The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-03 00:00:00

COTTON SUPPLY AssoczArzoy.

At the usual weekly meeting of the executive
committee, held .on Tuesday, • letter was reed from • cot-
reepoodeat in the Bombay presidency, who is experimenting
in various ways for the purpose of extendieg the growth of
orates. HAI states that the first picking of his Sea Island cot-
ton at Kumar hes bees pronounced to be the longest staple
of cottonever grown in India, and equal in price to Sea
His crop being only an experiment, is limited to
two acme, which should yield 80010., but next year be will
have a larger one. ft was not grown on the best laird, and
the result has been very cheering. A further supply of
seed at his request has boon granted. A letter was
received from Mooltan, in the Puojatib, offering
the services of • trading compaoy to purchase
and forward cotton to England. The rates prevailing in the
'middle of January were from Be. 30 to 35 per mound. The
notice of the districts said to be famed not only for Bolos(
fibre, but also for its tee quality, and hi considered specellw
both to the produce of thedistriets of Hindustan sad any other
portion of the Punjsub. A small sample of cotton has bees for-
warded, together with one of wool, which sells at Rs. 18 to 18
per mound. A letter woe reed from the bow:miry on.
cretary of the Agri.Horticullaral Society at Madras,
static`` that three bales of cotton have bees fer-
ia the emaciation, comprising Omuta, Epp.
ties, Hammel:l, Bourbuo, end New Odium The Copes
matow now seat is not considered so satisfactory as that of
the next crop produced without manarieg the grimed, end
ones of the Oopenn cotton grown in the smithy's s@nsis
approaches in quality the American, Egyptian. Bombes,
and other (*thous lately introduced. There are now Mesa
varieties under cultivation, mid samples of the base Idols
are promised shortly. The remits of the experiments with
the American and other varieties have proved highly Dabs.
faotocy. A letter received from Trinidad reports thee the
writer her pleated tea acres with the seed received bees
the association, sad that most of it is growing well. He
expects next year to have • much larger quantity miler
cultivation. A letter from Jamaica stales that the writer
and others are labouring with all their energies to mewed
the growth of cotton to that island, sad that the fields
are most 'Novelties, but there is still • great west of meld
airy. A letter was read from the Coral-(hosed of
Verimela deseribiag the revived efforts now making to pro-
mote the eultivatiee of entice, and that so rapid bee hem
the Menem that the crop new coming forward is estimated
at 8,000,00011 m ; the next It is calculated will be between
two and three time* as largo es the present. An exhibition
is to be held at Caress is Jel of the year, which it is
hoped will still further stia>s the effort to produce
cothoe, sad be the mesas of introducing agricultural ha-
taTte and cluuties reathinery of • better dew :elegies.
ihibitioa will be under governmeet management,
end English exhibitors would hod it a favourable opeortu-
sit, of bringing their manufactures under the Notice of
settee cultivators is Veasenela. A hitter wee received
reporting the fortaatioa at Constantinople of a " Craton
Animistic's" for various useful purposes, the labours al
whish, it is hoped, will be Weeded with beneficial remits.

CITSTAL PALACIL ONE SNILLING DAY. --
WIDNINDAT, 111ARC11 2.—Adm4mice. ea payment, 40S;
ditto try wawa tickets, 043 ; total. 1,112.
MOHR THAN EVER AND SETTER THAN ETU.—This
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