22o 



This last was added as a precaution as the economical side of 

 the question was its weak point. 



In 1850 experiments were again made with another kind, namely 

 Dacca-cotton, received from Bengal through the Trading Society. 



At the special request of the Government, to take good care and 

 neglect nothing in the interest of the trials, the seeds of this kind 

 of cotton were sent to 



1. The Lampong Districts. 



2. Palembang. 



3. Makassar, to be specially planted in Toratea and other 



known cotton places. 



4. Bandjermassin. 



5. The residency Bezooki, where according to Dr. ZOLLINGER, 



excellent lands for the cotton culture, are said to be on 

 ihe slopes of the volcanic mountains in the districts Pana- 

 roekan and Bondowosso. 



6. Buitenzorg and Tjipanas. 



The reports received on the experiments with Dacca cotton are 

 nu favourable with regard to Buitenzor£, favourable for Bezoeki, 

 and less favourable for the residencies South and East districts of 

 Borneo. 



The Director of Agriculture, at that time, brought out a report 

 regarding the trials to the following respect " that the trials with 

 cotton crops in Java by no means answered the expectations. The 

 chief cause of this failure must be attributed to the insects, by 

 which the fruit of this cotton plant (Dacca-cotton) were spoilt ". 

 On the proposal of the Director of Agriculture the Government had 

 the trials with Dacca-cotton continued in 



a. The Residency Bantam (on the West coast along the Straits 



of Sunda). 



b. The Residency Bantam (on the North Coast). 



c. The Residency Banjoemas, on the South coast in the vicinity 



of Tjilatjap, on the Kinder-sea in the division Patjitan, 

 on the lower parts of its coasts. 



d. The Residency Soerabaja, on the low lands formed by the 



drainage of the Solo and Kediri rivers. . 



e. The Residency Bezoeki. 



The Government ordered the Director of Agriculture to write to 

 the concerned authorities concerned in this matter of the trials with 

 Dacca-cotton to pay due regard to the places where the conditions 

 of soil were somewhat similar that of the district Dacca in Bengal, 

 which lies in the Basin of two great rivers (Ganges and Megna) 

 and is crossed by the Bramapootra which rivers form a delta at 

 their mouths, which is flooded alternately by the sea and the 

 rivers, by which the saltish muddy soils are formed, on wdiich the 

 fine Dacca-cotton is grown. 



In the Residency Bagelen, on the intervention of the Trading 

 Society trials were again made with Pernambuco and New Orleans 

 seeds, which went fairly well in the beginning, but later again 

 proved a disappointment as the cultivation at a cost of /22 per 

 pickul would not pay. 



