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COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter from crootta, the cotton of which talook is considered the 



Collector at o ' 



Cuddapab, best ; but unless some clear and distinct profit is 



30 March 1833. t • i • r» tvt i • 



held out, I quite despau' of success. Nothing can 

 be more injurious to the purity of the article, 

 than the hasty and indifferent manner in which the 

 produce of their fields is now collected ; and to shew 

 the extent of improvement which this system might 

 introduce, I beg leave to send specimens of the 

 cotton carefully gathered and cleaned, and of that 

 prepared in the ordinary way. 



No. 91. 



Extract Letter from J, Blackhurne, Esq. Col- 

 lector, Guntoor, to the President and Members of 

 the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George, dated the 

 mh April, 1833. 



Letter from compUauce with vour instructions under 



Collector at . 



Guntoor, date the 28th ultimo, I have the honour to submit 



16 April 1833. 



my report upon the cultivation and produce of 

 the American cotton received from the Com- 

 mercial Department on the 13th May and 18th 

 November 1831. 



The seeds were distributed and sown in the 

 best ground of the Guntoor sircar, but in con- 

 sequence of an incessant fall of rain within a 



