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This last was added as a precaution as the economical side of 
the question was its weak point. 
In 1850 experiments were again made with another kind, namely 
Dacca-cotton, received from Bengal through the Trading Society. 
At the special request of the Government, to take good care and 
neglect nothing in the interest of the trials, the seeds of this kind 
of cotton were sent to 
1. The Lampong Districts 
2. Palembang. 
3. Makassar, to be specially planted in Toratea and other 
known cotton places. . 
4- Bandjermassin. _ 
c, The residency Bezooki, where according to Dr. ZOLLINGER, 
excellent lands for the cotton culture, are said to be on 
the slopes of the volcanic mountains in the districts Pana- 
roekan and Rondowosso. 
6. Buitenzorg and Tjipanas. 
The reports received on the experiments with Dacca cotton are 
nufavourable with regard to Buitenzorg, favourable for Bezoeki, 
and less favourable for the residencies South and East districts o. 
Borneo. 
The Director of Agriculture, at that time, brought out a report 
regarding the trials to the following respect “ that the trials with 
cotton crops in Java by no means answered the expectations. The 
chief cause of this failure must be attributed to the insects, b) 
which the fruit of this cotton plant (Dacca-cotton) were spoilt . 
On the proposal of the Director of Agriculture the Government had 
the trials with Dacca-cotton continued in 
a. The Residency Bantam (on the West coast along the Straits 
of Sunda). 
b. The Residency Bantam (on the North Coast). 
c. The Residency Banjoemas. on the South coast in the vicinity 
of Tjilatjap, on the Kinder-sea in the division Patjitan, 
on the lower parts of its coasts. 
d. The Residency Soerabaja, on the low lands formed by the 
drainage of the Solo and' Kediri rivers. 
e. The Residency Bezoeki. 
The Government ordered the Director of Agriculture to write to 
the concerned authorities concerned in this matter of the trials with 
Dacca-cotton to pay due regard to the places where the conditions 
of soil were somewhat similar that of the district Dacca in Bengal, 
which lies in the Basin of two great rivers (Ganges and Megna) 
and is crossed by the Bramapootra which rivers ior tn a delta at 
their mouths, which is flooded alternately by the sea and the 
rivers, by whicli the saltish muddy soils are formed, on which the 
fine Dacca-cotton is grown. 
In the Residency Bagelen, on the intervention of the Trading 
Society trials were again made with Pernambuco and New Orleans 
seeds, which went fairly well in the beginning, but later again 
proved a disappointment as the cultivation at a cost of /22 per 
pickul would not pay. 
