198 



COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter from if GovemQient would SO far confide in the Society 



Agricultural 



and as to placc these machines at their disposal, they 



Horticultural , . i , . i i • i> i 



Society would do their best endeavours to dispose ot them 



19 July 1831. advantageously and bring them into general use. 



No. 79. 



Extract Letter from the Board of Trade at 

 Calcutta to the Bengal Government^ dated Fort 

 William, the 25th October 1831. 



Letter from With reference to the third paragraph of Mr. 



Bengal Board ^ ^ r O r 



of Trade Officiating; Secretary Bushby's letter of the 17th 



to Government. . . 



25 Oct. 1831. May last, requiring us to report upon the efficiency 

 of two saw-gins received from the Honourable the 

 Court of Directors last year, and to state our opi- 

 nion as to the disposal of similar machines lately 

 imported on the Honourable Company's ships 

 Thames and Ladi/ Melville, we beg leave to lay 

 before your Honourable Board the accompanying 

 copies of letter from the Acting Resident at Cal- 

 pee, and from the Secretary to the Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Society. It appears from Mr. 

 Truscott's communication, that the saw -gin which 

 was forwarded in its original package to the Cal- 

 pee Factory was found on arrival to be incom- 

 plete, and moreover was received too late in the 

 season to admit of any trial being made of it, even 

 had it been in all respects perfect. A very favour- 

 able 



