COTTON- WOOL. 



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The difference between Mirzapore vveiglit and Calcutta Appendix, 

 weight is IT s. 8as. per seer, or per maund 8 seers 

 12 chks. 



The market at Mirzapore is chiefly influenced by the 

 selling rates at Bogwargolub near Moorshedabad, to 

 which large quantities are always exported from this 

 country, and where beoparies or traders from Dacca, 

 Calcutta, &c. usually repair to purchase the article. In 

 proportion, therefore, as the demand there is great, the 

 prices rise at Mirzapore, and so vice versa. The prices 

 during the last twelve months have been very high, said 

 to be owing to the increased demand at Bogwargolub, 

 and indeed all over Bengal, as also to reports that several 

 persons had it in intention to purchase for exportation to 

 China. The prices are also frequently regulated by the 

 quantities imported, as well as by what may be expected 

 to arrive. If the imports exceed their usual amount or 

 the current demand, they fall. The prices are now lower 

 than they were in March and April, owing to reports of 

 one or two ships being arrived at Bengal with a supply of 

 Surat cotton. As the demands on Bengal have increased 

 and are increasing, there is no doubt but the importation 

 will be correspondent thereto, as the trade at Mirzapore 

 is now in a very flourishing state. 



Qualities and Uses of the Imported Cotton. 



Of all the sorts of cotton or ruee imported from other 

 countries, that of Nagpore is held in the highest estima- 

 tion in respect to quality. It is of a fine grain, and of 

 smoothness and consistency that render it superior to the 

 other sorts, and indeed nearly equal to Surat cotton. 

 The cloth manufactured from the thread of Nagpore cot- 

 ton is reported to last long and to bear washing well, and 

 it always sells higher than the Jalvvar or Amsootie sorts. 



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