, 1912-04-10
THE BRITISH COTTON GROWING
ASSOCIATION.


The following account of q recent meeting
of the Council of the British Cotton Grow
Association has Just been received:-
The ninety sixth meeting Of the Council
of the British Cotton Growing Association
was held at the Offices, 10, Cross Street,
Manchester, on February =.
IN the absence of The President (he Right
Hon. the Earl Of Derby, g. q. V. o., who
had been commanded to attend the Thanks
givino Service ut ST Paul's Cathedral, Mr..
John Il. Newton occupied the CHAIR.
WEST AFRICA Considerable progress has
been made by the Government during the
past year in the construction OF roads III the
cotton growing districts Of La9os,and the AS
sociation's Staff is now better able to inspect
the farms where the bulk OF the cotton IS
produced.
The latest reports from Lagos are to the
effect that the crop will be a late one, but
there is every reason to beileVe that Il larger
area was planted with cotton than i'll 1910.
AS the Harmattun season is not yet over, 1t
is not to be expected that the crop will come
through without suffering to some extent,
but allowing for this it is expected that the
IRON VIII not be less than 1000 bales.
The purchases of cotton in Lagos for the
month Of January were 147 bales, us compNr-
ed with 90 bales for January last year, and
81 bales for 1910.
A cable has been received from Northern
Nigeria stating that the purchases for De-
cember were 175 bales, md 1t IS estimated
that tie crop this season will amount to not
less than 1000 bales.
UGANDA. The new crop is now beginning to
come fol ward, and there is every reason to
believe that the production will exceed that
Of last wear, when 10000 bales Of cotton
were expoeted from the Protectorate.
RHoDEs1A. The Associations representative,
who has recently made a tour OF inspection
through the Fort jameson district OF North
east Rhode3ia, is quite convinced OF the III
ture of this country for cotton and estimates
that. during the present season, there VIII De
4 600 acres under cotton cultivation. La or
der that experiments may be nade TO eVoNe
a suitable type Of qulck-maturing COTTON Tor
the hioher attitudes, several varieties of
American seeds are beng Obtained ahoa
an uber Of varieties which had done we'll III
the Nvasaland Up!ands. The area Of land
suitable for cotton is practically unlimited,
.nd the terms on which land can be obtained
are most advantageous. Up to quite recent
w T. was necessary to carry the cotton IN
small hales on the heads Of natives Tor a
considerable distance; but n good road mas
baen constructed from Tete, and Wagons
have been sent out for transport purposes
from Fort Jameson to Tete; as " consequences
the freight charges on cotton have been re-
duced considerably.
SUDAN. Mr.. Hutton 0he Chairman of the
Association), who will shortly be returning
from his visit to Egypt and the Sudan, re-
mort, most favourubly on the developments
n the Tayiba district, and shipment OF 200
standard bales of cotton is now on ITS way
from Port Sudan.
A statement regarding the present posi-
ton Of the capital Of the Association shows
that the balance remaining to he raised for
the completion of the total authorised capt
Of $500, 600 is 1875, 589.-I He .lgr<c"(t"aI
NeacS, 4Narch 10th.