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

  • George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
Date:
[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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    INDIA REVENUE LETTER. Dated 15^7i Marchy 1839. (No. 4.) 1. From the correspondence which has passed with your Government, as well as with the Governments of Madras and Bombay, you are fully sensible of the interest we have taken in the cultivation of Cotton, Sugar, and other articles of commerce suited to the European markets. 2. The full and interesting information which we have from time to time received from our respective Governments, has satisfied us that they are as deeply impressed with the importance of this subject as our- selves ; and it has been very gratifying to us to find that the efforts which have been made in the formation of roads, the construction of canals of irrigation, and the alteration in the mode of assessment, have been felt and acknowledged by the agricultural community, and have to a considerable extent, especially in the article of sugar, been attended with encouraging success. 3. With regard to cotton, although the exertions have not been less unremitting, we are aware that the success which has attended the culti- vation of this article has not been so great as could be wished. 4. \\ ith a view to extend, improve, and encourage the cultivation of cotton, experimental farms, and farms subsidiary were established, pecuniary advances made to individuals, and rewards granted to such natives as evinced zeal and ingenuity in the prosecution of the object. Seed, in considerable quantities, was procured from Egypt, Bourbon, the Brazils, and from North America. Saw-gins, used with so much success in the latter country, and in the West Indies, were sent to India, and a gentleman*, who resided for some years in Georgia and New Orleans, was deputed to superintend the working of them. 5. From the best information wo have obtained from your records, and from other sources, there appears no reason to doubt, although this great desideratum has not yet been obtained, that, under proper ma- * Mr. Alctcalfu.