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COTTON -WOOL. 



Appondix. tion of cotton, and the inhabitants would not willingly 

 give up their grain cultivation. 



10. The inhabitants being entirely ignorant of Bourbon 

 cotton, it is therefore impossible to come to any terms 

 with them^ and the article could not be produced to any 

 great extent in the districts. 



JAGHIRE. 



Cotton is not cultivated in this district, and the land is 

 not suitable to the growth of the plant. Regarding the 

 export and import of the article no information has been 

 furnished. 



CUDDALORE. 



1. Cotton was cultivated in Fusly 1220 (A.D. 1813-14) 

 to the extent of 10,119 cawnies 13 annas in the southern 

 division of Arcot, and the season was far from being good. 



2. By land it is imported to the extent of from six to 

 seven hundred candies, but there is no exportation. There 

 is neither export or import by sea. 



3. The price of the article is from twenty-two to thirty- 

 two pagodas per candy of cleared cotton, according to the 

 quality. 



4. There are two kinds of cotton cultivation in this 

 district; the one called " copum puter," the other de- 

 nominated "darum puter." The former is sown from 

 the end of November to the beginning of January, and 

 plucked between the end of April and the beginning of 

 July; the latter is sown between the 13th July and 15th 

 September, and plucked ft-om January to the beginning 

 of May. This description of cotton is of a very inferior 

 quality. 



5. Bourbon cotton is not cultivated in the district. 



6. A larger proportion of the poongee land is well cal- 



culated 



