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been made to Buswunt Sing,Pandoorung Succaram, Letter from 



<->.• 1 Bombay, 



and Baicrustna Dewarkur. Buswunt Sing has 5 Oct. isss. 

 been very punctual to his engagement, and the 

 cotton supplied by him this season has been sent 

 to China, but the other two speculators have not 

 yet commenced their deliveries. This is, however, 

 sufficiently accounted for by the unfavourableness 

 of the last season, and in some measure, perhaps, 

 by their being as yet inexperienced agriculturists. 



30. The attention of the Collector of Candeish 

 having been directed to the object of encouraging 

 the cultivation of superior products in his Col- 

 lectorate, he made arrangements in 1831, with 

 our sanction, for the purchase of cotton to the ex- 

 tent of twenty thousand rupees. His consignments 

 last year having become damaged on the road, were 

 disposed of at the presidency by public auction ; 

 but those of this season arrived safe, and as the 

 cotton was pronounced by a Committee of Native 

 Merchants to be marketable, it has been forwarded 

 to China as a part of the investment. 



31. With reference to the tenth paragraph of 

 our letter in the Commercial department, dated 

 the 6th June last, we have the honour to draw 

 your Honourable Court's attention to reports of 

 the result of the experiments which have been 

 made, to ascertain whether the fibre of Indian 

 cotton is sufficiently tenacious to resist the cutting 

 action of Whitney's saw-gin. These experiments 



prove 



