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Sir,

C.O.

18043

19 21 MAY 04

Botanical and Afforestation Department,

Hongkong. April 15, 1904.

424

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has requested the Government of Hongkong to endeavour to interest some of the leading Hongkong merchants in the cultivation of cotton, and has mentioned that seed can be obtained through Kew.

2. It is estimated that 35 to 40,000 bales (each 400 lbs.) of raw cotton are consumed in this colony yearly and considerable interest has been shown in the proposal to grow it locally.

3. With a view to foster this interest it has been decided to make experiments with different kinds of cotton seed in various situations and this Department has received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose.

4. The chief local consumers of raw cotton, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., suggest Low and Medium Bengals, Tungchow, Tinnevelly and Broach as the kinds of cotton

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Sir, C.O. 18043 19 21 MAY 04 Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hongkong. April 15, 1904. 424 I have the honour to inform you that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has requested the Government of Hongkong to endeavour to interest some of the leading Hongkong merchants in the cultivation of cotton, and has mentioned that seed can be obtained through Kew. 2. It is estimated that 35 to 40,000 bales (each 400 lbs.) of raw cotton are consumed in this colony yearly and considerable interest has been shown in the proposal to grow it locally. 3. With a view to foster this interest it has been decided to make experiments with different kinds of cotton seed in various situations and this Department has received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose. 4. The chief local consumers of raw cotton, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., suggest Low and Medium Bengals, Tungchow, Tinnevelly and Broach as the kinds of cotton
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COPY. >0. (8. sir, C.O. 18043 19 21 MAY 04 Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hongkong. April 15, 1904. 424 I have the honour to inform you that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has requested the Government of Hongkong to endeavour to interest some of the lead ing Hongkong merchants in the cultivation of cotton, and has mentioned that seed can be obtained through Kew. 2. It is estimated that 35 to 40,000 hales (each 400 lbs.) of raw cotton are consumed in this colony yearly and considerable interest has been shown in the proposal to grow it locally. 3. With a view to foster this interest it has been decided to make experiments with different kinds of cotton seed in various situations and this Department has received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose. 4. The chief local consumers of raw cotton, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., suggest Low and Medium Bengals, Tungchow, Tinnevelly and Broach as the kinds of cotton ཝཱམ མ ॰ ''ཨཛཱིཛྫིཏཱ¥ ཨུ '
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sir,

C.O.

18043

19 21 MAY 04

Botanical and Afforestation Department,

Hongkong. April 15, 1904.

424

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretary

of State for the Colonies has requested the Government of

Hongkong to endeavour to interest some of the lead ing

Hongkong merchants in the cultivation of cotton, and has

mentioned that seed can be obtained through Kew.

2. It is estimated that 35 to 40,000 hales (each

400 lbs.) of raw cotton are consumed in this colony yearly

and considerable interest has been shown in the proposal

to grow it locally.

3. With a view to foster this interest it has been

decided to make experiments with different kinds of cotton

seed in various situations and this Department has

received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view

to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose.

4. The chief local consumers of raw cotton, Messrs.

Jardine, Matheson & Co., suggest Low and Medium Bengals,

Tungchow, Tinnevelly and Broach as the kinds of cotton

ཝཱམ མ ॰ ''ཨཛཱིཛྫིཏཱ¥ ཨུ '

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