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COTTON -WOOL. 



Letter from no improvement was to be expected from any 

 5 Oct. 1833. alteration in the mode of cultivating cotton in 

 Guzerat. The implements used were extremely 

 well adapted to the purpose, and the small quantity 

 of land cultivated by each individual cultivator, 

 enabled him to bestow upon it more care and at- 

 tention than could possibly be expected from 

 hired servants, such as those employed on the 

 Government farm. 



8. Mr. Martin was also of opinion, that a 

 decided improvement might take place, if when 

 the cotton crop became fit for gathering, more 

 attention was bestowed upon that operation ; and 

 from a firm conviction that the quality of the 

 staple might be essentially improved, and perhaps 

 even enabled to compete with the New Orleans in 

 the English market, he submitted to the Board 

 the three following propositions, and stated that, 

 if they were acceded to, the expense of his 

 establishment would be defrayed by the farm 

 itself. 



First. That he might be allowed to let 

 2,800 begahs of the farm at Dauda at the 

 same rate of assessment as that levied on the 

 surrounding land, the rent being paid for in 

 kupas of the finest quality, the land being 

 cultivated under his own directions, and the 

 kupas cleared from seed by the saw-gin. 



Second. That the remaining two hundred 



begahs 



