COTTON- WOOL. 



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No. 95. 



Letter from J, S. Thomas, Esq. Acting Principal 

 Collector, Coimbatore, to the Secretary to the Com- 

 mercial Committee, Fort St. George, dated the 4tk 

 August 1832. 



Sir: 



I have the honour to forward a small quantity 

 of cotton, the produce of the seeds received Coimbatore, 



' ^ 4 Aug. 1832, 



from Madras. I beg to inform you, that the 

 produce was generally deficient in the last year, 

 and that in every village the seeds did not come 

 up, owing to the country suffering severely from 

 drought. 



Letter from 

 Collector at 



No. 96. 



Extract Letter from TV. Mason, Esq, Collector 

 in Guntoor, to the President and Members of the 

 Commercial Coinmittee, Fort St. George, Wth 

 August 1832, 



I have the honour to submit my report upon the 

 cultivation and produce of the American cotton- 

 seed 



