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COTTON-WOOL. 



Lettei from iritroducG tliG system of repackinsi: and screwing 



Bombay, .... 



5 Oct. 1833. the cotton m the principal villages in which it is 

 produced ; and for this purpose we caused three 

 repacking-screws (the box being made to contain 

 five Dharwar maunds of cotton) to be erected at 

 Dharwar, Nowlgoond, and Gudduck, which were 

 considered by Dr. Lush to be the places best 

 situated for the purpose. 



22. We have sanctioned an outlay of six 

 thousand two hundred and ninety-six rupees, for 

 putting up these screws and constructing proper 

 sheds for their reception ; and we are hopeful 

 that the benefit to be derived from the employment 

 of them will be so apparent to the dealers, as to 

 induce them to erect others on their account, and, 

 perhaps, even to purchase those belonging to Go- 

 vernment. 



23. For some time after his arrival in the 

 southern Mahratta country, Dr. Lush had been 

 examining the western districts, with the view of 

 selecting a site for the establishment of a small 

 perennial cotton- farm, and he at last chose a spot 

 of land (about one hundred and eight begahs in 

 extent) in the village of Seegeehulee in the Bedee 

 talook. This spot is most advantageously situated, 

 as the greatest portion of the land is capable of 

 being irrigated from a stream v^hich never fails, 

 while the soil of the surrounding fields is well 

 adapted to the culture of the cotton-plant, in case an 

 extension of the farm should be deemed desirable. 



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