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COTTON-WOOL 



No. 86. 



Extract Letter from the Governor in Council at 

 Bombay to the Court of Directors, dated the \dth 

 June 1832. 



Letter from par. 1 . We havG consimed to Eno;land, on the 



Bombay, ^ ^ ^ & ' 



19 June 1832. private ship Protector, nineteen bales of cotton, 

 prepared at the experimental farm in Guzerat by 

 means of the saw-gin. 



2. With the view of ascertaining the degree of 

 estimation in which cotton from the experimental 

 farm is held by the Bombay merchants^ we caused 

 it to be publicly notified that forty-nine bales of 

 such cotton, which had been cleaned by the saw- 

 gin, would be put up to auction and sold without 

 reserve. 



3. The result of the sale, which took place on 

 the 8th instant, is as follows : viz. 



First Lot, 10 bales, realized Rs. 



156 per Surat candy. 



Second do. lo 



152 



do. 



Third do. i o 



156 



do. 



Fourth do. lo 



156 



do. 



Fifth do. 9 



153 



do. 



4. It is our intention to send six bales of the 

 same cotton to Canton on one of the ships of the 

 season, in order that the opinion of the Chinese 

 merchants upon it may be obtained. 



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