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COTTON WOOL, 



Letter to 39. The quantitv of East-Indiaii cottoii imported 



Bombay, . . 



6 jMarch 1832, in 1830 was thirty-five thousand bales,* and in 

 1831 seventy-six thousand five hundred bales ;f but 

 about thirty-nine thousand five hundred bales of 

 the latter year's importation have been exported, 

 leaving only thirty-seven thousand bales, or thirteen 

 millions of pounds of Bengal, Madras, and Bom- 

 bay cotton, for home consumption, which is equal 

 only to a twentieth part of the whole consumption 

 of Great Britain,;}; and evincing the unsuitableness 

 for the British market of Indian cotton of the 

 quality usually imported. 



40. It is nevertheless quite manifest, that Indian 

 cotton may be produced of fit quality and condition 

 for the general purposes of the British manufac- 

 turers. 



41. We have received from Madras in the year 

 1831 a small parcel of cotton, the produce of 

 Bourbon seed, which has been pronounced to be 

 excellent, and has been consumed at home. 



42. The small importation of Broach cotton by 

 the Elizabeth has been likewise taken for that 

 purpose ; and we are assured there would be found 

 a very large demand for the cotton of Western 



India, 



* About twelve million five hundred thousand pounds. 



t About twenty-seven thousand pounds. 



J Total consumption of 1831 is two hundred and fifty-two 

 jfiiillion pounds, of which Indian cotton thirteen million 

 pounds. - 



