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COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter from the foot-roller, mentioned in the fifth paragraph 



Resident at ^ iii r-i-r'i 



Broach ot my letter dated the 25th r ebruary last. 

 7*Aprni83i. 2. The advantages of this implement appears 

 to consist principally in leaving the fibre straight, 

 uninjured, and in fact in its natural state, whilst 

 the delicacy of appearance and cleanliness of the 

 cotton can hardly be surpassed. 



3. Unfortunately, however, cleaning by this 

 process enhances the price full sixty rupees per 

 Broach candy above the ordinary raussee. The 

 point therefore to be ascertained is, whether in 

 the Europe market, for which alone it is adapted, 

 it is likely to command an advanced price suffi- 

 cient to compensate the expense thus bestowed. 



4. It is not probable that any native in Bombay 

 can determine this question, nor can any satisfac- 

 tory information be expected, unless the opinion 

 of some intelligent European, conversant with the 

 manufacturing processes at home and with the 

 several varieties of cotton employed in preparing 

 the various fabrics there, be consulted. This I 

 should hope might be accomplished, as it is highly 

 important that the staple article of this part of 

 India, on which trade and revenue so essentially 

 depend, should possess the advantage of being 

 used in manufacturing as wide a range of goods 

 as its nature admits of. Hitherto, perhaps, the 

 filthy and deteriorated condition in which it has 

 been generally introduced into the European 

 market, may have prevented justice being done to 

 its natural properties. No. 



