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Banjoemas. 
The answers that were sent in concerning this Residency are 
very un satisfactory. 
These results are attributed to th i rains, which even fall, off and 
on, in flie East monsoon. 
The inhabitants shew little interest in this industry. 
K LA WANG. 
There is practically no cotton grown in this Residency. 
Experiments with foreign cotton varieties failed. 
Reviewing the results which were obtained with the cotton 
industry in Java, 1 EYSMANN comes to the conclusion, that in all 
Residencies of Java and Madoera, the cultivation of cotton can be 
extended more or less with advantage. In the Western Residencies, 
Bantam, Preanger regencies Banjoemas, Krawang and Cheribon 
this industry is, owing to the irregularities of the climate and the 
great quantities of rain in the East monsoon, subject to more 
failure than in the Northern and Eastern Residencies. Because 
of the many bouws of sawah fields, the greater extension should be 
possible in the Residencies Tegal, Pekalongan, Semarang, Djepara, 
Rembang, Soerabaia, Kediri, Madioen, the Forest-lands and Bage- 
len. In the Eastern Residencies Pasoeroean, Probolingo, Bezoeki, 
Banjoewangi and lvedoe, although the climate and soils are spe- 
cially suited for the cotton industry, there can be no extension as 
the already extensive sugar and coffee industries take up the most 
suitable ground, further more the long droughts there compel the 
natives to grow fodder and lastly the other industries have already 
taken up most of the land. 
TlYSMANN also considers that the cotton, in an uncleaned state 
can be supplied at f 5 the picul (=/o.i2 per lb clean- cotton) 
with an average crop of 5 piculs ( = 625 lbs. raw cotton or 208 lbs. 
clean cotton) per bouw. The Government ought to warrant the 
native this price. His views are based on the results of the De- 
partment Demak in Semarang. 
The expectations which TEYSMANN cherished, about the cotton 
industry, especially of the better foreign kinds, were not in reality 
realised. 
The Colonial accounts of 1859 give proofs thereof. In the report 
of 1859, when still 40,000 bouws were planted with cotton, Gov- 
ernment notified that large quantities of seeds of the different 
varieties had been ordered from America, to be distributed among 
the inhabitants of the different Residencies of Java and the 
environs. In the very first year the experiments failed to a great 
extent which was attributed to the less favourable conditions and 
damage by insects. 
Experiments were not only made with imported seeds, but also 
with seeds obtained in the Department Demak and Grobogan in 
the Residency Semarang, which has yet the best name as a cotton 
country, and from which the best results were expected. In these 
Departments too, large quantities of seeds were bought by Govern- 
ment for distribution in other Residencies. 
