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is their intention, they must necessarily be very expensive, as all 

 labour will have to be paid for. 



In the Roshun Baugh the two gardeners kept up by Government, 

 will be sufficient to look after the plants, and with Coolies to col- 

 lect the pods when they ripen will be all that are required for the 

 future, now that the first expenses of breaking up the land have 

 been paid for, but in a plantation in any other place, the charge 

 for Superintendence will become a distinct item and added to the 

 cost of the raw article. 



7. If I may venture to give an opinion, I should say enough 

 has been done, by way of experiment in planting 6J cawnies, and 

 that the value of the wild Cotton had best be ascertained before a 

 further venture is made in ploughing and sowing any more fresh 

 land. 



If freight, brokerage, insurance and other charges are added to 

 the present ascertained cost of the wild article, it appears to me, 

 that it would become very expensive, or perhaps nearly half the 

 price of silk which is Rs. 5 per lb, and at this price I do not think, 

 it would be worth any manufacturers while to purchase it. The 

 Board however, will be able to judge of this through the Chamber 

 of Commerce. 



(Signed) C. J. Shtjbeick, 



Collector of Chingleput. 



Resolved, that the above be brought to notice with a view to the 

 cultivation of the plant being encouraged by Local Committees and 

 the Officers of the Revenue Department throughout this Pre- 

 sidency. 



The Yercoom Fibres, both the pappus and the fibre of the stem 

 are valuable articles likely to become eventually of considerable 

 commercial importance. 



The following gentlemen are unanimously elected Members of 

 the Society, with effect from 1st January 1860. 



J. Kerakoose, Esq. 

 W. H. Woodhouse, Esq., Ceylon. 

 T. A. Phillips, Esq. C. S. 

 The Meeting then adjourned. 



