The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-07 00:00:00

COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.

At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive
Committee, held on luesday, a letter was read from
Nassau, stating that a small bale of cotton grown
from Egytian seed at Grand Bahama, wed cleaned
by a gin sent out by the association, has ueen for-
warded for sale. A correspondent at Loag Island,
one of the Bahamas, reports that almost everybody
on that island has now planted cotton, and that a
gentleman on his way to Nassau purchased in
Lew hours 3,000ib. of fine cotton. The favourable
results so far realised scent io justify the expecta-
tion that cotton will continue to be grown in an
increased degree at Grand Bahama. A letter was
received from Se Mitt's, 'West ladies, reporting that
some experiments in growing cotton had succeedod
well, and that the writer intends to pleat a ittrio
erea t year. On some estates in which he is
erested in the adjoining island of Nevis, cotton had
oeen tried, but had not done well, owing to execs-
,ive drought. Some samples have been forwardeeti
which, it found to be satisfactory, will prove a
stimulus to greater efforts. The cultivation of Coe
.on is gradually emending, although it is yet but u 0
experiment. A letter was read enclosing a sample
al cotton from Betavia which had been grown frot
Aenericen seed sent out by the association. It
stated that the Egyptian and Sea Island seed bac;
cot succeeded, but that the New Orleans promised
well, and it was intender: to sow a larger quantity
of that description. Eucouraging accounts we 10
tl-o forwarded from Manilia. Letters were receiv ed
from Genoa and Turin, representing the inaportan ce
of promoting the growth of Sea Island cotton 'at
Sardinia, for which that island is well adapted,atad
requesting to be furnished with large supplies of
need. It is intended to plant 1,000 hectares at onct
and upwards of 5,000 hectares next year, as ever)?
experiment so far gives assurance of satisfactor
results, A letter was read from Malta, conveyin g
the thanks of the directors of the Exhibition c
Maltese Industry for a grant of gins made by th 6
association, as prizes to be presented to the mee3
successful cultivators of cotton. The Exhibitioo
opens in the second week of April, and informata
as
at its progress will be supplied. Consular d
spatches, forwarded by the Foreign office, we era
received from her Majesty's Consul-General 0$
Beyrout, containing a comparative return of t
lie
quantity of cotton seed sown in the pashalic 'o'
Sidon in the years 1862 and 1863, and showing 0111
the excess in tho latter over the former year ha u"
been 209 per cent,, and amounted to 1,193,7931 b. •11:1
return of the quantity of cotton shipped at the port
of the paehalic during the last two years will be
speedily obtained and forwarded. The Cotton COI':
mission is taking measures for the distribution °l_
the American cotton seed from Constantinople,
be given to the growers gratuitously for the tip`
preaching season. A despatch from Mr. Conertt
Green, Bucharest, contains an interesting reP.°oo
from Gelatz of some experiments in the cultivati.
of cotton, communicated by Prince Couza's secre
Lary. The result of these experiments is a_,l
conviction that cotton can be advantageously grown
en,
in the Danubian provinces. A sample has be by
reP..
forwarded as an illustration of what can
duced.

General Glrib ildi leaves Brooke, on Al°"l3s'
tilucniEg for L )Ikooo. Lunch ts orhtrtid to b 5
ready for him and his friends et the Fountaio Hotel, West
Cowes, on his arriv Caere. to embark. tr:iur the
Fountain-pier at ten o'clock, so as to reach SouttlawPo'n
time for the 11,35 train for Leadon. •