. Culture and manufacture of cotton wool ... 272 COTTON-WOOL. Report on Samples of Cotton from India, May 1834. Parcel. 21b. the same growth without seed. Parcel. 1 ^ lb. from New Orleans'* seed, district of Salem, with the seed. Parcel. 21b. picked at Ma- dras from cotton re- ceived from Tinnevelly with the seed. 1 Parcel. Seed unknown. From Coimbatore with the seed. Much injured in cleaning, a good deal of short staple, and much stained. About six-pence halfpenny per pound. This is fine cotton with pretty good staple. Very clean, of good qua- lity and strong fibre, but uneven as to length of
. Culture and manufacture of cotton wool ... 272 COTTON-WOOL. Report on Samples of Cotton from India, May 1834. Parcel. 21b. the same growth without seed. Parcel. 1 ^ lb. from New Orleans'* seed, district of Salem, with the seed. Parcel. 21b. picked at Ma- dras from cotton re- ceived from Tinnevelly with the seed. 1 Parcel. Seed unknown. From Coimbatore with the seed. Much injured in cleaning, a good deal of short staple, and much stained. About six-pence halfpenny per pound. This is fine cotton with pretty good staple. Very clean, of good qua- lity and strong fibre, but uneven as to length of sta- ple; part of it is very short. Estimated value about eight- pence per pound. Fine, but of uneven sta- ple, and for the most part very tender. No. 100. Report on Samples of Cotton from India, Feb. 1835. No. 1. Report on eighteen bales of Cotton from the Experimentcil Farm in Giizerat, received per ship Protector in IS33,dated East-India House, Febru- ary 1835. MARK. 8 Bales EF. QUALITY. 4 bales quite clean and bright cotton. 4 bales nearly the same but with a little of the leaf remaining. The whole much injured in the staple by ginning. Present value five-pence. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original East India Company. [n. p. ]
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