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COTTON- WOOL. 



Appendix. EXTRACT LETTER from the Superintendent of 

 Resources to the Accountant-general.* 



Part of Para 6. The time of sowing is said to be rather 

 earlier, by the assistance of irrigation, in the countries 

 known for the superior produce ; but, generally speaking, 

 at the commencement of the rains, or late in June. The 

 harvest begins in October, and continues to the end of 

 December. It is a subtee crop : that is, the ryot pays 

 the rent of his land at a fixed rate in money, or com- 

 pounds for the share of the zemindar at the time ap- 

 praisement of his field is feasible. 



* Extract Bengal Commercial Consultations, 18th September 1812. 



