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Cheribon. 



In this residency there is still a lot of Java cotton planted. Teys- 

 mann estimates that from the 182,000 bouws of sawahs, that this 

 residencv has, 75.000 could be planted with cotton as a secondary 

 plant. 



On some places, however, cotton is planted between the paddv 

 gaga, while on the estates of the natives, here and there is to be 

 found some Pernambuco cotton [Gossypium viti folium) . 



In 1858 there were about 5,000 bouws of sawahs planted with 

 cotton as a secondary plant, chieflv in the departments Cheribon, 

 Madjalengtha and Koeningan 



The harvest is estimated by Tesymann at 10-16 piculs perbouw. 

 The planter rrceives on the average from /8-/15 per picul. The 

 bazaar price may be put at f 20-f 30 per picul with the seeds. 



A pound of cleane 1 cotton then comes to about fo 48-/0.72. 

 The chief kinds that are grown are Kappas Moeri. Kappas betoel 

 and Kappas tembaga, all of which are varieties of Gossypium indi- 

 cu m. 



[n 1858 there were about 6,000 piculs of cotton exported while 

 10,000 pirku's were imported. 



The export was chiefly to Tegal and Pekaloengan, while the im- 

 port was from Palembang and Samarang. 



The Palembang cotton still realised in 1859 /16 per picul with 

 the seeds, being equivalent to /0.38 per pound of cleaned cotton. 



Experiments made in these residencies with foreign kinds, such 

 as New Orleans. Sea-island, and Pernambuco, proved unsuccessful. 



Tegal. 



There is grown, scarcely any cotton at all, in this residency. 



Experiments with foreign kinds proved equally unsuccessful. 



The inhabitants declare the heavy clay soils to be unsuitable for 

 cotton growing, but Teysmann does not share this view, as the 

 cotton is grown with success in Demak, where the soil is even stiffer. 



Pekaloengxn. 



In this residency as well, little is done in the way of cotton grow- 

 ing. The inhabitants seem to obtain more profit with other second- 

 ary plants. 



Experiments with foreign kinds of cotton yielded unsatisfactorv 

 results. 



Semarang. 



In the year 1858 there were 7,900 bouws of sawahs planted with 

 cotton, which yielded a produce of 60.000 piculs of which 1,000 

 piculs were New Orleans cotton. 



The New Orleans cotton is the most valuable but owin^ to the 

 irregularity of the plant and the greater tendencv to be destroyed 

 by insects it is not esteemed by the Javanese. 



In 1858 the price paid for Kappas panjang (New Orleans cotton) 

 was /15-/25 per picul or /o. 36-/0. 60 per pound cleaned cotton, 

 while the Java cotton fetched not more than 8-12 guilders per 

 picul or /0.192-/0.288 per pound of cleaned cotton. 



