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Banjoemas. 



The answers that were sent in concerning this Residency arc 

 very unsatisfactory. 



These results are attributed to trn rains, which even fall, off and 

 on, in the East monsoon. 



The inhabitants shew little interest in this industry. 



Klawang. 



There is practically no cotton grown in this Residency. 



Experiments with foreign cotton varieties failed. 



Reviewing the results which were obtained with the cotton 

 industry in Java, '1 EYSMANN comes to the conclusion, that in all 

 Residencies of Java and Madoera, the cultivation of cotton can be 

 extended more or less with advantage. In the Western Residencies, 

 Bantam, Preanger regencies Banjoemas, Krawang and Cheribon 

 this industry is, owing to the irregularities of the climate and the 

 great quantities of rain in the East monsoon, subject to more 

 failure than in the Northern and Eastern Residencies. Because 

 of the many bouws of sawah fields, the greater extension should be 

 possible in the Residencies Tegal, Pekalongan, Semarang, Djepara, 

 Rembang, Soerabaia, Kediri, Madioen, the Forest-lands and Bage- 

 len. In the Eastern Residencies Pasoeroean, Probolingo, Bezoeki, 

 Banjoewangi and Kedoe, although the climate and soils are spe- 

 cially suited for the cotton industry, there can be no extension as 

 the already extensive sugar and coffee industries take up the most 

 suitable ground, further more the long droughts there compel t'he 

 natives to grow fodder and lastly the other industries have already 

 taken up most of the land. 



TeYSMAnN also considers that the cotton, in an uncleaned state 

 can be supplied at the picul {—fo.\2 per lb clean cotton) 

 with an average crop of 5 piculs ( = 625 lbs. raw cotton or 208 lbs. 

 clean cotton) per bouw. The Government ought to warrant the 

 native this price. His views are based on the results of the De- 

 partment Demak in Semarang. 



The expectations which TEYSMANN cherished, about the cotton 

 industry, especially of the better foreign kinds, were not in reality 

 realised. 



The Colonial accounts of 1859 g* ve proofs thereof. In the report 

 of 1859, when still 40,000 bouws were planted with cotton, Gov- 

 ernment notified that large quantities of seeds of the different 

 varieties had been ordered from America, to be distributed among 

 the inhabitants of the different Residencies of Java and the 

 environs. In the very hist year the experiments failed to a great 

 extent which was attributed to the less favourable conditions and 

 damaee by insects. 



Experiments were not only made with imported seeds, but also 

 with seeds obtained in the Department Demak and Grobogan in 

 the Residency Semarang, which has yet the best name as a cotton 

 countiy, and from which the best results were expected. In these 

 Departments too, large quantities of seeds were bought by Govern- 

 ment for distribution in other Residencies. 



