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cannot be conveniently done, part of the "growth i^^tter 



^ , ^ to Boiiil)ay, 



of the cotton intended for consignment to China s June 1829. 



in the year 1830 may be transferred to the object 



of our present despatch ; as either of such courses 



shall appear best adapted to ensure a supply of 



superior cotton without unduly enhancing the 



price. 



8. We have formerly received consignments of 

 Surat cotton^ which, in respect both of staple and 

 cleanness, were greatly esteemed in the London 

 market ; and we now wish to procure a further 

 supply of equal or superior goodness, and which 

 we are led to think might be obtained, if the pro- 

 cesses of gathering and cleaning were conducted 

 with sufficient care. 



9. A premium or enaum, either of money or 

 honorary dress, w^as formerly granted to the ryots 

 for clean-piclwig the kupas from the shrubs, 

 whereby the cotton was obtained free of leaf and 

 fragments of the pods, and it may be expedient 

 to revert to this custom on the present occasion. 

 We are aware that the cleaners of cotton (buck- 

 harias) are a distinct class from the cultivators ; 

 but as the work of these people is confined merely 

 to the separating seeds from the wool, it would 

 seem that less depends upon them than upon the 

 persons who gather the pods. Nevertheless, rather 

 than our object should suffer obstruction, we w ould 

 consent to a small extra remuneration being 

 granted to these people also. If the cotton be 



not 



