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COTTON-WOOL. 



Letter from of Dharwar to be allowed to make arrangements 



Bombay, 



5 Oct. 1833. with the patels of villages where good cotton is 

 produced, to supply that article properly cleaned 

 and picked, to the value of twelve thousand rupees 

 per annum, in part payment of their revenue. Sir 

 R. Arbuthnot's plan appeared to us unobjec- 

 tionable, and we authorized its adoption, but with 

 this modification, that the ryots were to have the 

 option of paying their revenue either in cotton or 

 in money. At the same time we sanctioned the 

 appropriation of a few acres of land for the ex- 

 perimental cultivation of various sorts of cotton- 

 seed, but limited the expenditure on this account 

 to one thousand and two hundred rupees per 

 annum. 



28. As the cotton supplied by Buswunt Sing of 

 Ahmednuggur is considered to be of good quality 

 by the London merchants, and is held in great 

 estimation in China, so much so indeed as to 

 induce the Supra-cargoes to write for a greater 

 supply this season, we have authorized the Col- 

 lector to avail himself of every opportunity, during 

 the time he is making the jummabundy settle- 

 ments, to encourage the ryots to engage in the 

 cultivation of cotton, and to enter into contracts 

 with individuals for small quantities not exceeding 

 fifty bales. 



29. We have already advised your Honourable 

 Court of the terms on which advances of cash have 



been 



