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but not generally. The ground must be ploughed several Appendix, 

 times and must be well cleaned. The seed may be sown 

 some days after a fall of rain, and the plant must after- 

 wards be kept clear of weeds and grass. 



5. Bourbon cotton has never been tried by any native 

 in this division. An experiment on a small scale was once 

 made by some gentleman on middling kind of land : the 

 crop was luxuriant and produced very fine cotton. 



6. The Ceded Districts in general are well calculated 

 for the growth of cotton- Black ground, of which there is 

 abundance, is most favourable for the cultivation, and it is 

 produced also on red land. The deficiency of population 

 will prevent the increase of the cultivation to any great 

 extent, otherwise the large tracts of waste lands might, 

 with considerable trouble and expense, be turned to ac- 

 count for the cultivation of the article. 



7. There are four sorts of land on which cotton is cul- 

 tivated in this division. The amount of the rent of one 

 acre is stated by the Amildar to be from nineteen fanams 

 ten cash to one pagoda and thirty-five cash ; the expenses 

 of cultivation from thirty-one fanams seventy cash to one 

 pagoda twenty-one fanams twenty-four cash. This account 

 however, evidently appears to be exaggerated, and the 

 following will be found to be nearer to the truth. 



fams. cash. 



Average of the four sorts of land per acre 22 40 



Ploughing, cooley-hire, beds, &c 22 38 



44 78 



The produce of the same quantity of land may be esti- 

 mated at one pagoda sixteen fanams eight cash, which 

 leaves a profit to the landholder of sixteen fanams ten 

 cash. 



8. The best mode of increasing the growth of cotton 

 would be by bringing the waste lands under cultivation. 



9. The 



