238 COTTON- WOOL 



Letter from of such of the rGDorts of the Collectors on the 



Madras ^. 



Government result of the experiment tried with the American 

 of Revenue, cotton-sced, as have already been received, and 



17 May 1833. .ii • i r-i ii • i 



you will instruct the Collectors to contmue the 

 experiments where the seed of the present year is 

 available. 



No. 90. 



Extract Letter from H, Lacon, Esq., Principal 

 Collector, Cuddapcih^ to the Secretary to the 

 Commercial Committee, Fort St. George, dated the 

 March 1833. 



Letter from \ havo the houour to acknowled2:e the receipt of 



Collector at or 



Cuddapah, your letter of the 22d instant, requestino; me to 



30 March 1833. . . , , . . 



furnish the Committee with a small quantity of the 

 produce of cotton which may have been raised 

 from the seed supplied to this district, for the pur- 

 pose of transmission to the Honourable the Court 

 of Directors. 



The first supply of cotton-seed, consisting of 

 one hundred and fifty pounds, was distributed to 

 the several talooks in the months of June and 

 September. The seed not being fresh has not 

 succeeded in any part of the district. I raised for 

 the sake of experiment a few plants in my own 

 garden, which being well watered and attended to, 

 seemed to thrive and were very productive. The 



pods 



