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6. Although the Commercial Resident's buq-' Letter from 



~ ^ ^ Bombay, 



gestioiis appeared to us judicious, yet as they 5 Oct. isss. 

 might be liable to some local objections, the prin- 

 cipal Collector of Surat was vested with a dis- 

 cretionary power in adopting such of them as 

 concerned his department, and instructed not to 

 use compulsory means to make the ryots keep 

 their kupas in kureeb sheds ; for though the 

 abolition of the practice of depositing the kupas 

 in pits was very desirable, still we did not think 

 that coercive measures should be resorted to, to 

 effect that object. As the patel of Juholee (talooka 

 Occlaseer) had adopted the plan of stowing and 

 cleaning his cotton in properly constructed sheds, 

 we authorized the principal Collector of Surat to 

 present him publicly with a fowling-piece valued 

 about 250 rupees, as a reward for his enterprising 

 spirit, and as an inducement to others to follow 

 his example. 



7. From a report from the Superintendent, 

 dated the 25th October 1831, it will be observed 

 that, though greater exerlions and more expense 

 had been bestowed on the Government farm than 

 upon those of private individuals, still the crops 

 reared in the former were not at all superior to 

 those produced on the latter ; and from the ex- 

 perience which Mr. Martin had acquired during a 

 residence of near eighteen months, he felt no 

 hesitation in giving it as his decided opinion, that 



no 



