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Statement showing the Quantity of Cotton carried on the Madras 

 Railway in the Years 1861-62 up to Jime 1863. 





1861. 





1862. 





1863. 







Indian 





Indian 



Indian 





Maiinds, 



or 



Maunds, 



or 



Mannds, 



or 





82 2-7 lbs. 



82 2-7 lbs. 



82 2-7 lbs. 



January, 



6,846 



10 



694 



0 



7,886 



10 



February, 





1 A 

 10 



0,OOD 



30 



1 A OAK 



10,oOo 





Marcli, .... 



6,134 



15 



3,346 



10 



4,471 



30 



April, .... 



1,390 



30 



5,466 



30 



13,597 



30 



May, .... 



3,046 



20 



21,795 



10 



50,500 



20 



June, .... 



7,238 



30 



17,4.57 



10 



71,193 



18 





35,175 



35 



52,295 



10 



157,954 



28 



July, . . ; . 



8,174 



20 



29,499 



20 







August, .... 



6,3.57 



20 



20.381 



0 







September, 



3,721 



30 



24,979 



10 







October, . . • . 



5,043 



30 



14,173 



0 







November, 



6,836 



20 



16,157 



30 







December, . . . 



12,607 



20 



17,151 



20 







Total, 



77,917 



15 



174,637 



10 



175,954 



28 



Average per month in the 1st 















6 months, ... 



5,862 



25 



8,715 



35 



26,325 



31 



Average per month in the 















year, .... 



6,493 



4 



14,355 



4 



26,325 



31 



Table showing the Monthly Export of Cotton from Madras, and its 

 OJicial Value from 1860 to 1863. 





1860. 



1861. 



1862. 



1863. 





Quantity. 



Value. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



January, 

 February, 

 March, . 

 April, 

 May, . . 

 June, 

 July, . . 

 August, . 

 September, 

 October, 

 November, 

 December, 



Cwt. 

 4,973 

 5,605 

 7,499 



10,591 

 5,010 

 1,663 

 5,829 



21,246 

 4,661 



19,003 



11,961 

 6,992 



Rs. 



82,154 

 1,02,290 

 1,09.380 

 1,66,235 



78,105 



25,132 

 1,04,696 

 3,22,288 



69,988 

 2,65,371 

 1,48,934 

 1,01,454 



Cwt. 

 11,162 



26,439 

 6,035 

 6,748 

 11,247 

 20,113 

 15,528 

 21,061 

 5,750 

 6,391 

 7,615 

 2,315 



Rs. 

 1,52,904 

 3.53,754 



89,637 

 1,30,242 

 1,68,556 

 3,12,498 

 2,51,887 

 3,40,859 



95,312 

 1,17,888 

 1,44,850 



46,747 



Cwt. 

 10,340 



9,096 

 12,820 



7,430 

 17,433 

 36,115 

 35,114 

 39,062 

 39,262 



5,749 

 10,264 

 18,844 



Rs. 

 2,09,191 

 1,87,300 

 2,52,881 

 1,80,941 

 3,89,017 

 8,80,529 

 9,46,471 

 15,94,115 

 18,69,655 

 2,85,660 

 5,12,605 

 3,28,133 



Cwt. 

 7,312 

 24,485 

 25,780 

 12,755 

 26.260 

 55,875 

 75,269 



Rs. 



3,35,555 

 11,96.878 

 12,68,855 



6,44,705 

 14,36,706 

 31,00,255 

 43,03,488 





105,033 



15,76,027 



140,404 



22,05,134 



2,41,529 



82,36,498 







Dr Hunter also reports that the American Saw Gin for cleaning cotton 

 has been introduced with great success. 



