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5. Read the following papers relative to the Cotton Seed recent- 

 ly received. 



Reyenue Department. 

 No. 1687. 



Extract from the Minutes of Consultation under date the 2\st 

 December 1858. 



Read the following letter from the Secretary to the Agri-Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Here enter 20th November, 1858. 



Brings to notice the receipt of a letter from the Cotton Supply 

 Association of Manchester, placing at the disposal of this Society and 

 the Chamber of Commerce two tons of the new Mexican Cotton 

 Seed, for experimental purposes, in view to increase the supply of 

 an improved quality of Cotton from India, and requests that the 

 landing charges upon the seed may be defrayed by Government. 

 Suggests the best method of distributing the seed, and requests 

 that the Practical Treatise on the subject (copy of which is here- 

 with sent) may be re-printed for general distribution. 



Para. 1 . In this letter, the Secretary to the Agri-Horticultural 

 Society brings to the notice of Government, the receipt of a supply 

 of Mexican Cotton seed dispatched by the Executive Committee of 

 the Cotton Supply Association of Manchester, for experimental pur- 

 poses in this country ; and reports the mtfde in which the Society 

 propose to deal with the subject. 



2. The Agri-Horticultural Society state that they are not in a 

 position to initiate any experiments with the seed placed at their 

 disposal, and they solicit the aid of Government in carrying them 

 out ; suggesting at the same time a method which, in their opinion, 

 is calculated to secure the experiments being conducted in a satis- 

 factory and conclusive manner. The scheme of operations planned 

 by the Society is described in the 11th and following paragraphs 

 of their Secretary's letter, and is to the following effect. 



1st. That the landing charges and duty upon the seed be paid 

 by the Government. 



