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Cheribon. 
In this residency there is still a lot of Java cotton planted. Teys- 
mann estimates that from the 182,000 bouws of sawahs, that this 
residency has, 75.000 could be planted with cotton as a secondary 
plant. 
On some places, however, cotton is planted between the paddy 
gaga, while on the estates of the natives, here and there is to be 
found some Pernambuco cotton ( Gossypium vitifnlium). 
In 1858 there were about 5,000 bouws of sawahs planted with 
cotton as a secondary plant, chiefly in the departments Cheribon, 
Madjalengtha and Koeningan. 
The harvest is estimated by Tesymann at 1O-16 piculs per bouw. 
The planter receives on the average from /8-/15 per picul. The 
bazaar price may be put at f 10-f 30 per picul with the seeds. 
A pound of cleaned cotton then comes to> about / o 48-/" 0.72. 
The chief kinds that are grown are Kappas Moeri, Kappas betoel 
and Kappas tembaga, all of which are varieties of Gossypium indi- 
cum. 
In 1858 there were about 6,000 piculs of cotton exported while 
10,000 pickuls were imported. 
The export was chiefly to Tegal and Pekaloengan, while the im- 
port was from Palembang and Samarang. 
The Palembang cotton still realised in 1859 /16 per picul with 
the seeds, being equivalent to /0.38 per pound of cleaned cotton. 
Experiments made in these residencies with foreign kinds, such 
as New Orleans, Sea-island, and Pernambuco, proved unsuccessful. 
Tegal. 
There is grown, scarcely any cotton at all, in this residency. 
Experiments with foreign kinds proved equally unsuccessful. 
The inhabitants declare the heavy clay soils to be unsuitable for 
cotton growing, but Teysmann does not share this view, as the 
cotton is grown with success in Demak, where the soil is even stiffen 
Pekaloengan. 
In this residency as well, little is done in the way of cotton grow- 
ing. The Inhabitants seem to obtain more profit with other second- 
ary plants. 
Experiments with foreign kinds of cotton yielded unsatisfactory 
results. 
Semarang. 
In the year 1858 there were 7,900 bouws of sawahs planted with 
cotton, which yielded a produce of 60,000 piculs of which 1,000 
piculs were New Orleans cotton. 
The New Orleans cotton is the most valuable but owing to the 
irregularity of the plant and the greater tendency to be destroyed 
by insects it is not esteemed by the Javanese. 
In 1858 the price paid for Kappas panjang (New Orleans cotton) 
was / 1 5-/2 5 per picul or ^0.36-^0.60 per pound cleaned cotton, 
while the Java cotton fetched not more than 8-12 guilders per 
picul or /o. 192-/0.288 per pound of cleaned cotton. 
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