Dyes and Tans. 



18 



[January, 1909 



(8) Acacia Suma, Kurz.— A moderate- 

 sized tree with glabrous bark and 

 tomentose branchlets, hooked double 

 spines, and yellowish white flowers. 



(9) Acacia Sundra, D. C— A large tree 



resembling Acacia catechu, but with 

 dark brown branches and no pubescense. 

 — A. M. S. in Capital. — Indian Agri- 

 culturist, August 1, 1908. 



FIBRES. 



THE INDIAN COTTON CROP. 



The following first general Memoran- 

 dum on the Cotton Crop of the season 

 1908-09 has been issued by the Commer- 

 cial Intelligence Department, India. 



The provinces dealt with in this memo- 

 randum represent, on the average of the 

 five years ending 1906-07 a total of 

 15,007,700 acres under cotton, this being 

 equal to 76 per cent, of the entire 

 reported cotton area of India. The 



memorandum relates, however, mainly 

 to the early crop and records acreage 

 only. 



The total area at present reported is 

 11,113,000 acres against 11,255,000 acres 

 (revised figures) at the same date last 

 year. There is, therefore, a net decline 

 of 1*3 per cent. 



No attempt is made at this season to 

 estimate the probable outturn ; but the 

 present condition of the crop is reported 

 to be generally good or fair, except in 

 parts of Bombay and Burma. 



Estimate of the Area under Cotton in August. 



Provinces and States. 



1908-09. 



1907-08. 



1906-07. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Bombay (Deccan) * ... 



1,240,000 



1,275.000 



1,700,000 



Central Provinces and Berar ... 



3,279,000 



4,015,000 



4,684,000 



Madras 



88,000 



136,000 



115,000 



Punjab* 



1,353,000 



1,104,000 



1,413,000 



United Provinces 



1,565,000 



1,100,000 



1,475,000 



Burma 



203,000 



198,000 



186,000 



Bengal 



69,000 



68,000 



61,000 



Eastern Bengal and Assam 



81,000 



59,000 



57,000 



North-West Frontier 



42,000 



48,000 



59,000 



Ajmer-Merwara 



31,000 



11,000 



12,000 



Hyderabad 



2,250,000 



2,436,000 



2,608,000 



Central India t 



535,000 



466,000 



600,000 



Rajputana... 



372,000 



331,000 



404,000 



Mysore 



5,000 



8,000 



2,000 



Total ... 



11,113,000 



1 11,255,000 



13,376,000 



* Including Native States, f Excluding Gwalior. 

 -Indian Agriculturist, Vol. XXXIII., No, 9. 



EGYPTIAN COTTON IN SIND. 



The area in Sind under Egyptian cotton is about 3,700 acres in Thar and Parkar 

 district.— Indian Agriculturist, Vol, XXXIII , No. 9, 



