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COTTON-WOOL. 



Report on 

 Samples 

 of Cotton 

 from India, 

 19 Oct. 1835. 



No. 6. Sea Island, 

 1832-8, Churka. 



Fair, fine, but uneven staple, a 

 little leaf and much stained. Had 

 this growth been well got up and 

 free from stain, it would have been 

 worth about twelve - pence per 

 pound. (The saw-gin is not used 

 for Sea Idand cotton in North 

 America. 



Very middling, rather fine but 

 short and uneven staple, tolerably 



clean, and rather high colour, 

 eight-pence per pound. 



No. 9. Upland Georgia 

 from acclimated seed 

 at Achra, being one 

 year in descent from 

 the imported seed. 

 Churka.) 



Prices ill England, June 1836 



Sea Island, 23d to 25d. per lb. 

 Bourbon, none. 

 Upland Georgia, 10 to 11. 

 Surat, 6 to Ih. 



No. 105. 



Letter from the President of the Board of Commis" 

 s'loners for the Affairs of India to the Chairman 

 and Deputij Chairman of the East- India Company, 

 dated India Board, 21th February 1835. 



Gentlemen : 



Letter from J coiicur entirely in the suggestion contained in 



India Board ^^ • c J J 



to the Chaiib. tlic foui'tli Rcpui t OD tlic qualities or cotton^ dated 



the 



