action of the residency Palembang and the Lam pong Districts, was 
followed by a similar one in the Preanger Regencies Chenbon and 
Banjoemas and in 1859 it was extended over all Java Madoera 
and Bavvean. Besides that, Teysmann put himself at the head ot 
the cotton industry in our archipelago and from his own investiga- 
tions, he in 1S59 brought out a written report, addressed to the 
Resident. , . „ f 
What has been done, with respect to the native as well as foreign 
kinds of cotton and with what results the undertakings have been 
crowned may be seen from the several reports from the Residents. 
With these reports, and after considering the cotton culture m 
Ahi erica and Egypt it is possible for us to throw a critical glance 
on the chances of success, in lands, such as our own is. 
The following are the chief points extracted from these reports. 
Preanger Regencies. 
The cotton is here grown, as a secondary plant together with the 
paddy gaga or tipar, but" not as such on the sawahs, and that es- 
pecially on the low lands on the South Coast of the regencies 
Tiiandjoer and Soekapoera. , , 
The kind that is grown is one of the most fruttlul, ot the whole 
of Java, and is known under the name of Kapas Koemas, one ot 
the many varieties of Gossyptuift indicutu, found in Java. 
It is planted at all times of the year, yet seldom at the most suit- 
able time i>. April and May. It is planted at 1 *- 2 feet by 3-4 feet; 
but as the paddy is sown at the same time, the sowing is done very 
irregularly, and the paddy seeds are mixed up with those ot the 
As the sowing is generally done at the unfavourable time of the 
year, that is in the rainy season, the continued rains become the 
cause of failures. . . , 
The average harvest is 4 piculs per bouvv, and a very satistactory 
crop brings in about 10 piculs per bouvv. 
The price is very variable, it is with the planters 8-10 duits and 
on the bazaars 16-20 duits per kattie with the seed, or /0.38-/0.4S 
per lb. of cleaned cotton. . 
Teysmann is of opinion, that the cotton culture over the whole 
residency could be considerably extended, if the Government wouk 
push the matter on, by which too the price would considerably 
decline, so that the prices would come more in relation to the 
actual price which is considered by Teysmann to be/5 P er P* cu ‘ ( ) 
yet according to Teysmann this should give good results, the cot- 
ton having then to be grown as a secondary product, after the 
paddy harvest, on the sawahs, for which before all, the New Orleans 
variety must be noted, which is found in small quantities, here and 
there, but does not yield the expected results, owing to the impro- 
per time of sowing. , , , 
According to Teysmann, there are thousands of bouws of sawahs 
or wet rice-fields on which no secondary plants are grown. 
* A valuation of Teysmann’s which can be said to be exaggeratedly low 
the market value of 16-20 guilders should fall to f$ may be doubted. 
That 
