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the gulph of Cambay ; but owing to the lateness ^^"^bty"" 

 of the season, he was able to make arrangements ^ Oct. isss. 

 for cultivating only ten begahs of land in that 

 quarter with cotton-seed. In February last, how- 

 ever, he fixed upon two spots, one near Dundooka 

 and the other near Ranpore, for the formation 

 of the farms on which he proposed to plant the 

 seed of the Egyptian and Pernambuco cottons, 

 which were to be cultivated by the ryots at certain 

 rate per begah. 



13. Besides these subsidiary farms, another has 

 been established near the villages of Ochallee and 

 Uwadur in the Broach district. The land selected 

 for the site of this farm, which is about five 

 hundred begahs in extent, is most advantageously 

 situated about six miles to the south of Broach, 

 being bounded on one side by a small river, and 

 on the other by the Rajpeerla districts. A very 

 moderate rent per begah is to be charged to the 

 cultivators, who on their part engage to cultivate 

 cotton in the manner directed by the Super- 

 intendent. The only immediate expense incurred 

 has been about four hundred rupees, on account 

 of sheds for the accommodation of the cattle, and 

 a sum of two thousand and five hundred rupees, 

 to which extent the Superintendent has been 

 authorized to make advances to the cultivators. 



14. In the southern Mahratta country, the 

 measures adopted by Government to effect 

 improvement in the quality of cotton produced 



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