The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-14 00:00:00

1864.. 1865 1864

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4+l 688 629
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69 1,326 is 63
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324 556 519
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75 2,143 1.759
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246 4,524 3, 38
145 2,012 1,880
403 41.827 37.300
241 222 153
24 105 1( 8
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The Cotton Supply Association.

At the meeting of the. Executive Committee, held
on Tuesday, a letter was read, accompanying a
sample of cotton grown at Missolonghi, Greece,
from seed sent out by the Association, which was
valued at 30d. per pound, and stating that the crop
on an estate in Negropont, planted early in the
year, had suffered considerably from locusts. A
letter was received from King William's. Town
acknowledging the grant of cotton seed and a gin
which had been made to the Kaffrarian Agricultural
Society, and enclosing a sample of Kaffrarian grown
cotton, which was valued at 24d. per pound. A letter
was received from Carthage, Africa, describing the
writer's proceedings, with a view to promote the
growth of cotton in that district. A letter was read
from the honorary agents of the association at Bom-
bay, reporting that they had supplied Egyptianseed
to the cotton inspector at Ahmedabad and other
parties. A letter from Lucknow, accompanying an
article in the Oudh Gazette upon the last annual
meeting of the association, represents the importance
of renewed efforts on the part of the Government to
make the resources of India still further available
for the production of cotton of an improved quality.
The writer expresses a belief that if suitable mea-
sures were adopted, not only would India send cot-
ton of a satisfactory description in greater abun-
dance than hitherto, but that a larger demand than
ever would arise for our manufactures, and that
thus both India and England would be mutually
benefited. A letter fowarded by the India-office
was received from the Collector of Kurnool, in the
Madras Presidency, reporting the failure of some
experiments with New Orleans cotton seed which
had been made in that district. The seed only ar-
rived towards the end of September, when the pro-
per sowing season was past, but several ryots were
induced to sow it at the late crops, without success,
however, in any instance. It stated that in most
cases the seed did not germinate, and when it did
so the plants withered very shortly, and that only
in five villages of Pattikonda did a total extent of
3i acres produce about six maunds of uncleaned
cotton. The general failure of exotic seed in the
district of Kurnool, when sown by native agricultu-
rists, renders them unwilling to make use of it. A
further communication was received from the Go-
vernment of Bombay, furnishing detailed statements
of cotton cultivation, and the out-turn of the crop
in that presidency for the season 1864-65 as com-
pared with 1863-64. The collector's returns exhibit
a small decrease, but the Cotton Commissioner con-
siders the estimate to have been underrated, with
the exception of Surat and Kaira, and he has added
an additional column, showing an increase of 24,000
candies. The total return of American cotton cul-
tivation in the Southern Mahratta country is com-
puted at not less than 366,900 acres, after deduct-
ing a decrease of 43,000 acres in the Dharwar
Collectorate, as compared with the preceding
year. The Commissioner in Scinde reports that
there is an increase apparent in the area of
land cultivated with indigenous cotton throughout
Scinde to the extent of 28,436 acres, which is no
doubt due to the exceptionally high price of cotton
during the year. The cultivation of foreign cotton
has been confined to the Kurrachee Collectorate. It
is further stated that the prospects of the season's