The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-22 00:00:00

otton Supply Association.

At the usual weekly meeting of the executive com-
mittee, held on Tuesday, Sept. 20, a letter was read,
dated Government House, An'igua, West Indies, August
20, stating that his Excellency, the Governor—in-Chief of
those Islan&, has joined some gentlemen in an experi-

ment to grow cotton on an abandoned sugar estate, with
a view to induce proprietors generally to antEr into the
cultivation. The first 100 acres will speedily be planted;
the outlay is not more than 30s per acre; the seed used is
from the island of Anguilla, where cotton has been most

successful, and whence it is said the American planters
procured their first seed. Satisfactory specimens of Antigua
cotton have already been sent by the governor through the
Board of Trade, and sanguine hopes of further success are
entertained. A letter was received representing that the
Haytian Government has raised the export duty on cot-
ton. A letter was read stating that Count Livachoff,
principal aide-de-camp to the Grand Duke Michael, is
desirous of introducing the culture of cotton into the
Caucasus, where the short Bokhara cotton has already
been successfully cultivated, and requesting such infor-
mation and assistance as the association can render. A
letter was received, enclosing a small sample of African
cotton which the British" Consul, Mr Balfour Baikie,
has forwarded to Mr Bazley. A letter from the
honorary agents of the association at Calcutta,
states that cotton has been cultivated very
extensively, but the out-turn cannot be relied upon,
and in some districts will probably prove a failure, owing to
the long continued drought. Many natives have been in-
duc2cl to purchase exotic seed, both Egyptian and Ameri-
can; the Rajah of Benares has taken a quantity of the lat-
ter. A letter was received from Wellington, Madras,
enclosing a sample of a supposed kind of cotton fibre,
obtained from a tree on the Neilgherry Hills, of which
numerous specimens have at various times been forwarded,
'but which have never been found available. The honorary
agents at Bombay report that they have recently supplied
Egyptian, Now Orleans, and Sea Island seed to the deputy
commissioner of Chandah, and have applications from Score
(Bhopal), the deputy commissioner of Wurdah, the settle-
ment officer,Sukkur (Seinde),end others in Marcara (Coorg),
and elsewhere. Consular despatches, forwarded by the
Foreign-office, were received from Salonica, Thessaly,
Adrianople, Smyrna, the Mores, and Madeira. In the lat-
ter island no cotton is grown, nor is there any prospect that
its cultivation would afford satisfactory results. The consul
of &atonica reports that in Macedonia 60,600 acres were
planted with cotton in 1863, and about 140,000 acres in 1864 ;

that in the former year 8,000 cwt of exotic seed, chit fly Ame-
rican, had been used, and that this year 40,000 cwt, all Ame-
rican, have been sown. The crop, which amounted to 90,0J0
cwt is 1863, is expected to. yield 350,000 cwt this year,
As a proof of the energetic measures for the destruction of
locusts taken by Akif Pacho, the Governor-General of
Salonica, who offered a reward of a few piastres for every
oke of locusts collected, and visited in person the localities
most subject to their ravages, it is stated that as many as
1,600,0001 b weight of locusts were brought to Salonica and
paid for. At the time they were collected they were so
small that as many as 6,200 of thein only weighed one
pound, showing how vast an amount of mischief has
thus been prevented. This was not effected without con-
siderable difficulty, arising chiefly from the prejudices
of the rural population who consider it a sin to de-
stroy locusts. The returns supplied by the vice-consul
of Larissa and Volo show that in Thessaly 6,500 acres
were planted with cotton in 1863, and about 25,030 acres in
1864; that 7,2501 b of American seed have been used this
year, being four times the quantity sown the previous
year, and that the produce, which in 1863 was 55,0001 b,
will, it is estimated, amount to betwoen £1,650,000 and
£2,750,0001b this year. The crop of the last two years has
been shipped from Volo to Marseilles by French steamers.
The expected cession of Government waste lands rent free,
and the suspension for a term of years of the levy of
tithes, have not been realised. The system cf farming
and selling the tithes of the whole province to the highest
bidders, who in their turn refarm and resell at a profit to
other speculators the subdivisional portions of the ?everal
districts, remains unaltered, and is said to be productive of
infinite abuses, injustice, and vexation to the trader as well
as to the grower. The want of roads is a great inconve-
nience, and adds considerably to the cost of transport.
The crops everywhere present a most promising. appearance.
Tho cultivation of cotton in the pashalik of Smyrna has
increased from 29,000 acres in 1863 to 53,750 acres in
1864, and the produce3whs 4ichuo in o
bales,th
ef
is expected toormer year, ex-
clusive of Adana, w ~
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roach this year 101,000 bales, or 303,000 cwts. In many loca-
lities the cultivators have been obliged to sow twice and oven
three Mmes; later on the plant was attacked by a small Cleo-
patra grub, which injured the first shoots, but as the plant
had time to make fresh and more numerous shoots, it is
supposed that the crop has been much improved by this
novel method of heading. It is generally expected that the
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duce per acre is 300 to 3201 b, and in the districts of lJzun-
kiupru and Dimotica, 4201 b to 4351 b; that cotton is
cultivated without irrigation, and that tithe has been com-
muted for a fixed assessment as regards old lands, to be re-
newed every five years. The amount which each village has
to pay is collected by the primates, and by them remitted to
the Treasury in quarterly instalments. In the province of
Patras, in the Morea, the consul reports that the cultivation
of cotton has increased from 30 acres in 1863, to 1,138
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acres in 1861, that there has been a greater quantity of
exotic seed used, partly American, and that the produce
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this ye
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from embarking their property in agricultural operations,
but under a strong and intelligent government the Morea
could produce a large quantity of cotton. GJod roads are
urgently required. In Elia, in the Morea, 250 acres were
t e ce r
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to Trieste
and England.
The
inseculity of property in
Greece deters foreigners
year,ieste is expected to bo
planted with cotton in 1863, and 875 acres in 1864 ; a small
quantity of American seed has been used, and an increase
of produce from 50,00016. in the e former year to 200,0001 b.
in the latter is expected. rho cultivation being poor,
pecuniary advances and assistance in procuring seed and
machinery are needed. In Messenia and Lacmia, in the
Mores, the Vico Consul reports that 2,500 acres were
planted with cotton in 1863, and 3,0',0 acres in 1864, and
that the produce, which in the former year was 550,0001 b.,
is expected this year 825,0001 h. Whilst high latices con-
tinue, an increased production of cotton may y be expected.

The inhabitants of the Rue de la Triperie at
A
Were alarmed two evenings
since igu
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en
the report of firerrins. On going to the
eshNlo healing
s (Gard)
h,-use whence it proceeded, they found a woman named
Advenier lying insensible in the entrance, and bleeding
from a shot wound in the head. As 80011 as the woman re•
covered sensibility, she stated that she had been shot by her
husband. It appears that the wife, who is 40 years of age,
while the husband is above 62, had left her husband's house
six months ago, and had refused to return to live with him.
Exasperated by her refusals, he at last determined on ven-
geance, and fired a pistol at her loaded with slugs. The
woman is likely to recover. The husband was arrested at
his own house almost immediately after the crime, but in
the meanwhile he had taken poison, and now lies in a very
precarious state.
The transport //,Irepide has been launched at
of the line, but in consequence of
wltaoschineftoerntd.edTfhorisaysehssipel when commenced some years back
the introduction of the iron-cased fleet, her destination was
altered to that of an immense t ansport ship. She will be
able to carry 2,400 men and 500 horses between France 9,44
41gel 14,