412 



COTTON- WOOL. 



Appendix, for every candy exceeding four, upon a certificate from 

 the Revenue Department. 



CANARA 



Produces no cotton. It is imported from the Mahratta 

 and Ceded Countries to the average quantity of nine hun- 

 dred and twenty-eight three-fourths candies annually, 

 and is exported chiefly to Bombay to the average quantity 

 of eight hundred and fifty candies for the last three 

 years. The average price per candy of five hundred 

 pounds is Star Pagodas 18. 38. 46. 



MALABAR. 

 No cotton is produced in this district. 



CEDED DISTRICTS.— KURPAH DIVISION. 



1. Cotton is cultivated to considerable extent in this 

 division. The six principal talooks produce the esti- 

 mated amount of 2T50 candies; of this the greatest part is 

 white, and the remainder the brown cotton. The eleven 

 remaining talooks also produce considerable quantities 

 of the article. 



2. There is a considerable export of cotton from this 

 district, chiefly to Madras, Calastry, and Nellore. Cotton 

 and cotton-threads are also imported from the Nizam^s 

 territories and from the Ballaree division, but to no great 

 extent, and they are generally re-exported to Madras and 

 other places. 



3. The average price of cotton in this division is eighteen 

 and one-third pagodas per candy of five hundred pounds, 

 though this estimate is somewhat beyond the real price of 

 the article. 



4. The sowing season commences in August and con- 

 tinues until September : the harvest is got in during 

 February, March, and April. Manure is sometimes used, 



but 



