Similar results were obtained with these experiments, as the 
following year the report had to state, that the experiments made 
by Government had as yet proved little successful. 
* The experiments with New Orleans Sea-island and Egyptian 
cotton seeds, as well as with those of the native cotton from Demak, 
yielded on the whole again unsatisfactory results, which was chiefly 
due to the weather. 
The Director of Agricultures says in his report, that the inhabi- 
tants are averse to the cotton industry because of its great un- 
certainty, and the prices of the native as well as foreign cotton 
kinds are not equal to the profits, which they can make with other 
secondary plants. 
Not only did the Government, make experiments, in order to 
induce the native to extend the cotton cultivation, but some private 
individuals tried them also. 
In 1 86 1 the anonymous firm “ 1 'he Netherlands India Cotton 
Society ” was founded with a capital of /300.0O0. The intention 
of the society was to further and better the cotton industry in 
the Netherlands Indies and the settling of cotton markets in 
Holland. 
To this end, the named society, erected a cleaning and packing 
establishment at Soerabaia. In Demak and Grobogan and the 
other parts, where the cotton cultivation had still some importance, 
arrangements were made in order to ensure for itself the required 
quantities of the first subsequent harvest, ft also made many agree- 
ments with farmers and planters outside of Java. 
The colonial report of 1864 had to state that the results of the 
Netherlands Indies Cotton Society were very small, 
To characterise what has been done since years by Government 
to make the cotton cultivation a national industry the editor of the 
colonial report of the year 1870 says the following; 
“ A proof of the small expectations concerning the hoped for 
results as reported from the residency Tegal is that the failure of 
not less than 290 bouws of a plantation of 882 bouws, is looked 
upon by the inhabitants as a very favourable result.” 
On the environs the results are not much better, in the colonial 
report ol 1 886 it was stated also “ In the interior of Palembang the 
cotton cultivation, as a secondary plant, on the ladangs is a favoured 
industry. The market-rates have however been too low in the last 
two years 'to induce an extension. In 1885, there came on the top 
- of it many failures of the crops by untimely rains or lengthy 
droughts. The total export, chiefly to Java, Singapore and China, 
however still amounted to 25,738 piculs against 40,524 piculs in 
1884.” According to the colonial report of 1888 there were in 
1887, from Palembang still about 13,322 piculs exported. From 
the fact that in 189S, 68,000 piculs were exported from Palembang 
against about 15,000 and 14,000 piculs in 1826 and 1897 respec- 
tively, it can be seen how uncertain the cotton cultivation is in that 
residency. 
About the Southern and Eastern departments of Borneo is re- 
ported that the cotton is grown in the department Amoentair and 
