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ON HEMP. 



The Hemp in Europe requires a rich, deep, moist soil, and 

 cannot bear strong clay land : on the contrary, the Ghore-Sunn 

 affects a dry, hungry, stiff soil, tending to clay ; and although it 

 will grow in rich deep soils, yet the Hemp (Sunn) produced in such 

 situations is coarser than that from more dry and poor lands. 



Keerpoy. — Kolla land, somewhat sandy. 



Patna. — A light, clayey, dry soil, neither high nor low, nor 

 liable to be flooded. 



Chittagong. — A rich, light soil, near the banks of rivers 

 and nullahs. 



v Board of Trade Cons, llth January, 1793. 



Sunn will grow in every soil and situation, except in very low. 

 places, where it is apt to be much overflowed in heavy rains, which 

 circumstance would both impede its growth and injure the fibre. 



Mr. Douglas, Board of Trade Consult. 5th May, 1801. 



CoMMERCOLLY.—The ground for Phool-Sunn is good Paddy 

 or Mulberry land. For Boggy-Sunn rather high ground is chosen.. 



Board of Trade Consult. 1 2th June, 1801. 



Jungypore.. — Sunn has this singular and invaluable property, 

 that it can be raised on land so sterile as to be hardly fit for any 

 other crop. 



Board of Trade Consult. 23d June, 1801. 



Soonamooky.-— Sunn requires alight rich soil, and thrives best 

 on the most manured grounds. 



The Resident states, that Mr. Douglas's observations of the 



soil 



