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9th. Whether the soil of your 

 district is of the black adhesive 

 kind known as Cotton soil ? 



10th. Send a small quantity 

 (4 or 5 lbs.) to Madras for analy- 

 sis as soon as possible ? 



11th. Price of Cotton on board 

 ship ? 



12th. Price given to cultiv- 

 ator ? 



13th. Average number of acres 

 cultivated with Cotton by one 

 ( individual in your district ? 

 t 14th. Maximum number cul- 

 tivated with Cotton by one in- 

 dividual. 



15th. Quantity of Cotton ex- 

 ( ported from Tuticorin ? 



i 



i 16th. Is any extension of cul- 



1 tivation of Cotton likely to take 

 place in your district were a 

 stimulus given to the growth of 

 Cotton by a considerable rise in 



' its price, or by any other means ? 



1 17th. Quantity of Cotton 



1 grown in your District ? 



18th. What is the total num- 

 ber of acres available for Cotton 

 cultivation in this district ? 



19th. Do Capitalists make 

 advances to Eyots engaged in 

 Cotton cultivation ? 



Cotton is cultivated in this 

 district on four descriptions of 

 soils, viz., first, Karisel, or black 

 soil ; second, Veppel, a mixture 

 of black and sandy soil; third, 

 Pottel, or stiff clay soil; and 

 fourth, Shevel, or red soil ; but 

 more extensively on black Cotton 

 soil. 



Five pounds of each of the 

 first three descriptions of soils 

 will be forwarded to the Chem- 

 ical Examiner at Madras for 

 analysis. 



The price of Cotton on board 

 ship varies considerably accord- 

 ing to the state of the market, 

 but on the average has been 89 

 Eupees per Candy of 500 lbs. net 

 weight during the last four years. 



The price given to cultivator 

 per Candy of uncleaned Cotton 

 with seed, ranges from Eupees 

 14-12-3 to Eupees 20-15-0. 



Seven acres. 



Sixty acres. 



Quantity exported from Tuti- 

 corin in Fasly 1270, from 1st 

 July, 1860 to 30th June, 1861, 

 was 30,667 Candies. 



If there was a considerable 

 rise in the price of Cotton, the 

 cultivation would doubtless be 

 extended. I do not see a better 

 stimulus than this. 



The average quantity grown 

 yearly in the last three years was 

 150,000 Candies ; this is Cotton 

 not cleaned. 



207,850 acres. 



The Merchants and Agents 

 make large advances to the 

 Brokers, Dealers, and Nattoo- 

 kottay Chetties equal to three- 



