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Appendix, and thin cloths. Its thread proves hard and swells in 

 bleaching. When photee is dear it is often mixed there- 

 with, and used in the seerbetties, seorbaiids, and other 

 low-priced muslins, but it hurts the fabric. It is much of 

 the quality of Surat, but not equal thereto. 



Surat cotton was formerly brought to this part ; but as 

 none has arrived for several years, and probabl}' will not 

 in future, it is not to be considered as a consumption of 

 the province. It may not, however, be amiss to state the 

 opinion stated of its quality. The English manufacturers 

 seem to esteem it more than other cotton carried to Eng- 

 land, but they are perfectly ignorant how much its quality 

 is against their attempts to make muslins. It answers 

 admirably for dimities and all Manchester stuffs. 



Semid 



is the produce of a tree thirty feet high, but the quality is 

 but little valued. 



Quantities and Price. 

 Photee. 



Of the photee the quantity produced cannot be ascer- 

 tained : it is certainly not so much as worked up in the 

 district. Any estimate must be vague and uncertain. 



Bhoga. 



About 1000 or 1200 maunds almost annually; the price 

 always less than the Hindostan province cotton. 



Serongee. 



About 5000 maunds last year. Three or four years 

 ago it was more considerable; but as there is a large mart 

 for it at Begwargalah, it is from thence carried to the 

 hauts in various parts of the country, and there is no 

 means of ascertaining here the quantity consumed in the 



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