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REPORT ON INDIGO. 



similar to those which are found on the subject of 

 Raw-silk and Cotton-wool. No particulars of the 

 processes followed at the private factories through- 

 out the widely extended indigo districts have been 

 received by the Court. In the early stages of the 

 manufacture under European direction, the Court 

 procured the best information which could then be 

 obtained, and transmitted it, with approved samples 

 and reports, to assist the planters in their attempts 

 to rival the superior produce of the Americas. 

 This was all that was contemplated ; but happily 

 more has been achieved. India, for many years 

 past, has produced indigo of quality surpassing 

 that of any other country, and has long been the 

 chief source of supply to the rest of the world. 



The following papers shew the principal measures 

 pursued by the Court in furtherance of this impor- 

 tant result, from the commencement of the im- 

 provement in the production of indigo, until a high 

 degree of success was attained, and the manufacture 

 became firmly established. 



