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COTTON-WOOL. 



Appendix. 



QUESTIONS 



REFERRED TO 



COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS and COLLECTORS 

 of REVENUE. 



(Extract from the proceedings of the Madras Board of 

 Trade, dated Fort St. George, 23rd July 1812.) 



With a view of ascertaining the real resources of the 

 Peninsula in the article of cotton, and of affording the 

 means of determining on the expediency of generally ex- 

 tending the cultivation of cotton, both for China and Eng- 

 land, the Board consider it advisable to require reports 

 from Commercial Residents on the following points, and 

 to apply to Government, requesting the assistance of the 

 Revenue Collectors in each district, to afford all the infor- 

 mation they may possess or can obtain on the subject. 



Is cotton cultivated, and to what extent, in the dis- 

 trict of ? 



Is there any import and export of the article from the 

 district ? 



What is the usual price per candy of five hundred 

 pounds? 



What is the timepf sowing and plucking, and what the 

 usual mode of cultivation ? 



Is Bourbon cotton cultivated in the district ? Does it 

 grow^ as luxuriantly, and is it as productive as cotton indi- 

 genous of the soil ? 



Is the soil of the district generally calculated for the 

 growth of cotton ? 



What is the rent of land capable of producing cotton ? 



What 



