COTTON-WOOL. 



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with ffreat care, to the Spinning establishment at Letter from 



^ 11 Collector of 



Pondicherry, and it was pronounced to be very s. Arcot, 



7 May 1833. 



good. 



The cotton crop in the current year has almost 

 entirely failed in every talook. 



No. 94. 



Extract Letter from John Orr, Esq. Principal 

 Collector, Salem, to the President and Members 

 of the Board of Revenue, Fort St. George, 

 dated the ^th May, 1833. 



With reference to your letter of the 28th March Letter from 



. Collectoi 



last, 1 have the honour to acquaint you that the at Saiem, 

 American cotton-seed received in December 1831 

 was distributed to the talooks noted in the margin,* 

 with strict orders to the Tahsildars to give it to 

 such individuals only as v/ould take the greatest 

 care of it, and to have it sown in the most favour- 

 able soils. I regret, however, to find that it is 

 reported to have very generally failed. This is 

 chiefly attributed to the want of seasonable rain 

 in last year, which very materially affected all 

 the cotton crops. A little seed has been obtained, 

 however, in some talooks, which will be again 



sown 



* Ossoor,Denkeneettah;Durharapoory, Kistnagherry, Abtoor, 

 and Raizepoor. 



