142 
district. It is a “ bunnee ” cotton, and holds 
a €. 0o< i P os d-’ on among Oomrawuttee cottons; 
1871-/2. Rs. 260 per candy in Bombay on 
16th March, 1872. 
Hingunghat Class of Cotton. 
140, 286-293. Samples of cotton-seed, seed-cotton, 
and cotton from Khandeish, Hingunghat, and Sind. 
No. 286. Cotton seed; Hingunghat. Khandeish. 
The kind universally grown in Khandeish 
at present; displaeed the Malwa and Berar 
“ bunnee ” mixture in 1867, after Akote had 
been tried in the district for one season. See 
previous remarks. 
No. 140. Cotton-seed; Hingunghat. Khandeish. 
The kind universally grown in Khandeish 
at present; prepared for sowing. 
No. 287. Cotton-seed. Hingunghat. 
, From the Hingunghat district, Central Pro- 
vinces. Produces the real Hingunghat cot 
ton. 
No. 292. Hingunghat cotton. Khandeish. 
Crown in Khandeish. Better kinds from 
Fezpoor and Julgaum, in North-east Khan 
deish, dass with Oomrawuttee. Liverpool 
quotation for this sample 9\d. per lb., or 
Rs. 285 per candy in Bombay, on 16th March, 
1872; ordinary Fezpoor on same date, Rs. 265 
per candy. 
Broach and Surat Class of Cotton. 
294-300. Samples of seed-cotton and cotton from 
Sind, Broach, and Surat. 
Exotie and Miscellaneous Class of Cotton. 
301-315. Specimens of Tanjore, Tinnevelly, Bourbon, 
Peruvian, and Egyptian cotton and seed-cotton, 
from Sind and Khandeish. 
No. 304. Cotton ; Peruvian. Khandeish. 
Crown in Khandeish; soil manured with 
fertilizer (coffee-manure, Poonac), sent from 
Ceylon by order of H. E. Sir Seymour Fitz 
gerald. Colour good ; staple good and fine; 
last season’s cotton. Probable value, Rs. 324 
per candy. 
No. 315. Cotton; Egyptian. Khandeish. 
Grown in Khandeish in 1870-71 on land 
manured with the Ceylon fertilizer (coffee- 
manure, called Poonac); tried by Order of 
H. E. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald. Discolouredby 
rain ; except for this it would probably have 
been worth ls. in Liverpool. Staple in length 
and fineness considered by the valuer equal 
to that of Egyptian itself. Probable value, 
Rs. 333 per candy. 
Foreign Cotton brought to Indian markets. 
316-318. Samples of Shiraz, Bushire, and Ispahan 
cotton. Specimens illustrating the method of 
packing samples. 
319-330. Verawul, Coompta, Dhollerah, Bhownug- 
gur Dhollerah, Saw-ginned Dharwar American, 
Barsee Oomrawuttee, Fezpoor Oomrawuttee, 
Oomrawuttee, Akote, Native-ginned Broach, Ma- 
carthy-ginned Broach, and Hingunghat cotton. 
Major A. T. Moore V.C., Acting Cotton commis- 
sioner, Bombay. 
331-349 Collection of cotton-seed, seed-cotton, and 
cleaned cotton from the Government Farm, Broach. 
350-358. Collection of cotton-seed, seed-cotton, and 
cotton from the Government Farm, Dharwar. 
These samples, from the Government farms, 
Koosegul, Dharwar, are all of last season’s’ 
crop, the new crop not being ready. They do 
not fairly represent the last season’s produce 
on the farm, the larger and superior portion 
of which had been disposed of when the Col 
lection was made. 
Nos. 350-353. Samples of indigenous or Coompta 
and Broach cotton-seed and seed-cotton. 
No. 354. Coompta cotton; Dharwar indigenous. 
No. 355. Cotton ; Broach variety. 
Samples of Dharwar indigenous and Broach 
cotton were submitted to Messrs. Robertson, 
Brothers, of Dharwar, who described them as 
superior to any thing obtainabie in the mar 
ket. 
New Orleans cotton (2 samples); accli- 
matized in Dharwar, and cleaned by the 
saw gin. 
Messrs. Robertson, Brothers’ opinion of 
this cotton is as follows :—“ Weak staple, 
even in length of fibre, free of “ cheep ” 
(bioken leaf), and good colour; better 
than can be had in the market. 
Egyptain cotton. 
Much injured in cleaning by the foot 
roller, re-cleaned by the “pinjara.” 
Merely sent to show length of staple. 
Messrs. Robertsons report it “dirty, 
much stained, and uneven in staple. 
Sea Island cotton. 
The remarks on previous sample apply 
also to this. 
359-361. Seed-cotton, and cleaned cotton from the 
Government Farm, Dhurrungaum, Khandeish. 
No. 359. Seed-cotton; Khandeish Hingunghat 
of this season. 
Inferior to “ kuppas ” of ordinary seasons, 
owmg to the failure of the monsoon rainfall 
_ haying been less than half the average. 
No. 360. Cotton; Malwa variety. 
Commonly called “ Waradee;” displaeed in 
1866-67, but not entirely exterminated. This 
season’s growth. 
No. 361. Cotton; Khandeish Hingunghat. 
From pedigree seed selected for four seasons. 
Injured in quality by failure of rain; never- 
theless a very good sample. This season’s 
crop. 
362-366. Cotton-seed, seed-cotton, and cotton from 
the Government Farm, Sind. 
No. 362,364. Cotton-seed and cotton; Sind 
variety ; unselected. 
Nos. 363, 365, 366. Seed-cotton and cotton; 
American, New Orleans; selected and un 
selected ; grown (TU “ Dussur ” soil. 
885. Seed-cotton. Indore Local Committee. 
886. Ginned cotton. Indore Local Committee. 
Models and Photographs of Machines for 
Cleaning Cotton, &c. 
H. H. the Maharajah of Gwalior, G.C.S.I. 
36/. Model of cotton-cleaning machine. Punjab. 
368. Cotton-cleaning machine. Gwalior. 
369. The bow with its appendages, as used for clean 
ing cotton.