COTTON-WOOL. 



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No. 8*. White-seeded 

 perennial (kupas), 

 November 18S2. 



No. 9. Upland Georgia 

 (specimen sent from 

 England for experi- 

 ment). Seed sepa- 

 rated at Darwar, by 

 saw-gin. 



No. 9*. Bourbon (saw- 

 gin)- 



No. 10. Bowed cotton. 

 (Common Bazar, to 

 shew the effect of 

 the process). N.B. 

 Bowing costs about 

 ten rupees per candy. 

 In the saw-gin this 

 process is performed 

 by the brushes. 



No. 10*. Bourbon, 

 saw-gin and bowed. 



No. 11. Nowlgoond, 

 brought clean from 

 the field. (Foot- 

 roller.) 



growth seems worthy of particular Report on 

 attention, and should be well o?Cottoa 

 cleaned in the native manner. ^"^^Tul!.'^**' 



lo34. 



Fine strong silky staple, but 

 short. Not merchantable, being 

 with the seed. 



Well cleaned and but little in- 

 jured in the process. Value nine- 

 pence per lb. 



Fine staple, but injured in clean- 

 ing. The saw-gin is not suitable 

 to Bourbon cotton. Value nine- 

 pence per pound. 



A little injured in the staple 

 and not quite free from leaf. Va- 

 lue nine- pence per pound. 



Very clean, but much cut. 

 Value nine- pence per pound. See 

 remark on No. 9*. 



Good cotton and well cleaned, 

 staple very slightly injured. Value 

 eight-pence halfpenny per pounc\ 



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