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the 31st ultimo, which you communicated to me Lettcrfrom 



, , Board 



yesterday, namely, that it would be advisable to to the chairs, 

 order some seed of the Egyptian cotton, understood 

 to have been brought from Pernambuco, to be 

 sent from Egypt to Bombay as early as possible 

 by the shortest route. 



I request that you will move the Court to 

 give directions to Lieutenant Burnes to obtain 

 a quantity of this seed in Egypt, and to 

 convey it to Bombay by the steamer Hugli 

 Lindsay, 



It is a subject of much regret to observe in all 

 the Reports, how much the cotton imported from 

 India has been injured by the injudicious and 

 inexperienced use of the saw-gin. 



I beg leave to suggest to you, that it would be 

 expedient to procure from Brazil, the United 

 States, India, and Egypt, the several machines 

 commonly in use for the cleaning of cotton, and 

 to make experiments here, in the presence of 

 practical merchants and scientific men, with a 

 view to ascertaining the relative value of the 

 several machines when used in cleanino- the 

 different sorts of cotton, and the best mode of 

 using each machine. 



It is by no means improbable, that this com- 

 parison may lead to the improvement of the 

 machinery now employed. 



It will be necessary to procure a small quantity 



of 



