The New York herald., 1869-12-26
Cotton in Asia--Thc Crop and Its Condition IN
Central India.

From Il. RvettCarnac, ESQ.,, Cotton Commits
sioner for the Central Provinces and tine Berars, 20
bay, dated Slmla. october 10, 1863.
SIR have the honor conf rm my telegram Of
the I5ta INST OF the following effect
Heavy ram early in the month caused great alarm
and some damage In the cotton DISTRICTS During
THIS week weather has been fine and plant has re-
covered. Damage much less than al first SUPPOSED.
Shonld hDe weather continue an excellent crop may
be expected.
2. The Information on which the above telegram
was based was sent by wire from the several cotton
districts, and the detailed reports since received by
post confirm the peiier therein expressed, lhat
sloud the weather continue 1ne, as II promises To
do, an excellent crop may be expected this season
from the cotton districts OF the Central Provinces
3. In my last monthly report, No. 291a dated sep
tember ii, 1859, II was explained that the unusually
Dry Weasher wnicn cnaracterized Tue early months
OF the monsoon mad Deen succeeded by
heavy rain tnat at tnat season September when the
plant was beginning to nower, sunshine was much
required and that continued and heavy rain at that
season might cause mucn damage to the crop
Unfortunately, the much wished for tine weather
did not return and this season the wet weather mas
been prolonged into OCTOBER. the rain which 90
mucn wanted IN juae aud July, coming when IT was
most welcome, just as the flowers and boiis were
caused great alarm and some little damage as the
following extracts from tue detailed reports wiIl
4. Wurdah valley.--The Commissioner OF the
Nagpore DIVISION, whose charge Includes the whole
Hlngunghat supplies are drawn, has been SO good
az 10 lavor me win the following Information
regarding Clle crop IN the Wurdah district. Under
date the 18th instant he writes-"ContinuOus and
sometimes neavy rain fell during the early part OF
last week. The rain ceased here on Thursday az
noon and we have had no ram here since then.
The Tehsoeldcr OF Htugunghat, who has been here
this morning. tells me tnat 1t raned there up 10 Fri
day. 1 was at Wurdah for tnree days In the early
part OF the week, and i heard good many CON-
plain about the rain. The people said that In
ieius, where tho plants were VOL grown and
had Powered and boiled, much damage had been
done by tho late rain. The bolls had got wettod,
or had been knocked OF while the leaves
aud pant had rottcd from the extreme wet.
This applied only to the fields where the cot
ton had hitherto Deen growing well. In the
lands where IRON one cause or another, the cotton
was backward, no harm nd yet been done 10y the
ram. Some ot tue growers SAID that tue outtu
would be only half what had been expected OTHERS
gave a less goomy account oi matters. From what
| saw myself should say that very much harm had
not been dopo. But tnen visited cotton hetds IN
the Pownar and AnJee Purgunnahs only. where the
ram has been ignter than IN utngunsuat ana un-
doree. The llnguugnat Teisee dar mas TINS morn
ing told mo tnat In the well grown neids dozens o
bos are 10 DO seen lying on tao ground. knocked on
by the ram. At rst SAID that nall the crop mad
gone; but ne Afterwards tmc down 10 saying thai
| PROBABLY quafter Of the crop would oe 'est- !
inyset am quite sure that we Shall not nave Tue
bumper crop we expected, but 1 TANK 10 snall, Y
| tue season continues flvoraoe, nave good OF
even iull crop. the soil Is Thoroughly moist ano
| new Dols VIII form ON the large plants, whue M
/ backward plants wli forward Wen. 1 thinK th'
fa,ns are quite over Tor the SKY has cleared Slowly
and gradually during tue last three days. To-day \