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ciliated for larcum puter, and there are some spots, but Appendix, 

 of no great extent, adapted for copum puter. 



7. The rent of the land is from one pagoda to 2 pa- 

 godas 2 fanams 62 cash per cawny. 



8. The expense of cultivation is not clearly stated. 



9. The best encouragement to the cultivation of cotton 

 vi^ould be, an increased demand for the article, making it 

 worth while to cultivate it. 



10. The ryots would not object to make an experiment 

 of the Bourbon cotton-seed, but it would take a consider- 

 able time to induce them to give up the cotton of the 

 district. 



TANJORE. 



1. Cotton, to the average amount of 736 candies 4 

 maunds 15 vis, separated from the seed, is cultivated in 

 this district. 



2. It is imported into Tanjore from the adjacent dis- 

 trict, but there is no export of the article. 



3. The usual price of a candy of five hundred pounds, 

 is from twenty-two to twenty-eight pagodas. 



4. The period of sowing is from January to April, 

 and of plucking from May to June. The ground is 

 ploughed from five to ten times; it is then well manured, 

 and after the plant has appeared, the grass and weeds must 

 be removed as often as necessary. 



5. The Bourbon cotton is not cultivated in this 

 district. 



6. The soil in general is not calculated for the growth 

 of cotton ; but during the most favourable season five 

 thousand cawnies of land may be cultivated. 



7. The rent of such land is about twenty-five fanams 

 per cawny. 



8. The aggregate expense of cultivation of cotton in this 



district 



