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COTTON-WOOL. 



Appendix. September, October, and November. It must be cleared 

 of weeds when necessary, and the cotton be plucked from 

 February to April. There are two kinds of cotton culti- 

 vated in Dindigul and Ramnad, the voopum and naudan . 

 in Madura only the former. There is very little difference 

 in the price. 



5. The Bourbon cotton is not known in these districts. 



6. The soil is not generally calculated for the cultiva- 

 tion of cotton. 



7. The rent of cotton -land is from 21 fanams 73J cash 

 to 43 fanams 67 cash per cawny. 



8. The expense of cultivation may be averaged at from 

 two and a half to three pagodas per cawny. 



9. The best mode of encouraging and extending the cul- 

 tivation would be by making advances to the ryots, and 

 entering into engagements with them to receive it at the 

 selling price in the market. 



10. The Bourbon cotton is unknown in these districts, 

 and the inhabitants do not appear at all inclined to culti- 

 vate it. 



TINNEVELLY. 



1. The quantity of land at present under cotton culti- 

 vation may be estimated at 18,879 chains. 



2. It is imported from Dindigul in small quantities, and 

 exported both by sea and land to a considerable extent, 

 especially in favourable seasons. 



3. The price of cotton from 1804 to 1809 may be ave- 

 raged at eighteen pagodas per candy. It has been increas- 

 ing in expense from that period, and is now selling at 

 thirty-one and three-quarters pagodas per candy. 



4. The time of sowing: commences in October: the 

 plucking continues during the months of March, April, 

 and May. 



5. Bourbon 



