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6. The soil is particularly well calculated for the growth Appendix, 

 of cotton. 



7. The rent of land producing cotton is from five to 

 twenty-four Madras pagodas per cutchilL 



8. The ryot receives half the produce, and furnishes 

 plough, cattle, &c. 



9. The best means of encouraging the cultivation of 

 cotton would be by making advances in the proper 

 season. 



10. The inhabitants would willingly undertake the 

 cultivation of Bourbon or of Tinnevelly cotton. 



NELLORE. 



1. Cotton is not cultivated to any extent in this dis- 

 trict. 



2. There is no export of the article. It is imported 

 from the Ceded Districts and Palnund, and re-exported to 

 Madras. 



3. The medium price of cotton is sixty rupees per 

 candy of five hundred pounds. 



4f. The end of July, the whole of August, and the 

 beginning of September, are the seasons for sowing, and 

 the cotton is plucked in December and January. The 

 land is ploughed about four times. 



5. Bourbon cotton is unknown. 



6. Some parts of the Buddepoody, Doottalore, and 

 Ongole divisions, are calculated for the growth of the 

 article. 



7. The rent of the soil productive of cotton is from two 

 to seven pagodas per gortoo, or two and a quarter Madras 

 candies. 



8. The expense of cultivation for a gortoo of land is 

 forty-eight fanams. 



9. The soil is not generally favourable for the cultiva- 



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