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COTTON-WOOL. 



Report on No. 2^*. New Orleans, 



Siimples . , , , 



of Cotton saw-gm and bowed. 



from India, 

 1834. 



No. 3. Darwar cotton 

 brought clean from 

 the field; seed se- 

 parated by the foot- 

 roller. 



No. 4. Ditto, by saw- 

 gin. 



No. 4*. New Orleans, 

 churka and bowed. 



No. 5. American an- 

 nual green - seeded, 

 Darwar saw-gin. 



No. 5*. New Orleans, 

 saw-gin altered. 



No. 6. White - seeded 

 perennial (first crop 

 injured by rains,) 

 sav/-gin. 



No. 7. White- seeded 

 perennial (November 

 1832,) saw-gin. 



No. 7. Egyptian (saw 

 gin). 



No. 8. Egyptian 

 (churka). 



Good cotton, quite clean, but 

 the staple a little injured. Value 

 nine -pence halfpenny per pound. 



Well cleaned, good staple, and 

 very little injured. Value eight- 

 pence-three-farthings per pound. 



Very clean, but staple injured. 

 Value eight-pence per pound. 



Well cleaned good cotton. Va- 

 lue nine-pence per pound. 



Similar to sample No. 2, per 

 Lady Nugent. Value eight-pence 

 to eight - pence halfpenny per 

 pound. 



Much like No. 4*, but shghtly 

 injured by the machine. 



Clean, but the staple much cut. 

 Value eight-pence per pound. 



Like sample No. 1 per Lady 

 Nugent, perhaps rather preferable. 

 Value nine-pence halfpenny per 

 pound. 



Staple cut to pieces. This 

 growth of cotton should not be 

 cleaned by the saw-gin. 



Good, long, firm staple, shghtly 

 injured in cleaning. Value twelve- 

 pence to thirteen -pence per pound. 

 Equal to Bahia cotton. This 



growth 



