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COTTON- WOOL. 



Appendix. from its being more productive, of a better quality, and 

 selling at a higher rate. 



In respect to the profit derived from cultivating nurraah 

 cotton-plant or tree, it cannot be stated, as it is (as be- 

 fore stated) not reared in the fields but in gardens, &c. 

 Its quality, however, is equal to that of the rarreah, and 

 is generally sold at the same price. 



In two or three pergunnas there are cultivated a very 

 few begahs of a cotton termed hewlee (oolah), but the 

 quantity is too trifling to be noticed as a production of 

 the province. It is chiefly imported from the Vizier's 

 dominions for the consumption of the province, and is of 

 the quality of the rarreah kind. 



Exports of the province of Benares. 



The quantity of kupas exported from the 1st April 1788 

 to the 31st March 1789, of the produce of Benares, was 

 forty maunds only. 



Imports from other parts. 



The imports from other parts of Benares, for the 

 same periods, were 21,588 maunds. 



Of the quantity thus imported, 21.550 was for the 

 immediate consumption of the province, and the remain- 

 ing 38 maunds were again exported. 



The imports were from the undermentioned places and 

 in the following proportions : 



From the westward or Vizier's dominions, hewlie kupas 4,809 

 From the southward, or countries on the southern fron- 

 tiers, such as Rewah^ Murkenpoor, &c 4>113 



From the eastward, or the Honourable Company's pro- 

 vinces, as Shadabad, Siccar, Sawm, &c. 12,628 



21,550 



The 



