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disadvantages, such importation now is or might be made. You 
should also make it an object of particular attention to ascertain 
how far the introduction of an y of the manufactures of Mysore 
into any other of the Company’s possessions, might be produc- 
tive of advantage, and respectively whether Mysore might derive 
advantage from the importation of the growth, produce, or 
manufacture of Bengal, or any other parts of the Company s 
possessions. The situation of the manufacturers should likewise 
be examined ; the mode of providing their goods ; the usual rate 
of their labour; any particular advantages which they may 
enjoy ; their comparative affluence, with those of this country ; 
their domestic usages ; the general nature of their sales ; and any 
regulations respecting their markets.” 
Climate and Seasons oj Mysore, 
“ Of these you should endeavour to obtain an accurate account, 
as well as of the prevailing winds, and the effects of the air, in its 
various states of heat and moisture, on the human body ; and it 
will be farther desirable, that you should form from your own 
observation, and the reports of such other persons as you may 
judge worthy of attention, an estimate of the salubrity of the 
country compared with that of the Company’s other principal 
possessions in India.” 
“ Although it may not be in your power, exactly to ascertain 
the extent of the forests, yet you will make this an object of your 
enquiry, as well as the kinds of trees of which they may chiefly 
consist, and report those kinds which you may judge useful for 
timber or other purposes ; you will also state your opinion, with 
respect to the kinds either of timber or fruit trees which you 
may conceive it useful to introduce into this country.” 
