantity 

 produced is not very considerable, and the strong 

 durable fabrics manufactured in the Northern Cir- 

 cars are made from cotton obtained from the ter- 

 ritory of Berar and the neighbouring districts. I 

 may add, that attempts have been made to cultivate 

 cotton on the Malabar coast, although it is 

 understood that they were not attended with such 

 success as to lead to a b elief that the situation is 

 favourable for the growth of the article.* 



8. An experiment was made a few years ago, 

 under the auspices of Lady Hastings, to introduce 

 the cultivation of two varieties of the Western 

 cotton (the Barbadoes and Brazil), at a place 

 called Futteghur, in the vicinity of Calcutta ; but 

 although the cotton produced was reported to be of 

 good quality, the experiment was upon too small a 

 scale, and bore too much the character of mere 



garden 



* Attempts have also been lately made to cultivate cotton in 

 the province of Cuttack, but I understand that they have not 

 succeeded. More recently the cultivation of the plant has 

 been undertaken in the Island of Saugor, but sufficient time 

 has not elapsed to enable me to ascertain the result. Dr. Wal- 

 lich is sanguine in his anticipations of success ; and, in fact, it 

 is well known that the plant likes an alluvial soil and the neigh- 

 bourhooii of the sea. 



