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COTTON-WOOL. 



LetteYrom through the principal Collector ; and as we were 

 21 Dec. 1830. still willing to afford him every reasonable en- 

 couragement, and felt convinced that it would be 

 for the interest of Government to close with his 

 modified olfer, we accordingly authorized that 

 officer to enter into an engagement with Buswunt 

 Sing to supply us with cotton upon the following 

 conditions. 



That the cotton was to be delivered into the 

 warehouse at Bombay at the rate of 118 Bombay 

 rupees per Surat candy of 784 lbs. 



That if it was not perfectly clean it was liable 

 to be rejected. 



That at the beginning of each season, a maund 

 of the cotton which was to be delivered was to be 

 sent to the Warehouse-keeper, as a specimen and 

 for inspection. 



That the whole of the deliveries were to be of 

 the quality of the specimen which had been 

 approved of, or otherwise to be liable to be 

 rejected. 



6. To these conditions, however, Buswunt Sing 

 would not consent, unless he had an advance of 

 cash to enable him to commence his undertaking ; 

 and as we did not wish, for a trifling pecuniary 

 accommodation, to forego the benefits likely to 

 result, both in a commercial and revenue point of 

 view, from the success and extension of enter- 

 prises such as Buswunt Sing's, we authorized the 

 principal Collector of Ahmednuggur to advance 



him 



