India revenue letter : dated 15th March, 1839 (no. 4).

  • Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849.
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[1840]
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Credit: India revenue letter : dated 15th March, 1839 (no. 4). Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    10. You will perceive that many of the statements in these memo- rials have been made in the absence of correct information regarding the measures which have already been adopted, with a view to encourage the growth in India of various staple articles of commerce, including that of cotton. We have informed the respective parties that the subject would continue to receive our attentive consideration. 11. In the memorial from the East India Association at Glasgow, our attention has been drawn to an improved machine for cleaning cotton on the principle of the Churka, three of which are about to be forwarded by the society to Bombay. We have requested the asso- ciation to procure for us four additional machines, two of which we propose forwarding to Bengal, and two to Madras. 12. This machine, it will be observed, is stated “to clean most satisfactorily the Kupas sent from Bombay.” The experiment, however, being as yet confined to this country, we shall not be justified in giving the reward alluded to by the society, until the power of the machine has been fully proved, by being successfully applied near the place of growth, and soon after the gathering of the cotton. 2—2