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·Summary Proceedings
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·RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DATE LABEL (AC) Call No.x8(3781+2,83 GO Date of Release Acen, No&0980 for loan This book should be returned to the library on of before the date last stamped below, And 1. 2. 4 5. 6 7 3 10. 11. R.U.P.-UL (525)-10,000_-11-64. 13 ON 10 21 22 22 13.3 14. Technologicat Research Progress Report of the Director, Techno. logical Laboratory 1. Technologiral Basearch Report of, tha Toshuningcal. RAMATH. Sub-Committee 16. Report of the Rosearch Students' Selection Sub-Computtee 17. Report of the Special Sub-Committee to consider the question of a wider market for Indian cotton [& Mixing of old cotton sad mid droppings, etc., in new crop cotion at Dhulia, Bombay Presidency 19. Report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee 20. Punjab Fink and Spotted Boll.worm Scherpen Reply of the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, on the observations made by the Committee at its lagt meeting 21 Bikaner Gang Canal Scheme-Extension of 22 Pangal Cotton Failure Research Schemo-Revised proposals for 23. Punjah Cotton lihute Fly Research Scheme--Proposed extension of.. 24. Roport of the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub.Committee Post-mortem examination of eatton forecasts of 1934-35 season 26 Reports of engjuiries into the Wllage consulinption of cotton 27. Cotton Crop Forecast Improvement Scheme in the Bombay Presidency-Proposed permanent getention of the staff or extaphon of stbome for three years 23 25 25 ·2 Pagri 16 28. Report of the Starling Finance Sul.Committen .. (0) Bilance Short. (6) Finnmrin! Sintoment, () Rovirul litimindey, 103.7.3i. (d) Burigot, 1930.737, Ir) Auditors' fone, 1.1111e'sallira linn ('otton ('ommittoihlork of Note by Mr. H. (. Short, Cotton ('ommissioner 30. Pinilen freich: Toutes on cotton--- Beforence from the last meeting 31. Birorumtiront of a compart black of long staple cotton in Sind-Letter from the Bombons Cintasumont. lindoll (Banilla) Ser Distribution Srlırmalroposaol extension 6 . 28 28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 32 33. form of Abwertet l'rocandings of meetings of the Committee.. 31. l'rovincini ('otfon ('ornmittees Broccordings of the Punjab Provincial (ofton l'ermittent 3). Madras Horleder (Zanlam Sehermen l'ropmsed further extension of Broedersting in the mornings of commercinl news on cotton-Letter from the invernment of Inilin :37. 'l'ruiming front of Ur. lssklir Ahrnnd 38. (injort Boll.sorin Clean-up Schemeneasures for the audition of olie Rolls -sorm pert in Cujemi Letter from the Government of Bombay :39. Propuneri ameoment in form a prescribed under Rule 16 of the Indinn Cotton ('x Rules, 1923 Ilvederbuc l'ink ami spotrei Boll.worm Schema Proposcul exten. mion of 11. Hvadorabudi Semed Dintribution and Extension Schome-Proposed ("xtension of Sir Albort Howard's criticism of the Committco's work and policy .13. Fill in the exports of Inlinn cotton to China •1-1. Crop altlus of India- l'orintol Cotton Map 15. Report of thin Suls.Committee appointed to work out details for looliling a Conference of Scientific Workers Resolutions passed by the Committee APPENDICES. I. Bombay Cotton Control fot. 1935 II. Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act III. Hull.yourly report of the Publicity and Propaganda Officer IV. Summary of Proccedings of the Local Sub-Committee V. Summary of tho progress roport of the Director, Technological Laboratory VI. Report of tho Technological Research Sub-Committee VII. Roport of tho Special Sub.Committee to consider the question of a wider markot for Indian cotton VIII. Report of tho Agricultural Research Sub-Committee IX. Roport of the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee X. Roport of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee XI. Work of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee Noto by Mr. H. C. Short, Cotton Commissioner XII. Sir Albert Howard's criticism of the Committee's work and policy XIII. Crop Atlas of India-Varietal Cotton Map 32 36 45 57 58 66 67 68 90 91 94 94 97 ·3 Present. Sir Bryco C. Burt, Kt., C.I.E., M.B.E., I.AS. (President), Acting Vice-Chairman, Impcrial Council of Agricultural Research, Sir Purshotandax Thakurdas, Kt., CI.E., M.B.E (l'ice-President), Representative of the East India Cotton Association, Bombay, Di. F J F. Shaw, D.Sc., A.R.C.S., Agricultural Expert, Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, M. R. Ry Ro Bahadur D. Ananda Rao Garii, I AS, Director of Agriculture, Representative of the Agricultural Department, Madrar Presidency, Dr. W. Burns, D Sc., J.AS, Director of Agriculture, Representativo of the Agricultural Department, Bombay Presidency, Mr J H. Ritchie, I AS., Director of Agriculture, Representative of the Agricultural Department, United Provinces, Mr. H R Stowart, I.AS., Director of Agriculture, Representative of the Agricultural Department, Punjab, Mr. J. C. McDougall, I.AS., Ofig. Director of Agriculture, Reprosentative of the Agricultural Department, Central Provinces, Mr. S. D Saklatvala, M.L.C, Representative of the Bombay Mill. owners' Association, Mr. A. A. Strantides, Representative of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, Chunilal B Mohta, EsqRepresentative of the Indian Merchanth' Chamber, Bombay, G. CR Coleridge, Esq., Ropresentative of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce, Soth Sakarlal Balabhai, M.L.C., Representatire of the Ahmedabad Millowners' Association, J. Vonosch, Esq , Represontative of the Tuticorin Chamber of Commorco, W. Roberts, Esq., C.I.E , Representative of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, Y. G. Deshpande, Esq., Commercial Reprosentative, Central Provinces, Rao Bahadur G. R. Kotharo, M.L.C., Commercial Representative, Central Provinces, Khan Bahadur Sardar Habibullah, M.L.C., Commercial Representative, Punjab, Ro Bahadur M. G. Dospando, C.B.E., Co-operative Banking Re. presentative, M. R Ry Rao Bahadur B. P. Sesha Reddi Garu, M.L.C., Represen. tativo of cotton growers, Madras, Sardar Rao Bahadur Bhimbha Ranchodji Natk, M.L.C., Representative of cotton growers, Bombay Presidency, Rao Bahadur C. S. Shirahattı, Represontative of cotton growers, Bombay Prosidency, Rai Balundur Lulu Anand Sarilj), M.L.C., Representative of cotton growors, United Provinces, ·Sierdier Sampuran Singl. M.L.C., Representative of cotton growers, Punjab, Jlin Vurullal, JI.L.l'., Representative of cotton growers, Punjab, V. JI. Desiimukh. Esq., representative of cotton Towers, l'entral Prorines iril Borur, . B. Desmuki. Esą.. Representative of cotton growers, Central Provinces ind Beritr, Vizibl-11-Din Hurler. Est. Director of Agriculture, Representative of the Hylerilhad Stilte, ht. :ln. Ez.. ('.I.E., Director of Agriculture, Representative of the Bilrodit State. H. H. Pitalyil. EscL.. Director of dgriculture, Representative of the Giralior State, F. K. Jackson, Esq.. Director. Institute of Plant Industry: Indore, Represcritative of Rajputana ani Central India States, Filo Bilkui S.S.Silimith, Deputr Director of Agriculture, Southern Division. Derwir. Dr. V. K. Birodaloi, PLL.D.. Representative of the Mysore State. ...Jenkins. Es..I.... Chief Jericultural Oficer in Sind. Seth Issurdas Varindnil. Representative of the Indian Merchants Association, Kirchi. F. B. Richitrils. Estu.. L.A.S., Entomologist to Government. United Proriaces. Khi Bilkidar Vilni! Filzl-i-li Khilo. Chairman, District Board ind President, ('entral Co-operatire Banks, Ltd., Gujrat, Punjab, Klin Sabels Firrithhes Sidikilibey Ilirzil. Nimbshah. Sind, Litli Shri Ritm. Representative of Cotton Millowners of Delhi. Chellacam Slewilram, Esq., Representative of the Karachi Cotton Association. Ltd. The Secretary (P. H. Rama Reddi. Esq.. I.A.S.), The Director. Technological Laboratory (Dr. Nazir Ahmad), and The Publicity Oficer (Ē. D. Jilura. Esq.). By inritation. Sir Richard H. Jackson. Chairman, Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee. The Hoodle Khao Bilhadur D. B. Cooper...P., Member for Rerenue iled Finitnce, Gurernment of Bumbily", The Hon'ble Demia Bahadur S. T. Kimbli, J.P., Minister for Agriculture. Goreriment of Bombay. ('. G. Ereke, Esq., I.C.S., Secretary to the Gurernment of Bombay, Finilice Department, N C. Mehta, Esq., I.C.S., Secretary. Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, N. Brodie, Esq., Director, Industrial Intelligence and Research Bureau, Indian Stores Department. W.D.M. Clarke, Esq., His Majesty's Trade Commissioner at Bombay, H. C. Short, Esq., Cotton Commissioner. Ladcashire Indian Cotton Committee ·5 C. B. Bramble, Esq., M.L.C., C/o Messrs. Drennan & Co., Bombay, E. Nouenhofer, Esq., C/o Messrs. Volkart Bros , Bombay, Mazhar Husain, Esq., Director of Statistics, H. E. H. the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad, Deccan, R. G. Saraiya, Esq., Clo Messrs. Narandas Rajaram & Co., Bombay, Rai Saheb Kalidas Sawhnoy, Cotton Research Botanist, Parbhani, J. B. Hutchinson, Esq., Geneticist and Botanist, Institute of Plant industry, Indore, Prof. R. H. Dastur, Plant Physiologist, Agricultural College, Lyallpur, Mohammad Afzal, Esq., Cotton Research Botanist, Lyallpur, K. V Joshi, Esq., Deputy Director of Agriculture, Nasık, S. V. Shevde, Cotton Superintendent, Banilla Cotton Seed Distribution and Extension Scheme, Amalner, G. S. Kurpad, Esq., Deputy Director of Agriculture, H. E H. the Nizam's Dominions, Raichur, G. R Ambekar, Esq , Provincial Officer in Charge, Cotton Forecast Improvement Scheme, Bombay. Letters and telegrams were received from the following members regretting their inability to attend the meeting F. D. Odell, Esq , 1.A S., Deputy Director of Agriculture, Representative of the Agricultural Department, Burma, The Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, J. Tinker, Esq , Representative of the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, J. Nuttal, Esq , Commercial Representative, Madras, Akhil Bandhu Guha, Esq, Commercial Representative, Bengal, K. S. Ramaswami Gounder, Esq., Ropresentative of cotton growers, Madras, D. N. Mahta, Esq., Economic Botanist for Cotton, Central Provinces, M. R. Ry. v. Ramanatha Ayyar, Avargal, Cotton Specialist, Coimbatore. President's Speech. GENTLEMEN, It is my privilege to welcome you to the thirty-second meeting of the Indian Central Cotton Committee. We miss the familiar figure in the Presidential Chair of Dewan Bahadur Sir T. Vijayaraghavacharya who, for six years, conducted our meetings in his own inimitable manner and to whose services to the Committee you testified in such unmistakable terms at our last meeting. You will therefore be gratified to hear that though Sir Vijayaraghavacharya will no longer preside at our meetings, we shall not be deprived of the benefit of his wide knowledge and experience 18 tho Government of India have appointed him an additional member of the Committee. You will desire me to extend a most cordial welc to istinguished guests, especially to Sir Richard Jac the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee, who, ·6 making a tour of this country on behalf of that body. We are all familiar with the very valuable Fork which the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee is doing to popularise Indian cottons in Lancashire in Tin not betraying any secret in saying that much of the credit for the achievements of that Committee is due to Sir Richard Jackson himself. His second visit to this country within two years is ample testimony of his desire to further the interests of India. We, on our part, hope that he will find that considerable further improvement has been effected in the quality of Indian cotton since his last visit and that the task of his Committee has been correspondingly lightened. As we hope to hear from Sir Richard a good deal about the work of his Committee, I will only add that not only have the exports of Indian cotton to England and the consumption of Indian cotton in Lancashire shown an encouraging increase, but there are definite indications that the demand for our cottons is on a broader basis as a result of the Lancashire Committee's efforts to find new users, and new uses, for Indian cotton. We are also glad to welcome the Hon'ble Khan Bahadur Cooper, Finance Member, the Hon'ble Dewan Bahadur S. T. Kambli, linister for Agriculture, and Mr. Freke, Finance Secretary to the Bombay Government. To Mr. H. C. Short, the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee's Commissioner in India, Nr. X. Brodie, Director of the Industrial Research and Intelligence Bureau of the Government of India, Dir. W. D. M. Clarke, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner at Bombay, and Mr. N. C. Mehta, Secretary of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, I also extend a hearty welcome. We were all gratified to learn that our first President Mr. S. Milligan, has recently been honoured with the title of C.B.E. We offer him our heartiest congratulations. Though it is orer a decade since he retired from India, he continues to take a keen interest in our work. We also offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. R. G. Allan on whom the honour of C.I.E. has just been conferred, and to Khan Bahadur Afzal Husain who is in charge of three of our research schemes. It is also a pleasure to congratulate Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta on his appointment to the high office of Sheriff of Bombay for we all know that he will fill his new office with distinction. Turning now to our agenda, we must all feel gratified that the Bombay Cotton Control Act, which has for its object the elimination of Goghari cotton from the important long staple cotton areas of the Bombay Presidency, has now passed into law. This Bill was before us at our last meeting and the celerity with which it passed through all stages in the Legislature shows that the need for it was thoroughly appreciated by the public. This piece of legislation will undoubtedly go a long way towards improving the quality of the cotton of the Surat tract. It is a necessary corollary to the intensire work of the Bombay Agricultural Department in that area which the Committee has financed to a considerable extent. Considerable progress has been made in another rery important matter, viz., the suppression of malpractices in cotton ginning and pressing factories through a system of licenses. licenses. Both the Bombay and the Central Provinces Görernments hare introduced, in their respective Legislative Councils, Bills to amend the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act in which provision has been made for the ·7 imposition of finos and, where necessary, the suspension or cancel. lation of the licenses of factories found guilty of malpractices. There is abundant evidence that further action in this direction was urgently needed The Bille, in the form recommended by the Committee, impose no hardship on the honest trader or factory owner. The Bombay Council has referred the Bill to a Select Committee, whilst the Central Provinces Bill has been circulated for eliciting public opinion. In the interests of Indian cotton we trust that both measures will shortly take their place on the statute look. The subject of "Cotton Options " again figures on our agenda in accordance with the decision arrived at at our last meeting. I will not attempt to anticipate the discussion on this most important subject, but I have no doubt that the question has engaged your close attention since we last met and that we shall now be able to reach definite conclusions. You will remember that at our meeting in February 1935 we came to the conclusion that complaints arising abroad regarding faults in Indian cotton were occasionally exaggerated because India was not adequately represented at important International Cotton Congresses It was decided that the Committee should endeavour to arrange for botter Indian representation on the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations, as we were con. vinced that at all such discussions India should be represented by qualified and properly instructed representatives who could speak with knowledge and authorty on present-day conditions. This will now be possible as the Indian Central Cotton Committee has been mado an Associate Member of the International Federation. Besides the budgets with which our cold weather meetings are usually associated, you will be called upon to consider the reports of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee, the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee, the Technological Research Sub-Committee, the Cotton Forocast Improvement Sub-Committee and the Special Suh. Committee on Wider Markets for Indian cotton. These reports are the outcome of solid work by the members of the various Sub. Committees and I am sure you will desire me to thank them warmly for the very valuable assistance they have rendered us in the detailed examination of the subjects remitted to them, In particular, our Finance and Local Sub-Committees, which consist mainly of Bombay members, have again given freely of their time and abilities to further Our work. Gentlemen, I shall not delay you any longer from the work before you,' Before taking up the subjects on the agenda the meeting carried with acclamation a resolution moved by the l'ice-President expressing great satisfaction at the conferment of a Knighthood on the acting President and tendering cordial congratulations to Sir Bryce Burt on the lugh honour conferred on him. The mover and those who spoke in support of his resolution paid tributes to the varied services of Sir Bryce Burt to the Committee.

·8 SUBJECT 2.-Confirmation of Minutes. The Minutos of the previous mooting were then confirmed. SUBJECT 3.--Retirement of members by rotation. The Secrotary's note relating to retirement of members by rotation was recorded. SUBJECT 4.-ppointment of Vice-President and Sub-Committees. Sir Pursotamdas Thakurdas was re-elected Vice-President for the year 1936-37 and the following Sub-Committees were formed :- Standing Finance Sub-Committee for the Financial Y car 1936-37. The President (ex-officio), Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Mr. J. Vonesch, Mir. Chunilal B. Mielta, Mr. G. C. R. Coleridge, Mr. A. A. Sarantides, Rao Bahadur G, R. Kothare, and Sardor Rao Bahadur Bhimbhai Ranchodji Naik. Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Sub-Committee. Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Mr. A. A. Sarantides, Mr. J. Vonesch, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, Mr. G. C. R. Coleridge, Mr. J. Nuttall, Mr. W. Roberts, Mr. J. Tinker, Mr. Y. G. Deshpande, The Co-operative Representative Rao Bahadur M. G. Deshpande (ex-officio), Mr. Chellaram Shevaram (co-opted member). The Local Sub-Committee. The President, Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Sardar Rao Bahadur Bhimbhai Ranchodį Naik, ·Mr. J. Vogesch, Mr. A. A. Sarantides, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, Mr. G. C. R. Coleridge, Rao Bahadur G. R. Kothare. The Agricultural Research Sub-Committee. 1. The President (ex-officio), JI. The Vice-President (ex-officio), III. The Director, Institute of Plant Industry, Indore-Mr. F. K. Jackson (ex-officio), IV. The Co-operative Representative-Rao Bahadur M. G. Desh. pande (ex-officio), V. Cotton Growers' Representatives Mr. W. Roberts, Mr. N. M. Deshmukh, VI. Cotton Trade Representatives, Rao Bahadur G. R. Kothare, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, VII. Agricultural Officers- Dr. W. Burns, Mr. J. H. Ritchie, Mr. H. R. Stewart, Mr. V. Ramanatha Ayyar, Dr. F. J. F. Shaw, Mr. R. G. Allan, Mr. W. J. Jenkins, Rao Bahadur D. Ananda Rao (iaru. Mr. D. N. Mahta, Mr. P. B. Richards, Mr. J. C. McDougall, Mr. Nizam-ud-Din Hyder. Mr. H. 8. Pandya. Dr. V. K. Badami. VIII. Additional Member Mr. Mohammad fize. Rai Sabeb Kalidas. Mr.J. I. Hutchisor: Slizn Murtllat. ::: Mr. Cheliziot 53: IX. The Secretary ·10 The Technological Research Sub-Committee. The President (cr.officio), Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Ns. A. A. Soranides, Dr. W. Burns, Dr. F.J. F. Shaw, Mr. 11. R. Stewart, Mr. Chunilal B. Mchta, Mir, 1. (i. Deshpande, Seth Sakarlal Balabhai. Rao Bahadur D. Ananda Rao (iaru, Lain Shri Ram, Mr. J. Tinker, Mr. N. Brodie, Dr. Nazir Almad, .- Co-opted Members:--Two representatives cach from- The Bombay Millowners' Association, The Ahmedabad Millowners' Association and The East India Cotton Association, Bombay, and One representative from the Karachi Cotton Association, Ltd The Respirrch Students' Selection Sub-Committee. Tlic President, The Vice President, Dr. F. J. F. Shaw, Dr. W. Burns, Mr. P. B. Richards, Mr. H. R. Stewart, Mr. J. H. Ritchie, Rao Bahadur D. Ananda Rao Caru, Mr. W. J. Jenkins, Mr. F. K. Jackson, Mr. J. C. McDougall, Mr. H. H. Pandya, Mr. R. G. Allan, Mr. Nizam -ud-Din Hyder, Dr. V. K. Badami and Dr. Nazir Ahmad ·11 The Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee. The President, The Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, The Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, The Director of Agriculture, Punjab, The Director of Agriculture, Madras, The Director of Agriculture, United Provinces, The Director of Agriculture, Central Provinces, The Director of Agriculture, Baroda, The Director of Agriculture, H. E. H. the Nizam's Government, The Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind, The Director of Statistics, H. E. H. the Nizam s Government. The Director of Land Records, Central Provinces and Berar, The Deputy Director of Statistics, The Statistical Officer, Madras Board of Revenue, The Agricultural Expert to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, and Trade representative-Mr. J. Vonesch. The Special Sub-Committee to consuer the question of a wider market for Indian cotton. The President, The Vice-President, Dr. F. J. F. Shaw, Mr. M. R. Stewart, Mr. J. H. Ritchie, Dr. V. Burns, Alr. W. J. Jenkins, Mir, Nizam-ud-Din Hyder. Mr. S. D. Sahlatvala, Mir. J. Vonesch, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, Mr. l. fi. Deshpande, Khan Bahadur Sardar Habibullah, Sardar Rao Babadur Bhimbhai Ranchodji Naik, Rao Bahadur D. Anarda Rao Garu, Mr. J. C. McDougall, Mr. R. G. Saraiya, Mr. Kasturbhai Lalbhai, -opted Members Sethjisserdas Varindmal. } co-asted ·12 The Malpractices Sub-Committee was agreed to be discontinued. SUBJECT 5.-Representation of the Indian Central Cotton Committee on the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers Associations. The President announced that a satisfactory arrangement had beon arrived at with the International Federation with which the Committee was now definitely associated as an Associate Member, The Committee would receive the agenda and proceedings of the Fedoration meetings and would thus have an opportunity of properly instructing its representatives whenever questions concerning Indian cotton came up for consideration. This arrangement should ensure that India's case would not go by default in future. SUBJECT 6.-Establishment of regulated cotton markets. Only one point was discussed under this head, namely, that althongh the Central Provinces Cotton Market Act had been passed in 1932 out of about 17 important markets only one appeared to have been notified under the new Act. Three chief reasons were given to explain this circumstance. 1. Tho osvablishment of such markets had been left entirely to tho initiative of local bodies or the growers of cotton under the Act but as no application had been receivod from either, Section 4 of the Act was being amended to enablo Government to establish such markets on their own initiative. The failure to establish markets was also due to a certain extent to apathy among some local bodies and in other cases to their activo opposition. 2. Owing to the continuous frilure of the cotton crop during the last four years, the income from cotton markets had been very much reduced. 3. It had been reported to the Government of the Central Provinces that the volume of cotton dealt in some places in the province was not large enough to justify the formation of separate markets for cotton alone and it had accordingly been proposed that an onabling amendment should be made in the Central Provinces Cotton Markets Act to provide for joint cotton and grain markets wherever conditions were not favourable for the ostablishment of separato cotton and grain markets. This question was under the consideration of Government. The Committee expressed the hope that if any substantial alteration was being proposed in the Central Provinces Cotton Market rules the Committee would be given an opportunity of expressing its opinion. The Director of Agriculture, Central Provinces, said he would bring the point to the notice of his Government. It was noted that under the Madras Commercial Crops Market Act i cotton market had been started at Tirupur as an experiment but as soon as more experience was gained, the Act would be extended to other areas.

·13 SUBJECT 7.— Bombay Collon Control Act, 1935.* It was resolved that RESOLUTION-"The Indian Central Cotton Committee notes with satisfaction the expeditious manner in which the Bombay Cotton Control Act was passed by the Legislative Council. It is confident that this piece of legislation will go a long way towards improving the quality of cotton of the Surat tract where Goghari has been spreading to an alarming extent and that the benefits to the grower expected from the Act will soon be realised." Speakers commented on the easy and pleasant passage of the Bill through the Legislative Council and the hope was expressed that the working of the Act would be equally peaceful. This was the second instance, the first one being in Madras, of a measure taken up at the instance of the Indian Central Cotton Committee to restrict the growing of a particular variety of cotton in the interests of the majority of cultivators. Whon some members of the Bombay Legislative Council expressed the view that this Act curtailed the liberty of the agriculturists it was explained that the liberty of a few growers had been taken away in their interests and of the general body of cultivators. If the Act did any harm to anybody it was only to thoso ginowners who mixed the two cottons--Goghari and Navsarı-and not the cultivators. SURJECT 8 The Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act.t (a) Bombay Amendment Bill. (b) Central Provinces Amendment Bill. Decusion ranged over three kinds of malpractices which these Bills proposed to tackle, namely, watering, excessive sced and the presence of foreign substances. The difference between the two Bills with regard to mixing also came under examination. The essential difference was stated to be that under the Bombay Bill mixing could be prohibited only in prescribed areas whereas under the Central Provinces Bill mixing was to be permitted anywhere provided a bale containing mixed cotton was marked as such. On this point the Local Sub.Committee had suggested that the Central Provinces Government should follow the Bombay Bill. On behalf of the Central Provinces measure it was explained that in its present form it had been circulated for opinion but that considerable changes would presumably be made in it at the time of final drafting. The provision in the Central Provinces Bill relating to mixing and also absence of definition of mixing were severely commented on. It was declared by more speakers to be absurd that an Act which Was made to prevent mixing should allow mixing provided that fact was indicated on the outside of the bale An Act which was intended to prevent mixing must prevent it no matter what the difficulties Here. Appendıx I (page 42). Appendix II (page 45).

·14 Some of the dificulties of ganging the extent to which mixing took poluces were welt upon by others. No scientific method had been volved so far to determine the exact proportion of mixtures in any Hive sample. Cotton consisted of innumerable varieties and even in prire cotton of the same variety there wore differences in price of Rs. 10, 20 and 30 per khanıly. is regards fixing the responsibility for mixturcs it was urged that as long as no special uren had been reserved for growing a particular kind of cotton there should be no penalty for mixtures. In the Central Province's very cotton field container some admixture which was not intentional. The cotton which went to the bazar however always contained mixtures of several kinds of cotion and owing to the wide sproud of verum seed such cotton was a mixture of verum ind nic typesMerchants, therefore, found it very difficult to distinguisha nnd separate one cotton from another in their bazar purchases. The factory owner and merchants should not therefore be penalised in these circumstances and unless the mixer of the cotton were traced, which would be very difficult, innocent parties might be penalised. A Bill prohibiting mixtures in present circumstances would kill the trade. It was therofore suggested that such a clause should be applied only to particular arcas reserved for particular kinds of cotton. As regards watering; except one speaker all were agreed that the cultirntor was not responsible for this cril. If watering accidently took place, an allowance was made by the merchart there and then.. It was mentioned that one firm at Nagpur bought from cultivators hundreds of cart-louds of kapas for its mills but scarcely ever was hapas found to be watered or wet. But when on the same day they bought "ready" bojhus of ginned cotton they had to pay only say Rs. 97 or 98 per bojha whilst the cotton purchased as kapas cost Rs. 101 or 102. The difference of Rs. 4 or 5 per balo was found on investigation to be mcrcly due to the fact that the ginned cotton they bought was watered. The merchant could not possibly have been able to sell at that price unless hic depended on the weight of water in the cotton. The extreme limit of watering reached was that in å khandy of 784 lbs. of cotton as much as 160 lbs. of water had been put. A leading cotton merchant in Bombay had stated that he had seen it hose played on heaps of ginned cotton for three hours and that this was the second application of the hose. The greatest complaint against watering was that it played havoc with cotton, as such cotton had to be sold as soon as it reached Bombay irrespective of whether it was near the market price or not and whoever bought this cotton and kept it in his godown for four or six months would soon find to his cost what colour it would have. A new point was brought up in the course of discussion on the evil of mixing. It was stated that a practice had grown up in Bombay during the last year or so of full-pressed bales being opened and after being mixed with all sorts of Bengals, Mathia, Central Provinces and Berar cottons being re-pressed and exported principally to one country only. More than å lakh of bales had been pressed in this manner in Bombay last year. In this connection a cable from the President, Japan Cotton Merchants' Union, Osaka, to the Chairman, East India ·15 Cotton Association, Bombay, was read drawing attention to the intentional mixing and re-pressing of tremendous volume of widely varying cotton and emphasising that the interests of legitimate cotton merchants and shippers were endangered and Indo-Japanese cotton trado unfavourably affected Finally the meeting adopted the folloning resolutions RESOLUTION--" The Indian Central Cotton Committee congratulates the Bombay Government on the rapid progress they have made with the introduction of the Bombay Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Amendment Bill in the Bombay Legislative Council. The Indian Central Cotton Committee endorses the recommendation of the Local Sub-Committee regarding the detailed provisions in the Central Provinces Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Amendment Bill for dealing with watering, excessive seed, introduction of ex. traneous matter and mixing of different kinds of cotton.' With regard to the new point about re-pressing the President suy. gested that it should be taken up by the Local Sub-Committee. It was possible that some change in the rules for the marking of bales, whether pressed or re-pressed in the Bombay city and island could be effected by which bales of cotton re-pressed in Bombay could bo distinguished from those pressed in other parts of India The Vice- President suggested that if the Committee would leave the matter to the Local Sub-Committee the latter would try and devise somo means to put an effective check to the practice complained of. SUBJECT 9.-Report on the Fumigation of American Cotton. The meeting unanimously passed a resolution. RESOLUTION_-" That the recommendations of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee that the Government of India be requested to make permanent the present fees for the fumigation of American cotton of Rs. 2-7-0 per square bale and of Re. 1-8-0 per round bale be approved." It was oxplained that the charges mentioned in the resolution were those in voguo at prosent and the Government of India desired to know whother tho Committee wished to change them or would like them to be made pormanent. Stross was laid on the noed for keeping fumigation ratos as low as possible. SUBJECT 10.--Collon Options-Proposed additions and amendinents to the By-laws of the East India Cotton Association, Ltd.-Reference from the last meeting of the Committee. It was oxplained that the consideration of the subject had been doferred to this meeting in order to enablo the President and Vico. President to discuss it informally with the various departmonts of the Government of India which were concerned. As a result tho President made a number of suggestions in a supplomontary noto. After a longthy debate it was rosolred unanimously that tho Committoo's roply to the Government of Bombay with regard to tho ·16 proposal to legilise and regulate cotton options should be as contained in the President's Supplomontary Note. The suggestions made in the supplementary note are as follows :- Suloject to certain conditions single options, Teji or Jandi, stuula lo recognised and trading in them regulated by the Fast Tulia Cotton Association but that double (Teji Diandi) options should not be recognised : it must be a condition of such recognition that all unrecognised option business would be prohibited and made illegal--as well as unenforceable. In other words, i Bill on the lines of Sardar Bhimbhai Nail's Bill will have to be passed into law before options can be rocogniecd. (0) It sliould romain within the power of the Gorernment of Bombay to retrace their steps should the experiment of legalising options prore il failure. As the Bombay Cotton (!ontracts Act stands at present the by-laws of the East India Cotton Association require the prior approral of the Governorin-Council but there is no clause enabling the Governor-in- Council to cancel a by-law once made if its working is found unsatisfactory. It is obviously desirable from erery point of ricw that there should be some flexibility especially during the experimental period and the Governor-in-Council should have the power of cancelling or calling for the modifications of any by-law the operation of which was found detrimental to the operations of the East India Cotton Association or to the interests of any part of the cotton trade. (c) It should be a condition of the recognition of option-dealing that all transactions between members and non-members should be registered with the East India Cotton Association though not adjusted in the same manner as transactions between members. One of the great dangers of the present system of unlegalised options is the unknown rolume of such options and of the consequential impending operations on the liedge contract market proper. If all transactions in options are registered the position will always be known to the trade in general. (d) Only such options should be recognised as are of use to the genuine trader. It is desirable that the minimum period for options should in no case exceed one month. In fact the original Bombay system included only yearly options and it is clearly desirable that the option period should not be shorter than is needed by legitimate traders. The permissible options should be stated in the by-laws and approred by the Bombay Government. (e) Finally, it is important that these ner responsibilities should not in any way endanger the stability of the Clearing House of the East India Cotton Association. So far as transactions between members of the Association are concerned, the existence of the deposit of Rs. 20,000 appears to be an adequate guarantee. But it seems necessary that, in transactions between members and non-members, the non-member should ·pay in cash the premium for the option so as to discourage over trading. At present this is partly provided for by the draft by-laty 191 which however leaves to members & discretion in the matter. Speeches made in the course of the debate generally commended the President's proposal as an excellent solution of a difficult problem, but very strong views were also expressed in favour of making all. cotton options illegal and suppressing them under the criminal law, should that be possible An amendment urging that these transactions be declared illegal under the Criminal Law was moved and seconded but was lost by nie votes to seven, many members abstaining Another amendment asking that the minimum period of options be changed from one month to three months was after discussion withdrawn. The points made in the course of the speeches may be summarised as follows.- 1. Every conceivable method of preventing option business had been discussed at Delhi and the 'resident's note was the result of the conclusions drawn by him. 2. The proposal to legalise and regulate option business was merely a trial and nobody should be dogmatic about its success 3. Several mills and spinners of repute were accustomed to protect themselves by option dealings under certain circumstances. 4. Option dealing was an expert art and those who could tackle options so well, so skilfully, and with such expert knowledge as in Bombay were neither reckless nor ignorant They knew their business thoroughly and their like was rare outside the Bombay market 5 One reason why option business should not be prohibited was that at present the Bombay cotton market with its option business was perliaps the largest market in the world, but without options it would sink to a fourth rate market. 6. It was doubtful if Government would ever be able to suppress All teji-mandı business outside the East India Cotton Association, as there were also associations for cotton trading outside Bombay in the Bombay Presidency. Teji-mandi businegs was already going on on a large scale at Ahmedabad and it had also been started at Surat where a cotton exchange had already been opened. It was also in vogue at Indore, Bikaner, Jaipur and other small places and it would continue in those places irrespective of the Bombay Cotton Contracts (Amendment) Bill under consideration by the Bombay Legislatire Council 7. Shorter options than one month were a greater danger to the market 18 undue pressure could be brought to bear by purely speculative elements. Historically too, Bombay used to hare only yearly options. At present the unregulated options which caused most trouble were weekly options and for that reason one month had been suggested as absolute minimum with the proviso, that the period might be extended if a monthly option was not required for genuine trading.

·18 In addition to the minimum period of contract a maximum prorimul local islan bir fixer as the longer the period the more serious the situation would be. it one. sant period for foji-mandi business Houthal mean that six or seven monthis business would amount to more then it million bales and if it the end of this period the market fluctanto the danger would increase on account of accumulation. II. os thee other imund, the option period was shorter the volume of bosistema would not serummulate as on declaration days old contracts t'i pirrel. !!. In support of the amendment for suppressing this form of business it w** uirgeel that option dealings did not form part of the urulinary genuine trade denlings in cotton but were used by speculators whicleligluteil in huge speculations in all kinds of options. 1o. In a filling market options accelerated the decline more than they arcelerate the advance in in advancing market. This was a feature clefinitely against the interests of growers. Srnji:ct 11.-lalf-yourly report* of the Publicity and Propaganda Oficer. The meeting approveri the half-yearly report of the Publicity and Propaganda Officer. Apprecintive references were made to the Publicity and Propaganda Ollicer's services particularly in the recent instances of the Cotton Control Bill and the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Amendment Bill when these measures were before the Bombay Legislative Council. The Publicity Officer's services were requisitioned for Hyderabad State during the forthcoming Industrial Exhibition in connection with the Jubilee of His Exalted Highness, and also for following up the work of propaganda against Goghari in the next three months in Bombay Presidency. The l'irr-President as Chairman of the Standing Finance Sub- Committee gave the assurance that the services of the Publicity Oficer would be freely available subject to the exigencies and business of the Committee at the time the requests were received. He remarked that the members would be glad to know that the Government of Indin had finally approved of the Committee's recommendation regarding the Publicity Officer's scale of pay. SUBJECT 12.- Provincial Cotton Committees Proceedings of the Sind Cotton Committee. Of the varied subjects considered at the meeting of the Sind Cotton Committee, the members gave their attention to the steps necessary to prevent adulteration of the new strains now being grown in Sind and the best types of cotton suited to Sind. As regards the Bill for the licensing of gins and presses which seeks to amend the original Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, it was urged that if several varieties were grown mixing was bound to occur and it was therefore necessary to defer the application of the Act to the reserved area until the supply of seed was sufficient. * Appendix JII (page 52).

·19 The suggestion that not only should the tract be isolated for growing American cotton but also only one variety of American should be grown in it was criticised on the ground that it involved even more risks than if the area were confined to American cottons only It would be difficult to distinguish at present between the four different kinds of American cotton and to say which of them would be most suitable for the reserved area, A note of warning was sounded against sticking rigidly to one type of American cotton in the reserved area. It would be a great mistake to do so until the varieties being produced there at present had been tried on a much larger scale and the farmers were confident of their yield and their resistance to disease. Mr. Jenkins expressed his agreement with the view that it was rather premature to grow only one variety of cotton in the compact area in Sind, but Sind Agricultural Department was justified in taking a cotton which they had tested for a number of years in preference to any new types such as the K T types which had never been fully tested in the Barrage areas. The growing of only one variety of cotton presented very great practical difficulties owing to the March closure of the canals Sind Sudhar, to which the Sind Agricultural Department was bound, did not grow well after the 15th of May and it was hoped that a seed selection from 4F. cotton would meet this difficulty as it was a late sowing cotton and was equal to 289F in staple. He considered that the continued importation of cotton seed with the names N.T. and K.T. from the Punjab would cause confusion and there should be some method of controlling this, SUBJECT 13 -Summary of Proceedings* of the Local Sub-Committee. The Secrtary's note and the summary were recorded SUBJECT 14.—Technological Research--Progress Reportt of the Director, Technological Laboratory SUBJECT 15.--Technological Research-Report of the Technological Research Sub-Committee (The above two subjects were discussed together.) The meeting unanimously approved the progress report of the Director, Technological Laboratory The President and Vice-President expressed appreciation of the work done by the Laboratory and the efficient manner in which Dr. Nazır Ahmad had conducted it Reference was made to certain specific recommendations made by the Technological Research Sub-Committee on the report of the Director of the Laboratory. One was that the tests on Boss III and Sea Island cotton from Sind should be repeated on samples drawn from ordinary commercial crops. Comparative tests should be carried out by mills and the Laboratory on the same lots of cotton. The Sub- † Appendix V (page 68.) * Appendix IV (page 87.) Appendix VI (page 66.)

·20 Or U, committee olres iftention to the necossity of better picking and sinning of such long staple cottons ng Boss III and Sea Island because it ipparcu ilunt these cottons had been damnger by had handling and these cotton4 required special care in picking to avoid leaf. il member suigrested that some work should be done on saw-ginned cotton as the spread of Imerican cotton in the Punjab and Sind Would lead to it rapid increase of saw-ginning in the next ten years It would be of great help if some tests were carried out for finding out the comparative effect of saw-gins and roller-gins on these anttons. Dr. Nazir Ihmud expressed his willingness to make the tests suppested Discussion control on two main points arising from the report ; first, that the results of the tests made in the Technological Laboratory on Boss III and Sea Islami cottons did not correspond with the results obtained by the mills ; second, what was the most advantageous process for manufacturing artificial silk and how far the cellulose from the Indian short staple cotton could be utilised. With regard to Boss IIT and Sea Island cottons it was pointed out that one firm had bought them at Rs. 450 per khanıly and sold them 310 1 rers hear'y loss as they did not prove a satisfactory substitute for similar Bgyptian cottons. Test made on these cottons had reveuled that the ginning was unsatisfactory and the staple most irregular. il number of explanations were offered by speakers for the difference between the results of the laboratory tests and those obtained in mills on these two varieties of cotton. Laboratory tests were carried out on agricultural samples which were handleid in a certain standard manner but nothing was known of the real origin of the sample of Giza cotton. In view of this doubt it was considered necessary that the Director should arrange for tests at the Laboratory and in certain mills on samples drawn from the same bales to find the cause of the difference in the results obtained and of the apparent irregularity of the staple. It was thought that in the case of Sea Island cotton better picking might considerably improve it. Immature bolls had been picked probably due to the fact that the agriculturists were used to short staple cotton and they applied the same method of picking to long and short staple cottons. It would be well for the Committee to consider the whole question of picking once again and to ask Directors of Agriculture in each province to say whether there was any room for improvement in picking particularly in those districts where longer staple cotton was now grown. Directors of Agriculture might also be able to say whether the same methods of picking were suitable to short as well as to long staple cottons and if not what their suggestions were. So long as picking methods were not improved much of the Committee's propaganda work would be lost. Besides better picking, the method of ginning should also be investigated, inasmuch as the defects mentioned might possibly only ·21 have been due to incorrect ginning. All gins in India were set for Indian cottons and information was lacking as to what was the best setting and the best method of ginning long staple cottons. The Director, Technological Laboratory, said that the Laboratory had a small gin but he did not know whether experiments on such small ging would be accepted by the trade. The President said that the Agricultural Department in Sind had a small ginning factory of its own and that it would be in a position to carry out the necessary experiments The Director, Technological Laboratory, would give the help required As regards artificial silk manufacture, the Director of the Industrial Intelligence and Research Bureau was asked whether it would pay better to import wood pulp from Canada or to manufacture artificial suming nd that it the cost irould work out at about 2 to 27 annas per pound. But if investigations showed that wood pulp could be imported for half that price, there would be no need to continue the experiments with Indian short staple cotton. If, however, it was found that compared with wood pulp cellulose could be produced from short staple cotton cheaper, the investigations might be pursued. At present India's short staple cotton was exported chiefly to Japan but the time would come when Japan would not need any Indian cotton at all. The question, therefore, to be considered by the Committee was in the event of Japan refusing to take Indian short staple cotton what other use could be found for such cotton. The Director of the Industrial Intelligence and Research Bureau undertook to do all he could to obtain the information required by the Committee but the subject was a new one to him and he would like to be furnished with more details to enable him to decide how best he should proceed in the matter. The Director, Technological Laboratory, pointed out that the investigation of the cellulose content of the various Indian stort staple cottons was not yet complete The Director of the Industrial Intelligence and Research Bureau proposed working on the industrial aspect and said he wonld be glad to co-operate with him and help to make the figures as accurate as possible The Committee then adopted the report of the Technological Research Sub-Committee. SUBJECT 16 Report of the Research Students' Selection Sub-Committer The meeting confirmed the report of the Penarch $17:1-92-9 Solection Sub-Committee. The President in proposing the adoption is pret motto that the standard of the candidatus o carins Troyed satisfactory', being the best for a logo 41234 ·22 SUDJECT 17.--Report* of the Special Sub-Committee to consider the question of a wider market for Indian cotton. SUBJECT 43.-Fall in the exports of Indian cotton to China. (The above two subjects were discussed together.) The Special Sub-Committce discussed the position of Indian cotton in the various markets of the world and in particular the falling off of the exports of Indian cotton to China. For various reasons Indian cotton had been losing ground in Continental markets as well as in (hina and it was not considered that this was entirely due to the Inrge supply of American cotton. The increase in tariffs and other obstacles to International trade, clearing-house agreements, barter agreements and the like all seemed to act unfavourably on Indian cotton exports. The Sub-Committee felt that this matter required special attention as there was always a risk that a change of this character might become permanent. Several members of the Committee cmphasized the importance of increasing the outlet for short staple cotton cspecially in the interests of cultivators in the Central Provinces and Berar. A question was also asked whether work on lines similar to that done by the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee could not be started in such countries as Sweden where prospects seemed favourable. It was decided to bring the matter before the Government of India and to ask that it might receive special attention. The President undertook to do this. SUBJECT 18.- Jixing of old cotton and mill droppings, etc., in new crop cotton at Dhulia, Bombay Presidency. It was explained that a complaint regarding this serious malpractice had been made in a letter addressed officially to the Chairman of the ('otton Market Committee by responsible persons including local merchants and exporters. There was no doubt that the mischief was actually going on on a fairly big scale. It was of long standing and had been referred to by the Indian Cotton Committee of 1917. It was true that the East India Cotton Association penalised these malpractices. In the ensuing dehate on the method of dealing with the evil, it was pointed out that the Cotton Transport Act had been very useful in preventing articles like fly droppings, wastes, etc., going from one area to another but in this particular case there was a local mill and it was believed that mill-fly, droppings and wastes had been used for mixing. It was a fit case to be sent to the Bombay Government requesting them to apply the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Act, when passed, to that area also. The Governor in Council had only to extend the operation of the Act to other parts of the Presidency but before doing so an amendment in the definition of "mixture” might be necessary to make it clear that mixing of old cotion was also prohibited. The meeting then carried unanimously a resolution that the complaint from Dhulia be reported to the Government of Bombay for effective prevention of this sort of malpractice reported by means of the Bombay Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Act. * Appendix VII (page 67.) A separate summary of Subject 17 appears on page 32.

·23 SUBJECT 19.-Report* of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee. It was explained that in pursuance of the decision of the Committee that a comparison of Iran herbaceum cottons with those of the Dhol. leras tract with a view to find out a medium or long staple cotton suitable for this tract should be undertaken, a member of the staff of the Institute of Plant Industry, Indore, was sent to Kathiawar in November to examine the condition of Mathro cotton and it had further been proposed that he should go to Iran in September. The visit to Iran would cost the Committee Rs 1,000 The report on the observations made in Kathrawar showed that it was necessary to have for Kathuawar a type of cotton with a short-growing period which would ripen earlier than the present type. It would appear that such a selection of finer neglectum similar in species and having the general habit of Mathio cotton could be made in the local material Early herbaceums might be obtained by crossing Iran cottons with the material available in Kathiawar The meeting approved the proposed visit to Iran. The full report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee was then unanimously adopted. SUBJECT 20.–Punjab Pink and Spotted Boll-worm Scheme-Reply of the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, on the observations made by the Committee at its last meeting, At its last meeting the Committee had recommended that the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, should adopt certain control measures on the lines of what had been successful in Surat The Director of Agriculture gave two reasons why the measures recommended were not undertaken, the first being that the host plants which harboured the insects had not been sufficiently investigated, and the second that the plant puller invented for Surat had not been satisfactory for Punjab conditions, as it was found to be not strong enough These reasons seemed to the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee sufficient for postponing action. Among other reasons for not taking action was the fact that the area of 150 square miles specified by the Committee at its last meeting was not considered sufficient for a clean-up campaign to give any practical results. No such area protected on any side was arailable and consequently the conclusion was arrived at that the clean-up measures would have to be carried out in a much bigger centre. This required a great deal of advance propaganda but as the cotton season had already far advanced that year, there was no time to do the propaganda. In view of these considerations, next year was the earlie. by which action could be taken. The report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Concitiewssado: -- SUBJECT 21.–Bikaner Gang Canal Scu! It was made clear that during the period sredine problems would not be dealt with as in herriras) --- therefore, suggested, that the name of :5p scheme'i to “The Bikaner Gang Canal Pengal CRI The Committee had sunk some source Fä. n ·24 It was pro- Ganganagar and with the goodwill of the Bikaner Durbar it woulo be possible to do some work of much value at comparatively small expense to the Committee. On the other hand there were still some problems which needed investigation such as the study of material of desi cottons from which strains could he evolved which would give finer desi cotton in the Bengals and Punjab desi tracts. posed in this scheme to gather together as much material of finer dosi types as could possibly be collected for ultilisation by plant breed. ers in the Punjah, the United Provinces, etc., with the object of substituting a finer type of Bengals cotton in the present Bengals tracts, The report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee was adopted. I SUBJECT 22.--Punjab Cotton failure Research Scheme-Revised proposals for. Work under the scheme started in March 1935 and their Physiologist, Prof. Dastur, found out in a few months that the internal structure of the leaves, stems and roots of the cotton plant showed an abnormality which indicated a serious derangement of the nutrition in the plant. From the Physiologist's observations it would appear that this was to be attributed to the presence of a micro-organism in the plant. If that were proverd to be the case and a remedy against its development found, a discovery would have been made which might altogether revolutionise cotton growing. It was observed that this important discovery required every encouragement. Further, the unusual organisms observed by Prof. Dastur had been found to exist not only in Punjab-American cotton on which work was originally started but also in desi and in practically every other cotton from all over India which had been examined up to then with one or two exceptions. The Agricultural. Research Sub-Committee felt that for the moment, apart from continuing the observations on Punjab-American cottons, the investigation should be concentrated on the problem as to whether there really existed a connection between the organisms which had been found in the plant and the disintegration of important parts of the plant's mechanism. The President remarked that the first year of Prof, Dastur's work had thrown new light on this important problem and the Sub-Committee's recommendations had also indicated what the approximate cost of further experiments would be. All that was now wanted was the approval of the Committee to the report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee and to the recommendation that the Standing Finance Sub-Committee should sanction the allocation of funds when detailed proposals were received from the Director of Agriculture. The report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee was adopted. SUBJECT 23.-Punjab Cotton White Fly Research Scheme-Proposed extension of The meeting adopted the report of the Agricultural Research Sub- Committee sanctioning the extension of the scheme for six months up to 30th September 1936, the cost to be met from savings under the scheme.

·25 SUBJECT 24.--Report* of the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub.Committee. SUBJEOT 25.-Post-mortem examination of cotton forecasts of 1931-35 season (The above two subjects were considered together.) Comments were made in the course of discussion on some states in Rajputana not dovoting sufficient attention to preparation of cotton for ecasts, the difficulty in getting information from these states, and on the discrepancy between the forecast and the actual yield, particularly in Hyderabad Stato and Gujerat. In answer to an enquiry it was explained that standard yield figures were usually based on crop-cutting experiments. These experiments were made about twenty years ago in India and it was suggested that they should now be made again on a large scale. With regard to Hyderabad State it was pointed out that a good deal of cotton from it was pressed in the two adjoining provinces, viz , Bombay Presidency proper and Madras Presidency, and that when these three units wero taken together the discrepancy was negligible. As for Gujerat, the estimated crop of Gujerat and Kathiawar in combi. nation with the interlacing Gujerat States allowing for certain discrepancies would be within three per cent. of the number of balos pressed As regards Sind, before the Barrage commenced, the standard. normal yield per acre in the different districts in Sind had been fixed at a fairly lov figure, but when the Barrage irrigation commenced, the figures were raised. From the discrepancies still occurring in the Sind Forocast it was thought that the standard normal yield had not boen increased sufficiently nnd Sind ought to be credited with higher yields of kapas per acre than the figures indicated The meeting then adopted tho report of the Cotton Forecast Improvoment Sub-Committee. SUBJECT 26.- Reports of enquiries into the village consumption of cotton. The President said that the Sub-Committee hoped that at the next meeting a complete estimate of the village consumption of cotton in India would be available Very interesting figures had come in but they were still incomplete. The report of the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee was adopted SUBJECT 27.-Cotton Forecast Improvement Scheme in the Bombay Presidency--Proposed permanent retention of the staff or extension of scheme for three years It was recommonded that in view of the very good work done in this scheme it should be extended as recommended by the Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee's recommendations were approved. * Appendix IX (page 90 ) A separate Summary of Subject 24 appears on page 34.

·26 SUBJECT 28.-Report* of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee. (a) Balance Sheri, (6) financial Slatement. (C) Reviscd Estimates, 1935-36. (rl) Bulgul, 1936-37. (c) ulitors' fecs. The meeting unanimously adopted the following resolution :- RESOLUTION-" That the report of the Standing Finance Sub- Committee bc adopted.' " That the revised estimates for 1935-36 he approved." “That thic budget for 1936-37 as amended at this meeting of the Indian Central Cotton Committcc be sanctioned." “That Messrs. S. B. Billimoria and Company be reappointed auditors for the year 1936–37 on a remuneration of Rs. 750." Sovoral questions were put rogarding the general finances of the Conimittee which wero answered by the Vice-President. In regard to tho expenditure on the Technological Laboratory, it was explained that the Tochnological Sub-Committee had appointed a special Sub- Committee to go into the question of the possibility of reducing the recurring expenditure at the laboratory without affecting its efficiency and usefulness. As regards tho general financial position of the Committee, it was pointed out that this had been very fully discussed 18 months ago and that the Committee had come to a definite conclusion rogarding the minimum balance which should be maintained-a propo. sal which had been approved by the Government of India. The Committee was certainly drawing on its accumulated balances to finance the activities which it considered to be of importance and they were satisfied that the results to be obtained during the next two or three yours would shot the wisdom of that course. It was also pointed out that the oxpenditure budgetted was Rs. 10.4 lakhs as against estimated receipts of Rs. 7.4 lakhs, so that the Committee would be drawing on its balances to the extent of 3 lakhs only which was considerably loss than was anticipated a year ago. At the end of the coming financial year, the Committee's reserve would still stand at noarly 21 lakhs, so that there was no cause for anxiety at the moment. Nevertheless, in two or three years time the Committee would have to face the question whether they should reduce their activities especially in the direction of extension schemes or go up for an increase in the amount of the cess. SUBJECT 29.-Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee TVork of Note by Mr. H. C. Short, Cotton Commissioner. The meeting unanimously resolsed : * Appendis X (pago 91). + Appendix XI (page 94.)

·27 RESOLUTION—"This Committee desires to record its appreciation of the excellent work of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee. The large increase in the takings of Indian cotton in the last three years is a striking testimony to the efficiency of their organisation and propaganda." Speakers on the rosolution bore personal testimony to the keenness and efficiency shown by the Lancashire India Cotton Committee. The export figures showed clearly how much the takings of Indian cotton had gone up during the last three years and in the year just passed they had amounted to 400,000 bales The work had beon done in an admirable manner and this was due to the fact that from the very start Sır Richard Jackson and his colla. borators set to work with determination. The view was expressed that the Indian cotton exporter however still felt that there was room for great improvement rogarding the handling of Indian cotton in Liverpool. It was realised that this matter was not directly under the organisation of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee but it was important as it greatly affected dealings between India and Great Britain in raw cotton. For instance, about two years ago there were serious complaints to the effect that Indian cotton was being treated more harshly in Liverpool arbitrations than it deserved and now the Liverpool Cotton Association had revised their Futures Contract with the result that while cotton coming from other parts of the world and especially the British Empire had been included in it, Indian cotton alone was left out The reason given was not that India did not produce cotton which possessed the requisite strength, length and cleanliness required by the Futures Contract, but that, Indian cotton could be tendered under the “East Indian Contract " Every exporter of Indian cotton to Liverpool however know that that contract was only on the statute book and nothing more. There had been practically no dealings under that contract and the quotation for it was morely nominal and was only used for purposes of " invoicing back" If India and Great Britain wore to get closer in regard to cotton dealings and if cotton exports to the United Kingdom wore to be on a very large scale, these grierances of the cotton trade should be sot right and Indian requirements met fully at Liverpool. In reply to this criticism regarding the Empire Futures Contract it was explained on behalf of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee that on the last occasion when there was a meeting at Liverpool the Indian representatives were not quite decided as to what they wanted to put forward But if it was desired to hold a meeting at Liverpool and if the Indian representatives put their case forward there would not be the least difficulty. Somo amondmonts vero suggested in the Chart propared by the Lancashiro Indian Cotton Committeo, to show the spinning quality of certain Indian cottons. It was pointed out in reply to these romarks that the statemonts in the Chart were based on tests mado at the Shirley Institute and the tests wero carried out with the object of obtaining o mre and checked by one of the largest spinners.

·28 It was mentioned that spinners in Lancashire did not appear to know all the various types of cotton which were grown in India and the purposes for which they were suited. The Cotton Commissioner of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee had discussions with them regarding these cottons and in paar instances showed them actual cottons. This as one reason thr the chart tras prepared br the Shirley Institute and distributed to spinners. The Cotton Commissioner found that spinners were not taking much more interest in Indian short stapled cotton than formerly and imports of these cottons Tere steadily increasing. He visited a group of three mills where a net blour room had been installed purely for treating Indian cottons. Sind and Bengals are to be used by this group. The President suggested that the Local Sub-Committee should in consultation with the East India Cotton Association consider the character of the representation which should be put forrard to the Liverpool Cotton Association. Apparently the new Empire contract was not a lire one and was also not popular ; it was of rery limited Talue for cottons other than American, because it dealt with only sair ginned cotton. SUBJECT 30.-Railway freight rates on cotton-Reference from the last meeting of the Committee. The President stated that he had not been able to get information regarding the cost of cotton production. The Secretary's office should, therefore, go ahead with the examination of this question in relation to the work which the Railway Conference Association was doing. The point which had been emphasised at the previous meeting was the incidence of railway freight on cotton with reference to its ralue as compared with different commodities. The conference called be the Railway Conference Association in July 1935 in Delhi at which he was present had decided on a general study of re-classification of goods as regards freight, and he thought that the Secretary's office should get on with this question now. SUBJECT 31.-Formation of a compact block of long staple cotton in Sind Letter from the Bombay Government. The intention of the Agricultural Department with regard to the variety of cotton to be encouraged in the compact area tras clarified in the course of debate. It was explained that the statement in the Bombay Gorernment's letter to the Committee that it was not the intention of the Department to distribute seed of the variety of cotton known as 4F and that its cultiration ras discouraged was liable to be misunderstood. The Department had an improved variety 4F-98 which was being multiplied as rapidly as possible for distribution on the Right Bank areas and not in the compact area. Difficulties were being experienced in vier of the fact that neither the rariety of 289F known as Sind Sudlar cotton-nor the "NT" rarieties grow well when soin after the middle of May. As a result cultirators in many places had been soving desi in June. The 4F-9$ type of cotton stood late soming well and although its staple was not as good as Sind Sudhar it had a good demand. Until therefore a cotton equal to Sind Sudhar in staple and quality ras arailable for late sowing a certain amount of 4F-98 seed might hare to be distributed in the compact ·29 area. 11 There were believed to be one or two variatios equal to Sind Sudhar which could be sown in late May The difficulty was aggra. Tatod by the fact that the Sind Irrigation Department closed the canals for two weeks in March, 1.0., at the very time when staple cottons could very profitably and most successfully be sown The Agricultural Department had the abolition of this closure, and imately to meet the recommendat in this respect. ime for long of the diffiwell and this year seed of Sind Sudhar sufficient for half the compact area, namely 14 lakh acres, would be available Improved mothods of distribution in co-operation with some of the big zamındars were being adopted. With regard to the difficulty of getting a cotton approximating to Sind Sudhar in staple for late sowing it was pointed out that one of the new cottons (NT 13) evolved by the Cotton Research Botanist, Punjab, now pormanently named 43F had given most rornarkable results in DĽultan area which bordered on Sind. It was suggested that experiments be carried out in Sind with this cotton The Secretary's Note was recorded. SUBJECT 32.-Khandesh (Banilla) Seed Distribution SchemeProposed extension of The meeting agreed to the recommendation of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee that the Schomo be extended for one year. The question of apportionmont of the cost of such schemes between the local governments concerned and the Committee during periods of extension granted to thom led to a detailed discussion and finally at the President's suggestion it was postponed to the next meeting of the Committee. The Directo of Agriculture, Bombay, pressed for the fixing of a definite porcentage of the costs of extension of seed distribution schemes which local governments were called upon to bear. He pointed out that the spending the funds of the Committee to a certain extent for soed distribution schemes was just as reasonable as using them for study of costs of cultivation. Unless the Committee helped in the distribution of seed the cultivator would not get the full benefit of successful research tork. On behalf of the Committee it was emphasised that seed distribution was more a function of the local government than of the Committee. Agriculture and subsequently sold to cultivators through agents, the Punjab Government bearing the loss, if any. It was not necessary for the Committee at any rate to finance such seed distribution schemes entirely. The Local Government should accept definite responsibility for a large part of the cost. The President, proposing postponement of the w the question, mentioned that the Committee's rupees a year and at present the Committee ·30 reserves in order to give immediate benefit to cotton growers. It was therefore necessary to limit expenditure on seed schemes. Further with provincial autonomy from 1937 the provinces would probably }ve larger financial resources and they should not expect too much from the Committee. SUBJECT 33.--Form of Abstract Proceedings of meetings of the Committee. The President said it was his idea to make the Abstract Proceedings of the Committee as far as possible a complete summary of the discussions including abstracts of the papers considered at the meetings. This record, lowever, should be an impersonal one, otherwise some speakers would be placed at a disadvantage and the record would not he as complete as it might. It had already been decided that the Minutes of the Committce could be shown confidentially to the Associations and Chambers of Commerce represented on the Committee and especially to the Committees of those Associations. He suggested that this procedure should be tried for one meeting to see how it worked. At the next meeting its success or otherwise could be discussed. The mceting approved the President's suggestion. SUBJECT 34. -Provincial Cotton Committees Proceedings of the Punjab Provincial Cotton Committee. The meeting recorded the Secretary's note on the proceedings of the Punjab Provincial Cotton Committee. The Punjab Committee among other things dealt with the extension of the Cotton White Fly Research Scheme (vide subject 23) and a revised scheme for the investigation of the periodic partial failures of the Punjab-American Cotton Crop (vide subject 22). SUBJECT 35.Dadras Fodder Cholam Scheme-Proposed further extension of The meeting adopted the report of the Agricultural Research Sub- Committee recommending extension of the Scheme for a year and sanctioning a grant of Rs. 4,210. SUBJECT 36.--Broadcasting in the mornings of commercial news on cotton- Letter from the Government of Bombay. The President said that from papers on the subject it would be seen that this question was still under the consideration of the Government of India. The Secretary's Note was recorded. SUBJECT 37.-Training Grants. The Committee decided not to re-open this matter as it had been fully discussed at the last meeting. SUBJECT 38.-Gujerat Boll-worm clean-up Scheme Measures for the eradication of the boll-worm pest in Gujerat~Letter from the Government of Bombay. The President remarked that the letter was for record. The Committee was aware that the Government of Bombay were taking practical ·31 interest in the matter and they could not be expected to undertake further legislation at the moment. The Secretary's Note was recorded. SUBJECT 39.- Proposed amendment in Form A prescribed under Rule 16 of the Indian Cotton Cess Rules, 1923. The President said that the Government of India had asked the Committee to obtain the views of the various Millowners', Associations in the matter This was being done and the action taken was only reported for information The Secretary's Note was recorded. SUBJECT 40–Hyderabad Pink and Spotted Boll-uorm-Proposed extension of SUBJECT 41.--Hyderabad Seed Distribution and Extension Scheme Proposed extension of. (The above two subjects were considered together.) The meeting adopted the report of the Agricultural Research Sub. Committee proposing that the abore Schemes be extended upto 30th September 1936 and 31st August 1936 respectively so that the proposals for extension might be carefully examined at the next meeting SUBJECT 42.--Sir Albert Howard's criticism* of the Committee's work and policy. It was pointed out by a member that the criticism of Sir Albert Howard was practically an accusation that the Committee had not deroted sufficient resources or energy to furthering the manufacture of compost generally all over India The manufacture of compost was ono of the ways of maintaining the fertility of the soil and the investigation of soil fertility was not a problem peculiar to cotton only but it was important to all crops and all agricultural products in the country. This problem was one of the major duties of the Provincial Agricultural Departments in India The Committee had always endeavoured not to supplant the work of but to supplement it in particular directi points in Sir Albert Howard's criticism was the statement that the money of the Committee had been dissipated on schemes of research in entomology which had given no practical results to the grower. Since Sir Albert left India two entomological schemes had passed through the final stage and had given very valuable and satisfactory results which had proved of great benefit to the grower. The second was the statement that the Committee was wasting its time and money in many plant breeding and seed distribution schemes. Seed distribution work was of the first importance as it put money into the pockets of the cultivator and good cotton into the mills. A press communique replying to Sir Albert Howard's criticism was discussed and approved with certain amendments. (Subject 43 was considered along with Subject 17.) • Appendix XII (pago 04.) + The communique has since appeared in the Prose, l'ule Appendix XII (page 94 ) ·32 SI:BJECT 4.-('rop Illas of Inulina-Varietal Colton Map. The l'risiilo nd explained that the crop atlas of India contained two toplam 1xApe copie of which showed the density of cotton growing and the cother the distribution of varieties. As a revised trade classification *#14 under consideration, the Department of Commercial Intelligence 1191 Sentities had suurester that the varietal map might be left out in the 11e*ffelition of the crop atlas. It seemed to him that this omis. minon would be it grent mistake. The Sub-Committee had therefore Lour refully into the matter and after making certain modifications it lari licent possible to bring the new classification into the map. It was also decided that no attempt should be made to show density in the varietal map. The recommendations of the Cotton Forecast Improrement Sub- ('ommittee were approved. SUBJECT 15.-Nrport of the Sub-Commillee appointed to work out details for holding a conference of scientific workers. The report was adopted with some amendments. The President said it was proposed that there should be no limit to the number of workers 11 attend the conference but discretion should be left to the Directors of Agriculture as to who should be sent. Travelling allowance of oflieers working on the Committee's schemes should be met from the urants for the schemes and that of others by the Local Governments princorner. The President thanked the members cordially for the very kind and courteous attention shown to him during the Committee's deliberations. The meeting tcrminated with a hearty vote of thanks to the President. Summary of the Proceedings of the Special Sub-Committee to consider the question of a wider market for Indian cotton. Tho Spocial Sub-Committoo to consider the question of a wider markot for Indian cotton at its meeting on Ilth January 1936 first took up the subject of publication of articles on Indian cottons in the London Times and the Danchester Guardian Commercial and decided that the Director, Technological Laboratory, should continue to send articles for publication in the Textile weeklies and other magazines which might show interest in them and that any agricultural officer wishing to contribute articles to the Manchester Guardian Commercial might send them to the Secretary for transmission to the editor. Under the lead of popularising Indian short staple cottons among manufacturers of woollen goods the Sub-Committee approved that of the samples of cotton sent to the United Kingdom for testing, the U. P. and Mathia shonld be stopped. The Sub-Committee decided that a small Sub-Committee consisting of representatives of the East India Cotton Association and the Indian Central Cotton Committee should be appointed to consider the question Appendix XIII (page 97.' * ·33 of an authoritativo "Guide to Indian Cottons” and that the Indian Central Cotton Committee should be represented on it by the following members :-The Vice-President (Chairman), Messrs. S. D. Saklatvala, J. K. Ritchie, R. G. Saraiya, D. DfcCallum and Dr. Nazir Ahmad. Sir Richard Jackson who was present by invitation said that an exhibition of goods made out of Indian cottons particularly of Bengals and Oomras types was held in London last yoar. Visitors took consi. derable interest in these articles and asked a lot of questions on them. The exhibition was shifted to Lancashire where it aroused to a remark. able degree the interest of all those engaged in cotton trade thero. He was sure that the next report of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee would give some more information of these exhibitions but the net result of the Committee's activity was that several mills which had never used Indian cotton before had now commenced to make use of it and that such of the mille as had been using this cotton in the past continued to use it. In reply to a question it was stated that Indian cotton was roexported from the United Kingdom to the extent of about 20,000 bales. The President said that the figures for mill consumption given by the International Federation were those voluntarily supplied by mills and did not include cotton used for mixing with wool, quilting and many miscellaneous purposes It would be worth while to compare the figures of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee with the United Kingdom import returns. To a query whether the Lancashire Indian Cotton Commuttee had any complaint against the marking of bales in India, Sır Richard Jackson said that some bales were found badly marked while the marks on some others were obliterated. There was however no serious trouble on this account during the past two years. The Vice President said that the original mothod of marking had to be given up as it had worked hard on middlemen and that the obliteration of marks mentioned by Sir Richard Jackson might be either intentinnalonnanidanti T..T. section of the trade was against the marking of balos and there was thereforo no question of reverting to the old method. Mr H. C. Short's note on the Shirley Institute and Indian Cotton was recorded and a resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the excellent work of the Lancashiro Indian Cotton Committoo and declaring that the large increase in the takings of Indian cotton in the last three years 18 & striking testimony of the officiency of their organisation and propaganda. With regard to periodical reviews of the state of foreign trado in Indian cotton a momber drot attention to the alisonce of any montion in the papers before the moeting of the imports of Indian cotton and other cotions by various countrios and tho relative tariff position and said it would bo a great advantago to the trade in India ir informintion of this kind was placed before tho Sub-Committeo at its mentina. The President said that the Imporial Council of Agricu' had some information on the subject and that lio 3 ·34 question with the Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics to avoid overlapping: The Sub-Committee then discussed further the question of the imports of Indian cotton to Germany and the report of the Indian Trade Commissioner in Hamburg. The fallen exports to China were also discussed. The Sub-Committee emphasized the necessity of watching the position lost the diminution in export should become permanent. Summary of the Proceedings of the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee. The Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee at its meeting on 9th January 1936 first considered reports of enquiries into the village consumption of cotton. It was observed that the per capila consumption in the Central Provinces districts varied between wide limits and that also the total consumption for the whole province was only 8,000 bales. Surprise was expressed by one member that the coldest districts used less cotton than the warmest. It was noted that this might be due to the fact that the cold districts did not produce cotton. A check might be possible only when the figures for the weighbouring districts of the adjoining provinces were available. The report for the Central Provinces was approved subject to further examination in the Committee's office when all other reports were received. As for the United Provinces it was noted that the total village consumption was higher than for the Central Provinces but that compared with the Punjab it was not unduly high. In the United Pro. vinces the use of cotton for quilted garments was large. The report for the United Provinces was agreed to subject to final check in the Committee's office. It was decided that the Directors of Agriculture, Madras and Hydera, bad, and the Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind should be requested to send in their reports in time for the next meeting. The Sub-Committee then examined the cotton forecasts of 1934-35 season. It was noted that the number of bales actually accounted for had exceeded the forecasted crop by about half a million and that if the conventional figure of 750,000 bales for extra-factory consumption was also taken into account the discrepancy between the two figures was still wider. In the case of Rajputana States the President observed that though the discrepancy was big when each state was taken separately, it considerably narrowed down when all states were considered together, He suggested that such of the member states of the Indore Institute as were not giving sufficient attention to cotton forecasts might be approached through the Board of Governors. The President's suggestion was agreed to. 1 ·35 The Sub-Committee then considered the cotton crop forecast im. provement schome in the Bombay Presidency and agreed that the scheme should be extended for three years from the 16th June 1936 at the end of which period the Bombay and Sind Governments should be asked to make the staff permanent and use it if necessary for other crops as well. On the subject of the crop atlas of India the Sub-Committee arrived at the following conclusions : (1) That the request of the Director of Agriculture, Central Provinces, not to separate Central Provinces and Berar Verums for fear of prices of Berar Verum which forms the bulk of the crop being adversely affected owing to its association with Berar Domras, may be agreed to. The Director of Agriculture, however, had no objection to Nimar Verum being shown separately because it was mostly formed of Buri mixed with Verum and Oomras. The Sub-Committee concurred with this view, (2) that the classification suggested by the Director of Statistics, Hyderabad (Deccan) for showing Raichur, Kumpta and Upland separately under item IX (2) in the Revised Scheme may be retained, (3) that Sıronj, Chhabra and Pırawa Parganas of Tonk, and Jhalawar and Partabgarh States may be included under “Central India," (4) that, in the Varietal Map, Bengals, Oomras, Hyderabad Ganrani, Central India Broanh onti nu ..- Tinnevellies, Salems, by distinctive colou and Central India crops and between Broach and Surti crops can be brought out by a suitable choice of like colours or different shades of the same colour, (6) that Americans, Verum, Banilla and Cambodias may be shown in their respective tracts by hatching, (N.B.-Sub-classes such as Malvi and short staple Dholleras nood not be shown in the map.), and (6) that the sub-classes United Provinces Deshi, Punjab Deshr, Sind Deshi, Rajputana Deshi, Berar Oomras, Central Provinces Oomras, Nimar Oomras, Khandesh Oomras, Barsi-Nagpur Oomras, Hyderabad Oomras, Gujerat Dhol. loras, Kathiawar Dholleras, Cuteh (Dholloras), Kumpta and Upland, Bijapur and Bagalkot Jowari, Westerns, White and Red Northerns, Warangal and Cocanadas and Chinnapathi may be domarcated by boundaries and named. Uuuuw ·36 RESOLUTIONS. $$ The Indian Contral Cotton Committee notes with great satisfaction the Knighthood conferred on the acting President and tonders its cordial congratulations to Sir Bryce Burt on the high honour conferred on him." Cotton Options-Proposed additions and amendments to the Bye-laws of the East India Cotton Association, Ltd. 2. "That the roply to the Bombay Government be as containod in the supplementary note presented by the Prosident." Appointment of Vice-President. 3. “That Sir Purghotamdas Thakurdas bo re-elected Vice- Prosident for the year 1936-37.” >> Standing Finance Sub-Committee. That the following members be appointed to form the Standing Finance Sub-Committee for the financial year 1936-37 : The President (ex-officio), Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Mr. J. Vonesch, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, Mr. G. C. R. Coleridge, Mr. A. A. Şarantides, Rao Bahadur G. R. Kothare, and Sardar Rao Bahadur Bhimbhai Ranchodji Naik.” Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Sub-Committee. 5. That the following members be appointed to form the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Sub- Committee: Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Mr. A. A. Sarantides, Mr. J. Vonesch, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, Mr. G. C. R. Coleridge, Mr. J. Nuttall, Mr. W. Roberts, Mr. J. Tinker, Mr. Y. G. Deshpande, The Co-operative Representative-Rao Bahadur M. G. Deshpande, (ex-officio), Mr. Chellaram Shewaram (Co-opted member)."

·37 Local Sub-Committee. 6. “That the following members be appointed to compose the Local Sub-Committee : The President, Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas, Mr. SD Saklatvala, Sardar Rao Bahadur Bhimbhai Ranchodji Naik, Mr. J. Vonesch, Mr A. A. Sarantides, Mr. Chunilal B. Mehta, Mr. G. C. R. Coleridge, Rao Bahadur G. R Kothare > Agricultural Research Sub-Committee, * That the following members be appointed to form the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee .- 1. The President, (ex-officio), II. The Vice-President, (ex-officio), III The Director, Institute of Plant Industry, Indore-Mr F K Jackson (ex-officio). The Co-operative Representative--Rao Bahadur M. G Deshpande (ex-officio), Cotton Growers’ Representatives - Mr W Roberts, Mr N M. Deshmukh, Mian Nurullah, VI. Cotton Trade Representatives.- RE Bahadur G R. Kothare, Mr Chunilal B Mehta, VII. Agricultural Officers Dr W Burns, Mr J. H Ritchie, Ms. 5. P. Stewart, Mr V. Ramanatha Ayyar, Dr. F J. F. Shaw, Mr. R. G Allan, Mr. W J. Jenkins, Rao Bahadur D. Ananda Rao Garu, Ir D. N. Mahta, Mr. P B. Richards, Mr. J. C. McDougall, Mr. Nizam-ud Din Hyder, Mr. H. H. Pandya, Dr. V. K. Badami, VIII. Additional Members Mr. Chellaram Shewaram, Mr. Mohammad Afzal, Rai Saheb Kalidas Sashney, Jr. J, B. Hutchinson, IX. The Secretary."

·40 1. 16. Ina Bombay Cotton Control dct, 1935. "That the Indian Central Cotton Committee notes with satisfaction the expeditious manner in which the Bombny Cotion Control Act was passed by the Legislative Council. It is confident that this piece of legislation will go a long way towards improving the quality of cotton of the Surat tract where Goghari has been spreading and the benefit to the grower cxpccted from the Act will soon be realised." Fumigation of American cotton. "That the recommendation of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee that the Government of India he requested to make permanent the present fees for the fumigation of American cotion of Rs. 2-7 per square bnlc and of Re. 1-8 per round bale be approved." Tlall-scarly Report of the Publicity and Propaganda Officer. That the lif-yearly report of the Publicity and Propagandu Officer be approved." Progress hcport of the Director, Technological Laboratory. "That the Progress Report of the Director, Technological Laboratory, bc approved." Report of the Technological Research Sub-Committee. That the Report of the Technological Research Sub- Committee be adopted." Report of the Rescarch Students Selection Sub-Committee. That the Report of the Research Students Selection Sub-Committee be confirmed." Report of the Special Sub-Committee to consider the question of a wider market for Indian cotton. "That the Report of the Special Sub-Committee to consider the question of a Wider Market for Indian cotton be adopted." Fall in the exports of Indian cotton to China. “This Committee desires to request the President to bring to the notice of the Government of India the great necessity of their devising necessary means without delay to ensure that Indian cotton is not cut out from foreign countries owing to changed financial and other economic conditions in such countries." Report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee. That the Report of the Agricultural Research Sub- Committee be adopted." 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

·That the suggestion made by the Presidenttaus Form of Abstract Proundings of mastings of the Commitmen 41 Bombay Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Bill. 23. The Indian Central Cotton Committee congratulates the Bombay Government for the rapid progress they have made with the introduction of the Bombay Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Bill in the Bombay Legislative Council.” Central Provinces Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Bill, 24. " The Indian Central Cotton Committee endorses the recommendation of the Local Sub-Committee regard. ing the detailed provisions in the Central Provinces Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Bill for dealing with watering, excessive seed, intro. duction of extraneous matter and mixing of different kinds of cotton" Mixing of old cotton and mill droppings, etc., in new crop cotton at Dhulia, Bombay Presidency. 25. “The Committee resolves that the complaint from Dhulia be reported to the Government of Bombay for effectivo prevention of this sort of malpractices reported by means of the Bombay Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Amendment) Act.” Report of the Cotton Forecast Improrement Sub-Committee. 26. "That the Report of the Cotton Forecast Improrement Sub-Committee be adopted.” Report of the Sub-Committee appointed to work out details for holding a Conference of Scientific Workers. 27. That the Report of the Sub-Committee appointed to work out details for holding a Conference of Scientific workers, as amended, be adopted." Report of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee 28. That the Report of the Standing Finance Sub-Cota. mittee be adopted. That the Rerised Estimates for 1935-35 be approved That tbe Budget for 1936-37 as amended at this meet ing of the Indian Central Cotton Committee be canctioned. That Jfes-rs. S. B. Billimoria & Co. te reappratta Auditors for the year 1936-37 01 a remuneration of Rs. 750." 29. « ·42 APPENDIX ). S1933:07 7.-Bombay Cotton Control Ari, 1935. Secretary's Note. T} {pmniterpent its menting in August lost considered the croft of the Bombay Cotton (ontrol Bill to piroliilit tho cultivation and handling of Goghari cotton in the Invari cotton tract. and passed the following resolution:- "The Imin Control Cotton Committco welcomes the Bombay Cotton Control Bill which the Bomliny Government propose to introduce in the Local Legislative Coneil. The Committee is convinced that unless legislative action of this nature is taken Goghuri cotton will spronci rapidly in the Surnt tract and ruin tlır reputation of the cotton growers of the truet affected." Tłu Bill wis introduced in the Bombay Legislative Council in September last un ne patsveld in Novombor Inst. A copy of the Act as passed is attached. The only ounces betweesi tie it as passed and the craft Bill considered by the Committee aro kiero Boluri- Serlion . (i) the word "knowingly." has been added in the first line of section 4 of the lot. (ii) olmuimento (a) and (b) of the craft Bill considered by the Committee read as follows: (al cultivates or allemple in cultivate Goghari cotton pure or mixed shall, on ronvirtinn, be punishnblo with fine which may extend to rupees twenty four every first offence and to rupees fifty for overy subsequent offence, 1b) i) mixes or attempts to mix Gogliari cotton with any other cotton, or prossesses, ilses or tradics in, or allempls to posscss, use or trade in Gnglari cotton or any other cotton mixed with Goghari cotton, shall. - conviction, be punishablo with fine which may oxtend to rupees five lundred for overy first offenco and to rupees one thousand for every subsequent offence. In the set as possed the words italicised above have been omitted and in clause (b) (i) the words “attempts to mix” have been replaced by the words 'Causes to be mixed." Scclion s. In sub-sretion 2 (a) the words or second" are additions. P. H. RANA REDDI. ACT No. OF 1935. An act to provide for the prohibition of the cultivation of Goghari cotton and the mixing of such cotton with other cotton and for the prohibition or restriction of the piosscssion or use of, or trade in, Goghari cotton or cotton mixed with Goghari cotton. (As rend for the third time and passed on the 25th November 1935.) WHEREAS it is oxpediont in the best interests of the growers of cotton in certain arons in tho Presidoncy of Bombay, the cotton trade and the economic prosperity of tho said Presidency to maintain the quality and reputation of the cotton grown in those areas and for that purpose to prohibit the cultivation of Goghari cotton and tho mixing of such cotton with other cotton and to prohibit or restrict the possession or uso of, or trade in, Goghari cotton or cotton mixed with Goghari cotton; And wherons tho prorious sanction of the Governor-General required by subsection (3) of section 80A of the Government of India Act and the previous sanction ·from any person who is reasonably suspected of hat mng corn. to of cotton Provided that no such crder shall be inade before the expiration of 21+ with from the date of seizing the thing hable to confiscation or without hung thu person, if any, claiming any right thereto and the evidence, if any which h. 7. (1) The officer authorised under sub-section (2) of section 6 may accept prescribed by rules made under section 14 by way of composition for such offence mitted an offence under section 4, 8 sum of money ax inay ba (3) On payment of guch sun, such person, it in cietody, shall be mrt at fiberty against such person 13 of the Governor required by section 80C of the said Act have been obtained for the passing of this Act, It is hereby enacted as follows - Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Cotton Control extent Art, 1935 (2) It extends to the whole of the Presidency of Bombay. 2 In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in Definitions the subject or context- (a) “Cotton" includes cotton plant, ginned and unginned cotton, cotton waste and cotton seed; (6) "Director of Agriculture" means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Director of Agriculture, (c) "Goghari cotton" means the kind of cotton known as Gossyprum herba. ceum (l'ariety Gogharr), and (d) “Controlled area" means an area specified in a notification under section 3 Powet issue 3 The local Government may, by notification in the notibration prohibit Bombay Government Gazette in such local area and for such period ing the cultivation, etc. Goghan as may be specified in the notification (a) prohibit the cultivation of Goghari cotton; or (6) prohibit the mixing of Goghari cotton with any other cotton; or (c) prohibit or restrict the possession or use of, or trade in, Goghari cotton or any other cotton mixed with Gogharı cotton. 4 Any person, who, knowingly in contravention of the provisions of th19 Act or of any notification issued under section 3 or rule made under Penalty soction 11 (a) cultivates Goghari cotton shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees twenty for the first offence and to rupees fifty for every subsequent offence, (6) () mixes or causes to be mixed Gogları cotton with any other cotton, or (u) possesses, usos or trades in Goghari cotton or any other cotton mixed with Goghari cotton shall, on conviction, be putushable with fine which may extend to rupees five hundred for the first offence and to rupees one thousand for every subsequent offence 5 Whenever an offence under this Act luas been committed, all cotton m Confiscation respect of which the offence has been committed and en ery box, shall be liable to confiscation. receptacle, package or covering in which such cotton is contained 6 (1) When in any case tried by a criminal Court, the Court clerides that anything is able to confiscation under section 3, he may after fiscation hearing the person, if any, claiming any right thereto and the order confiscation evidence, if any, which he produces in support of hi* « la?m, (2) When an offence under this Act has been committed and the offender known or cannot be found or when anything liable to confiscation under the found and is not claimed by any person, the officer authorised by the Low al 4,08 min ment in this behalf may hold an inquiry and may order confiscatin Procedure to con produces in support of his claim. Compounding 1171t to An and if proceedings in any criminal Court in respect of such offence, the con acquittal and so further proceedings sh of such offence. yet 10.

·44 (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), it shall be lawful for the court or the officer authorised under sub-section (2) of section 6 to order confisention of anything liable to confiscation under section 5. Pucer of entry 8. (1) Any officer authorised in this behalf by tho Local an Srizure, Governmont may between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.- (a) enter upon any land in a controlled area in which he knots or has reason to believe thint Goghari cotton has been or is being cultivated in contravention of a notification under section 3, uproot or cause to be uprooted such cotton, and seize the cotton so uprooted ; or (6) enter upon or into any land, building, ship, vessel, vehicle or place in a controlled oron in which he knows or has reason to believe that Goghari cotton or any other cotton mixed with Goghari cotton is kept in contravention of a notificntion under section 3, and seize such cotton. (2) Every officor seizing any cotton under this section shall forthwith- (a) mako a report of such seizure to the nearest Magistrate of the First or Second Class having jurisdiction to try the offence committed in respect of such cotton, specifying in such report the particulars of such cotton, and furnish a copy of such particulars to the occupier, or person in charge of the land, building, ship, vessel, vehicle or place on or in thich such seizure was made, and (6) subject to rules made under section 14, forward such cotton to the nonrest oflicor authorised by the local Government to receive it, for examination un for report to the Director of Agriculture. (3) The opinion of the officer authorised under sub-section (2) regarding such 'cotton recordod in any document signed by such officer shall be evidence as to the naturo of such cotton in any inquiry, trial or proceeding under this Act. Duty of Owner, 9. (1) Every owner, occupier or person in charge, of any land, occupier and person building, ship, vessel, vehicle or place shall give all reasonable in charge to give facilities for inspec: facilities to the officer, authorised under sub-section (1) of tion by authorised section 8, to inspect such land, building, ship, vessel, vehicle or officcr. place. (). Any porson who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees twenty. Previous sanction 10. No prosection under this Act shall be instituted without and limitation for the previous sanction of the Director of Agriculture. prosecution. 11. No criminal Court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrato Cognizance of or a Magistrate of the Second Class shall try any offence under offences. this Act, 12. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against Protection for acts any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended done under the Act. to be done under this Act. Officer acting 13. Every officer acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the under the Act to be provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant public servant. within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. 14. (1) The Local Government may make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act for the purpose of carrying into effect Rules. the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the Local Government may make rules for all or any of the following purposes, namely :- (a) to prescribe the sum of money to be paid by way of composition under section 7; (6) to prescribe the conditions subject to which cotton seized may be forwarded under section 8; (c) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. (3) Any such rule may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees fifty.

·45 (4) The rules made under this section shall be subject to the condition of previous publication in the Bombay Government Gazette (5) Rules made under this section shall be laid upon the table of the Bombay Legislative Council at the session of the said Council next following and shell be liable to be modified or rescinded by a resolution of the said Council and such rule shall after notification of such resolution in the Bombay Government Gazette be deemed to have beon modified or rescinded accordingly : Provided that when in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council euch modification or rescission 18 likely to defeat or frustrate any of the purposes of this Act, the Governor in Council may by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette declaro that the modification or rescission shall have no effect and thereupon the rules shall remain in force as if they had not been modified or rescinded. APPENDIX II SUBJECT 8 --The Cotton Ginning and Pressing factories Ac (a) Bombay Amendment Bill. (5) Central Provinces Amendment Bill Secretary's Note. At ita last meeting the immittaa nanerarord In -- f- LULUI UULLA UI WO GUverents concerned are attached The Bombay Bill has been referred to a Select Committee and the Central Provinces Bill has been circulated for eliciting opinion thereon (a) Bombay Amendment Bill. The Local Sub.Committee at two of its meetings considered the draft bill to Amand 10) Leniral Provinces Amendment Bull. This Bill was considered by the Local Sub-Committee in October last and the following conclusions arrived at have been communicated to the Central Provinces Governipent 1. The onus should lia on the factory owner to prove that the kapas or cotton complained of is not his property. If he establishes satisfactorily the ownership of cotton, proceedings should be taken against such owner. 2. The Control Provinces Government should be recommended to accept clause 4 of the Bombay Bill (as published in place of clause 3 of the Central varding letter should inform the Central n Central Cotton Coinmittee has no or admixture in cotton and that it is ould be prescribed by rule and not spaci. 16 in the Act. 3. The inspocting authority should not be below the rank of a Sub-Divisional Omcer, if & revenue officer, or an Extra Assistant Director of Agriculture, if an agricultural mainos 'lomhar TE pectors An the Central ·40 ('otton Committee, in order that he might act by taking possession of the cotton or hy recording press marks and/or tracing the ownership of the cotton concerned thus enabling the Central Provinces Govoriment to take action against the culprit under the Act. Provision should be made to this effect in the rules under iliert is a copy of the Bombay Bill as printed, and as it is to be introduced, should lie enclosed with the general observation that this draft is as revised after dis- ('ussion with the Local Sub-Committee and ombodies a number of recommendations, In particular the Sub-Committee strongly advises that the clause dealing with mixing should be a separate one as in the Bombay Bill, and that this sub. Marition should only be brought into operation in specified areas where Verum cotton (or other improved variery) is cultivated on a really substantial scale. P. H. RAMA REDDI, Bill No. XLV OF 1935. o Bill lo amend the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925, in its application to the Presidency of Bombay. (als read for the first tiine on 22nd November 1935.) Wienias it is expedient to amend thic Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories det, 1925*, in its application to the Presidency of Bombay for the purposes hereinafter appearing; And whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General requirerl under sub-section (3)7 of section S0A and the previous sanction of the Gorrrnor required under sertion SOC of the Governmont of India Act have been obtained for the passing of this ect; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Short title, extent 1. (1) This det may be called the Cotton Ginning and and commerrement. Pressing Factorios (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1935. This Ict shall extend in the first instance to the Province of Sind or such area in the said Province withi cffect from such date as the Local Government may be notification in the Bombay Gorernment Gazette appoint. The Local Government may by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette extend the provisions of this Act to any other area with effect from such date as the Local Government may appoint in the said notification. nendment In section 2 of the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Action 2 of ct .XII ar 1925, Act, 1923*, hereinafter called the said Act (1) after the word. comma and dash "context" tho folloiring shall be inserted, namely :- "face) "Admixture of cotton' means mixture of different varieties of cotton "; and (2) after clause (f) the following clause shall be inserted, namely : " (1) licence' menns a licence granted under section 2A." Insertion of sec. 3. After section ? of the said Act, the following section tion 2A in Ace VII shall be inserted, namely immo of 1925. *2A. (1) No cotton ginning factory or cotton prossing License for work. ing cotton ginning factory shall be worked without a licence granted to the owner factory cotton thereof by such authority, in such form, subject to such condipressing factory. tions and on payment of such fee, as may be prescribed. (2) No licence for which the prescribed fee has been paid shall be refused except on tho ground that the owner or person in charge of a cotton ginning or pressing factory in respect of which the licence is applied for has been convicted of an offence punishable under this Act and no licence shall be suspended, withdrawn or cancelled unless the owner or person in charge of the cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory in respect of which the licence was granted has been convicted for an offence punishable under this Act. (3) If any person works a cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory in respect of which a licence has not been granted or has been suspended, withdrawn or cancelled, such person shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to fire hundred rupees or, if he has been previously convicted of any offence under this sub-section, to fifteen hundred rupees.' * XII of 1925. f5 & 6, Geo, V, c. 61. or ·17 Lasertion of new 4 After section 3 of the said Act, the following ne sections 31, 3B and 3C in Act XII of sections shall be inserter, namely: 1925 Prohibition against *3A, (1) No cotton which is ginned or pressed in a cotto waterlog, etc, of cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory shall- (a) be watered, (b) contain any seed in excess of the prescribed proportion or (c) contain any foreign substance. (2) The Local Governme 415 u cotton uny aumixture of cotton U vi a cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory or any person in charge of such a factory-- (a) who knowing or havine - or conta gins (6) ging mlu in the notification under sub-section (2) wes or allows to be ginned or pressed any cotton which he knows or has reason to believe to contain an admixture of cotton, shall, on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to fifteen hundred rupees (4) Any owner of cotton who knowingly contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1) or (2) in respect of such cotton, or abets, or knowingly allows or connives at, such contravention shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to fifteen hundred rupees Explanation ---For the purposes of this section, cotton shall not be deemed to be watered, unless such cotton contains moisture in excess of the normal quantity, The normal quantity of moisture in any gis en quantity of cotton 18 the amount of moisture that such cotton is reasonably expected to have, regard being had to the place or places at or to which, and the time or times of the year in which, such cotton has been picked, collected, stored, conveyed, left, ginned or pressed. A certificate given by the prescribed authority as to the normal quantity of moisture that a given quantity of such cotton should have and the quantity of mouture that it possesses shall be evidence of such matters, until the contrary 19 proved, and if the latter quantity exceeds the former it shall be evidence, until the contrary is proved, that the cotton is watered. 3B. (1) The Local Government or any officer authorised by it in this behalf may on its or hus own motion or on receipt of a complaint that Eraduation there has been a contravention of the provisions of section 3A cotton, packages or bales in respect of any cotton, package or of any bale and in the case of a complaint, on payment of the prescribed fee by the com. plainant, cause such cotton or the contents of such package or bale to be examined by the prescribed person or body. (2) A certificate given by such person after examination of the contents of any bale under sub-section (1) shall be admissible in evidence and be presumptive proof of the facts mentioned therein until the contrary 13 proved. 3C (1) The Local Government may authorise any officer to enter into and Entry and inspecinspect, at any reasonable time, any cotton ginning or cotton tion pressing factors for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is app contravention therein of any of the provision4 of this Act or of any rule made thereunder or of any of the conditions subject to which a licence has been granted in respect of such factory and to size all things in respect of which an offence punishable under this set appears to hase been comraitted. (2) The owner or the person in charge of every cotton ginning of cotton pressing factory shall give rvery reasonable assistance to the topesting off jne in the performance of his duties ander rub.srtion (1). (3) The owner or the person in charge of rach fertory ofisil, in every inatattoo be permitted to attend during the inspection and thritis merid inspection shall be sealed in the prescribed tanna." ot ·48 Aicnment siction olclX of 1925. 5. For section 5 of the said Act, the following section shall bo substituted, namolyo (1) The owner of ovory cotton ginning factory shall submit to the Rinturns. prescribcıl authority, within such time and in such form, as may be preseribed, reokly returns showing the quantity of cotton ginner in iho fretory during the preceding week and from the commencement or tlir seison to the end of thiet wook. (2) The owner of ovory cotton prossing factory shall submit to the prescribed nuthority, within such timo nnd 'in such form, as may be prescribed, weekly roturns showing tho total nunber of balos of cotton pressed during the preceding "4k and from the commencemont of the season to the end of that week, and the approximato avorngo not woight of the bales pressed in that week. (3) Tho Local Government shall compile from the weekly returns submitted under sub-section (2), and shall publish in such manner as the Governor-General in ('ouncil map dircct, a stntomont showing the total number of bales pressed in the province during tho week and from thio commoncement of the season to the end of the week to which the roturns relate: Provided that the number of hales pressed in any individual factory shall not bo published. (4) If default is mado in submitting any return as required by sub-section (1) or sub-section (3), tho owner of tho factory shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may oxtend to fifty rupeos, (5) 11?cro tlo owner of a cotion ginning or cotton pressing factory has notified to tho prescribed authority that the work of ginning cotton or pressing holes in that factory has been susponded, it shall not be necessary for the owner to submit roturns under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) until such work has bcon resined. Explanation. In this section "soason' means the period notified in this behalf by thic Local Govornmont in local official Gazette." 0. In section 6 or tho said Act, after the words “other than" the words and figures "tho standard weights and measures, weighing and Amendment of scction 6 of Act XII inoasuring instruments authorised under the Bombay Weights ol 1925., and Monsuros Act, 1932,* in districts or areas in which Parts II, III, V and VI of that Act are in force or elsewhere other than" shall bo insorted. Amendment of GA. In sub-section (1) of section 7 of the said Act, after section 7 of Act X1) the words "for the purpose of sections" insert the figures and of 1925. lotters “ZA, 3C." Aincndment of 7. In section 13 of the said Act, after clause (a), the section 13 of Act XII following clauses shall be inserted, namely - of 1925. "(aa) the authority by whom the form in which, the conditions subject to which and tho foes on payment of which, a licence may be granted under subsection (1) of section 2-A; (ab) the proportion of seed which may be contained in cotton; (ac) the porson authorised to give a certificate regarding the quantity of moisturo contained in any cotton and other matters specified in section 3A ; (ad) the porson authorised to examine bales under section 3B; (ae) the procodure for making a complaint and causing the contents of a balo to be examined and the feo for examination of the contents of a balo under sub-section (1) of section 3B ; (af) the manner in which the things seized shall be sealed under section 3C." Addition of sec 8. After section 15 of the said Act, the following sections tions 16 and 17 in shall be added, namely : Act XII of 1925. "16. Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rule made therounder or any of the conditions subject to which a Penalty. licence has been granted to him shall, on conviction, if no other penalty is already provided in this Act for such contravention, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or, if he has previously been convicted of an offence under this Act or any rule made thereunder, with fine which may extend to fifteen hundred rupees. • Bom. XV of 1932. 5 ·49 17. (1) The officer authorised by the Local Government in this behalf Compounding msy accept from any person whose licence is liable to be bug. offences, etc pended, withdrawn or cancelled under this Act, or who 19 reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under this Act, a sum of money in lieu of such suspension, withdrawal or cancellation or by way of composition for the offence which may have been committed, as the case may be. (2) On payment by such person of such sum to such officer, such person if in custody shall be set at liberty and if criminal proceedings shall have been instituted against such person, the composition shall be held to amount to an acquittal." 9. In sub-section (61 and 161 of aantuan --0--4-.. Amendment of sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Act XII of 1925 on conviction, be punishable" shall be substituted STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS. The Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925, was passed for the purpose of providing for the maintenance of registers by both kinds of factories and the Jountained and the cotton grower is to get an adequate price for superior cotton are -(1) watering of cotton, (2) mixing of different varieties of cotton, (3) false packing in consequence of these malpractices, the reputation of superior cottons has suffered considerably and it has been from time to time 8110cnatod to Govern nnnA 41 - Notes on Clauses. Clause 1.--As stated above it is proposed to extend the Act to Sind or to a portion thereof in the first instance. Power 19 left to Government to extend it to other parts of the Presidency, if it is considered deguable to do so. Clause 3 --This clause requires the owners of cotton guaning and prossing Tactories to take out licences for working the factories. Failure to take out A licence is made punishable. Clause 4.This clajA mid 41 watered, c substance. prevent ad Wasowujale the power to declare that no cotton wsch contaiks admixture shall be ginned or pressed in that area. Now section 3B proposed to havent wwwpellion viunse 5--This clause amends section 5 of the principal Act and requires the owners of cotton ginning factories also to submit returna. Clause 6 - This clause amends section 6 of the principal Act and makes it con. sistent with the Bombey Weights and Measures Act, 1932 Clause 7.This is a rule making clause, Clause 8 --This clause provides for penalties for any contravention of any provisions of the Act or the rules thereunder, there no specific penalty has been provided for The rlause allows for the composition of offences. 1st October 1935. R. D. BELL. 4 ·50 (To be introduced in the Central Provinces Legislative Council.] CENTRAL PROVINCES BILL No. 33 OF 1935. THE COTTON GINNING AND PRESSING FACTORIES (CENTRAL PROVINCES AMENDMENT) BILL, 1935. A Bill to amend the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925, * in its application to the Central Provinces. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Preamble. Act, 1925,* in its application to the Central Provinces, in manner hereinafter appearing ; AND WHEREAS the previous sanction of the Governor-General required under sub-section (3) of section 80A of the Government of India Act has been obtained to the passing of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows: Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Cotton Ginning and Pressing commencement, Factories (Central Provinces Amendment) Act, 1935. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Local Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf. lasertion of sec- 2. After section 2 of the Cotton Ginning and Pressing tion 2-A in Act XII Factories Act, 1925* (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), of 1925. the following section shall be inserted, namely: License for work- “2A. (1) No cotton ginning factory or cotton pressing factory ing cotton gianing situate in the Central Provinces shall be worked without a factory or cotton licence from the Local Government in such form and subject pressing factory. to such conditions as may be prescribed. (2) Whoever contravenes the provision of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or, if he has previously been convicted of an offence under sub-section (1), to fifteen hundred rupeos. (3) No licence for which the prescribed fee has been paid shall be refused, suspended or cancelled except on the ground that the owner or person in charge of the factory concerned has been convicted for the contravention of the provisions of section 3A." Insertion of sec 3. After section 3 of the said Act, the following sections tions 3-A, 3-B and3-C shall be inserted, namely :- in Act XII of 1925. Liability for "3A. The owner or the person in charge of every cotton proper packing of bales. pressing factory shall be responsible for seeing that (a) no ginned cotton is watered at the time of pressing into a bale in the factory; (b) no ginned cotton, which is pressed into a bale in the factory, contains seed or moisture in excess of the prescribed proportion ; (c) no bale pressed in the factory contains any admixture of cotton without specifying the fact conspicuously on the outside of the bale in the prescribod manner; and (d) no bale pressed in the factory contains any substance other than cotton. 3B. (1) Subject to rules made under this Act, the Local Government or any officer authorized by it in this behalf may, on receipt of a Examination of complaint that there has been, or is suspected to havo beon, a bales. contravention of the provisions of section 3A in respect of any balo and on payment of the prescribed for by the complainant, cause the contonts of such bale to be examined by the Indian Central Cotton Committee or the East India Cotton Association. (2) A certificate given by the said Committee or Association after examination of the contents of any balo under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be conclusive proof of the facts mentioned therein and shall be admissible in evidence. *XII of 1925. 75 ·61 3C. (1) The Local Government may authorize any officer to enter into and Entry and inspec inspect, at any reasonable time, any cotton ginning factory or tion. cotton pressing factory for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any contravention of any of the provisions of this Act therein. (2) The owner or the person in charge of every cotton ginning factory or cotton pressing factory shall give every reasonable assistance to the inspecting officer in the performance of his duties under sub-section (1)." Amendment of 4 For section 5 of the sand Act, the following section shall section 5, Act XII be substituted, namely - of 1925. "5. (1) The owner of every cotton gunmg factory shall submit to the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form, as may Returns. be prescribed, weekly returns showing the quantity of cotton ginned in the factory during the preceding week and from the commencement of the season to the end of that week, (3) The Local Government shall compile from the weekly retums submitted Provided that the number of bales pressed in any individual factory shall not be published. (4) If default is made in submitting any return as required by sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the owner of the factory shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupeea, resumed. Explanation —In this section 'season' means the period notified in this behalf by the Local Government in the local official Gazette." Amendment of 5. In section 13 of the said Act, after clause (a), the section 13, Act Xal of 1925, following clauses shall be inserted, namely :- "(aa) the form and conditions of a licence to be granted under sub-section (1) of section 2A; (ab) the proportion of seed or moisture which may be contamned in ginned cotton and the manner for specifying the fact of any admixture of cotton on the outside of a bale under section 3A; (ac) the procedure for making a complaint and causing the contents of a bale to be examined and the fee for examination of the contents of a bale under sub- Bectron(1) of section 3B." Addition of sec. 6. After section 15 of the gard Act, the following section tlon 16, Act XII of shall be added, namely :- 1925. "16. Whoever contravenés any of the provisions of this Ant ---- thereunder shall, if Penalty Act for such contre extend to five hundred rupees or offence under this Act or any rule to fifteen hundred rupees" STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASOXY. The object of the Bul 18 to check certain malpractices like watering and mixing of cotton and false packing of bales which are reported to be prevalent on a growing Bcale in the cotton ginning and pressing factories of the province. The reputation ·52 and with it the price, of the local cotton aro alrondy said to have suffered in consequence as these frmudulont practices, and if they remain unchecked there is an iinminent danger of the cotton from the provinco coming into permanent disrepute and of the intorest of the cotton grower suffering irrotriovably. Legislation for the purse is strongly advocated by both the Provincial and the Indian Central Cotton Cominittco as well as the Contral Provinces Board of Agriculture. The Bill hay boon framel on the lines recommonded by these bodies. 2. The opportunity is also being taken of. prescribing returns of cotton ginned luye the inctories. These roturns havo rocontly beon prescribed by rules, but it is considered desirablo to prescribo them in the Act itself. Nagrin: The S!) luguet 1935. E. GORDON, Member in Charge. APPENDIX III. SUBT 11.Half-ycarly Report of the Publicity and Propaganda Officer. With the luni.year under report, the Publicity and Propaganda Department of the Inulinn (rntral Cotton Committeo entors upon tho fourth year of its career and it may not be opportune to glance at the items of the Department's activities during this perind in order to bring out the main purpose of the scheme and to point out how inr it has been achieved. The Dopartinent has directed its efforts along two main chunnels: firstly, wide press publicity both in India and abroad for lissuninating knowledge of improvements offected in the quality of Indian cottons ; iind secondly, rigorous field propaganda by tho Publicity Officer in person in collnboration withi Provincial Departments of Agriculture, in furtherance of regional campigns for dealing with specific cotton problems. Under the first category fall Committec's varicd schemes both scientific and practical so that the interested public could lny its hands on them quickly and easily. In the second group are included propaganda tours in different provinces of India to carry the fruite of experimentni work to tho growor and other interests concerned. Publicity. The Press Communiques issued by tho Department are supplied to the Press through the Associated Press of India, Bombay, which has branches all over the country. Through this nows ngoncy a constant stream of informational material is kopt flowing. But tho contact between the Press in India and the Publicity Dopartment is not confined to more distribution of Publicity material through this ngency but is oxtended to close personal touch with tho editors of leading (nilies in tho country. Tho Press outside India is reached directly by the Department. Tho fact that prominont newspapers of countries like Great Britain, Italy, Gorinany, U.S.A., East and South Africa, Australia, China, Japan, Egypt, Iraq, Malnya and Coylon rondily allot their columns to the Press Communiques of tho Dopartmont and ofton nzito editorial comments on them shows the extent of tho intorest takon in the Committeo's activities. The voluminous files kept in tho Publicity Dopartment of cuttings from the world's press reflect the importance attached to tho Committeo's work. Those cuttings run into thousands of pages devoted to tho most varied subjects relating to the cotton industry in India and the important role which the Indian Central Cotton Committee is playing in its dovolopment. Publicity Literature. This, howevor, represents only a part of the publicity material broadcast by the Department. Illustrated pamphlets, leaflets, bulletins, brochures, etc., have formed an equally important medium, through which information of more detailed tochnical character is made available to the interested public in a readable form. A comprehensive series of this class of literature--23 in number---embodying the results of scientific research schemes on various problems of cotton has been published so far. Propaganda. Propaganda tours undertaken by the Publicity Officer in order to demonstrate to the eye and mind of the cultivator the results of cotton researches and to show how far they are improvements on existing methods have extended to many parts of India. They include visits in connection with propaganda campaigns such as the Broach clean-up campaign, campaign for the popularising of cotton cultivation ·53 in the Barrage areas of Sind; encouraging Jayawant in preference to the local Kumpta variety in the Dharwar District of the Bombay Presidency, campaign associated with the extension of the Pink Boll-storm control measures in the United Provinces and the latest campaign for the elimination of the inferior Goghari frora the Surat tract. Besides these, study tours have also been undertaken in the Punjab and Central Province to impress upon the owners of submitting Weekly Press Returns pressed during the preceding week to the end of the week, regularly and punctually, Exhibitions and Shous. The Publicity and Propaganda Department took part during the first three years in the following Exhibitions - (1) "1", Improvement Show, (2) (3) .. (5) (6) Ilu (7) The Chikodi Agricultural Show, and (8) Agricultural Exhibition at Nanded Suitable propaganda material supported by specimens of improved types of Indian cottons and yarn oxhibits prepared at the Central Cotton Committee's ng and practice and enabled him to apply' knowledge to the solution of his own prohlerns Enquiries. A large number of enquiries frere made and attended to by the Publicity Department of the Committee from this country as well as from abroad, from Its help has ed on the latest the improvement je belief that the widening of informational service has attracted increasing attention from both the trade and the general public, here and abroad Notable events during the half-year under Report. The half-year under review was distinguished by a determined drive initiated by the Department of Agriculture, Bombay, ith the Committeo's Active co-operation to eliminato the inferior cotton known as Gogharı from the Surat tract. This type of cotton has been found to be undesirable not only in itself - Lanhe enniling the reputation ited efforts of the 'otton Committee with only partial success was the "l'ha trader encouraged mixing huolen har... 24 hrcher winning nad mixing of such cottons with other cottons, ete, ete, which has since verome utu. In the work of securing the support of the members of the Bombay Legislatie Council for the measure, the Publicity Department played its part. An illustrated pamphlet, a hand bull and a special article were prepared and distributed to the members at Poona and at the extended session of the Council in Bombay: Times of India, the Bombay Chronicle and local vernacular papers Minced interest in this important measure and publi-hen the apeal article on the The Times of India made appreciative clitorial.com Department's unceasing campaign for alucating the wr the urgent need for the measure. the ·-54 Council Hall. Demonstration, A special demonstration was staged in a large shamiana in the compound of the Council Hall at Poona. yarn oxhibits, etc., prepared at the Committee's Technological Laboratory at Samples of 1027 A.L.F., Goghari and mixed kapas ; latunga, were placed on view, together with Baer patterns of 1027 A.L.F., Goghari and mixturo, combed halos of 1027 A.L.F. and Goghari and photos, charts, graphs, diagrams, pictures, etc., showing the characters and monetary value of the two variotics as well as of their mixture. The demonstration was organised in a inanner calculated to please as well as instruct at a time when the session of the Legislative Council was in progress and was acknowledged to be a source of enlightenment and profit to the members representing agricultural, trade and industrial interests. Official and non-official members freely asked questions which wore adequately answered. A similar denonstration, although on a smaller scale, was held at the extender session of the Council in Bombay which finally passed the measure into law. Press Communiques. Work in this direction continued to make progress. A new series of communiques on the following subjects received wide publicity in a large number of newspapers and journals in a parts of India and abroad. (1) Elimination of Goghari cotton from Surat tract.--This press communique Tras issued to bring home to the members of the Bombay Legislative Council, the agriculturists in Surat and the trade in general the necessity for the eradication of Goghari cotton from the Surat tract, in view of the great damage done to the reputation of the superior variety 1027 A.L.F. by the mixing of both the varieties and passing the mixture off as genuine Navsari cotton. Legislative intervention Tas the only means of slavaging the reputation of the Navsari cotton. The Bill designed to secure this object camo up before the last session of the Legislative Counci). (2) Development of cotton cultivation in Sind. This was a review of the Annual Roport of the Department of Agriculture in Sind for the year 1933-34 and recorded the great increase in the total area under cotton in Sind in the year 1933-34 as compared with the average acreage during the preceding ten years. This communique. also gave a short description of the botanical research work conducted at Sakrand and at the Government Seed Farm, Mirpurkhas; of investigations conducted into the physiological aspect of cotton cultivation and of the activities of the Sind Cotton Extension Scheme, financed by the Indian Central Cotton Committee on the left and Right Bank areas of the river Indus. (3) Combing of good quality Indian cottons. This press note gave a summary of the detailed experiments conducted at the Technological Laboratory, Matunga, on fibre length and irregularity. The results relating to four standard Indian cottons, viz., Punjab-American 289F, Cambodia Co. 1, Surat 1027 A.L.F. and Nandyal 14, were culled from the Technological Bulletin, Series A, No. 27 and Tere given special prominence in the review which was appropriately broadcast. (1) Development of cotton growing in Bombay Presidency. This communique reviewed work of cotton improvement accomplished by the Departmont of Agri. culture, Bombay Presidency, during the year 1933-34. The rapid multiplication and distribution of improved varieties of cotton seed in various parts of tho Presidency with financial assistance from the Indian Central Cotton Committeo were also dealt with. Two notable steps taken by the Department to advance the cause of good cotton in Gujerat were, firstly the settlement of the controvorov on the relative merits of 1027 A.L.F. versus IA and the ultimate decision in favour of the former and secondly the drivo to clear the Surat tract of Goghari cotton. Short descriptions were given of the working of the Gujerat Boll-worm Clean-up Scheme. The Khandesh Cotton Breeding Scheme and the Broach Cotton Breeding Scheme, all financed by the Indian Central Cotton Committee. (5) Facilities for training at the Technological Laboratory, Matunga.--This was a press notification to invite applications for the two studentships for training in the elements of spinning and the routine methods of testing cotton fibre and yarii at the Technological Laboratory. (6) Amalner Cotton Market. Briefly described the working of the cotton market at Amalner in the Bombay Presidency, under the Bombay Cotton Markots Act, XIII of 1927, and the success achieved in helping and protecting the intorests of the cultivator during the year 1934-35. The market works under tho control of a Cotton Market Committee of 14 members with a Chairman.

·55 (8) The 31st Half-yearly meeting of the Indian Central Cotton Committee.--As usual, & communique was published giving a short report of the important discussions at the meeting of the Committee on the 19th and 20th August 1035. Pamphlets. In addition to press communiques, the Publicity and Propaganda Department published pamphlets, leaflets, etc, setting forth full results of study of a number of cotton problems. The pamphlets issued tere - (1) "Elimination of Goghant from the Strat tract unll re-establish the reputation of Narsar: cotton "When the question of elimination of Goghari cotton from the Surat tract was before the Bombay tas considered necessary that side by be conducted to educate the representi the urat with Gogharı, the disadvantages of mixing these two varieties and the views on the question of those affected by the evil of mixing. (2) A Gujerattu version of this pamphlet pas also brought out and adopted to propaganda in the Baroda State (3) " This is Physiolos 1934 on the Spotted Boll-turm in South Gujerau DI OLJEI LU sluuy the nio aud habits of this important pest of cotton and the estimation of damage caused by at It also includes a summary of the clean-up campaign organised in the Broarh district to determine the efficiency of control measures. (4) "The Indian Central Cotton Committee, tl8 objects, activities and achevemente "--This pamphlet gives a comprehensive description of the Committee's varied activities and its achievements in the realm of legislation designed to promote the production, marketing and manufacture of Indian cottons and in the sphere of research. The Bombay Chronicle writing editorially said "the booklot is indispensable for those interested in the growth or manufacture of cotton " Leaflets. (1) The Gujerathi leaflet on the use of plant puller was roprinted a third time to meet increased demand from Baroda and other places Hanl.billy (1) The Plant Puller hand-bull was also reprinted a third time in Gujerathi in order to meet heavy demand from the Director of Agriculture, Baroda The idea of replacing the poster Posters India's Bid for supremacy in World's Cotton Markets" with a different attractive le sign and the latest available figures is now in hand, To cope with the immediate demand for this poster a number of copies of the old edition were brought up to date and printed Surat tract is also under preparation. A poster to help forward the campaign for the elimination of Cinghari fro ·56 + Exhibitions. (1) A notable event of the half-year was the Publicity Department's participation in the Rural Life Exhibition at Baroda which lasted for a week commencing from the 1st of January 1936. This Exhibition was organised in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of #. H. the Jaharaja oi Baroda. The Viceroy, sho tras in Baroda on the occasion, honoured the organisers with a visit to the Exhibition. A number of cotton exhibits kindly placed at our disposal by the Director of the Technological Laboratory, a large number of photos and charts showing the superiority of 1027 A.L.F. cotton orer Goghari. posters and other publications of the Publicity Department were on riew at the Exhibition. (2) The Fair in Rajputana..In October last the Extension Officer of the Institute of Plant Industry. Indore. vote to the Department to send copies of all maps, charts, etc., issued so far by the Publicity and Propaganda Department. These were required for purposes oi demonstration and distribution at the Fair. Twenty copies each of the Lusmi poster in Hindi and [rdu, thirty copies in Englislı and five copies each in Hindi and Crdu of the Pink Boll-worm pest of cotton poster tere despatched to him along with 200 copies in Hindi oi the leaflet on the Institute of Plant Industry in Indore, and some other publications of the Department. (3) Crop Demonstration in Amragti and leormal.---At the request of the Estra Assistant Director of Agriculture, Amraoti, suitable propaganda literature was sent to him for use in connection with demonstrations of improved crops held in Amraoti and Yeotmal districts. (4) Fairs and Demonetralions in Tarora, Central Prorinces. Publications of the Department were also supplied to (1) the Agricultural Assistant. Varora, Central Provinces, and (2) the Deputy Director of Agriculture, Gujerat. in connection with rillage uplift work in several villages which were visited br H. E. the Governor of Bombay from the 19th to 22nd December 1935. Increased demand for Publicity publications and greater number of enguirics. The lialf-rear nor under reviere was remarkable for an increased demand for the publications of the Department as well as for special information bearing on the Committee's work. A large number of enquiries were received and attended to by the Department from this country as well as from abroad. The agencies which evinced interest in the publications of the Department included the Eastern News Agency, London, the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee, Manchester, Universities of California and Berkeler. Local enquiries from many parts of India like Coimbatore, Berar. Indore, Jaipur City, Karachi, Amritsar and other places were also dealt with. From Jadura Jr. Ponniah, Lecturer in the American College wrote for some of the publications of the Committee and also made several enquiries regarding the different aspects of the activities of the Committee witt: reference to the recommendations of the Indian Cotton Committee's report of 1919. In addition to supplying all the press communiques on Jadras schemes and some other publications all his enquiries were replied to. Similar enquiries were receired from other organisations and individuals in India. - Appreciation of Committee's worls. In assessing the value of the Committee's work, several newspapers, both in India and outside, hare from time to time written in appreciative terms. For instance the Times of India commenting on His Excellency the Governor's address at the last half-yearly meeting oi the Indian Central Cotton Committee in which His Excellency referred to the Lancashire's readiness to make more use of Indian cotton. if uniformity in quality as assured. observed as follows:- * To this persistent publicity and propaganda are essential; the Indian Committee are awake to this need. Its Publicity and Propaganda Department has been instrumental in checking to some extent the evils formerly prevalent in the cotton trade. Particularly successful was its campaign for the elimination of the boll-worm pest in Surat, Thich adversely affected the quality of the local crop. Its task will be considerably lightened by the legislative measures shortly to be undertaken, and the result should be an appreciable improvement in both the quality and quantity of Indian cotton supplies. Tiat in itself must justify the existence and labours of the Indian Central Cotton Committee." P.. D. VIHRA.

·57 APPENDIX IV. SUBJECT 13.-Summary of Proceedings of the Local Sub-Committee. Secretary's Note. Three meetings of the Local Sub-Committeo were held since the meeting of the Indian Central Cotton Committee in August 1935 Afr. M Duruttı having resigned, his place on the Sub-Committee was taken by Mr. A *. Sarantides, who succeeded the former on the Committee 2. As desired by the Committee at its last meeting, the Sub-Committee considered the suggestion of Mr, Coleridge that an annual official meeting should be held in Liverpool between representaties of the Indian Central Cotton Committee who happened to be in England and the Directors of tho Liverpool Cotton Association at which matters of common interest to both would be discussed The decision arrived at was that ay Mr HC Short, Cotton Commissioner of the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee, was fully competent to deal with all questions of this nature that might arise, there was no necessity of holding such meetings for the present Tho suggestion of Sir Bryce Burt that the services of Mr W. Ellis Jones, one of the ex-Vice-Presulents of the Committee, now permanently settled in Liverpool, should be utilised by the Committee as a link between itself and the Lancashire Indian Cotton Cominittee was also considered by the Sub-Committoe and it was decided that it was unnecessary to requisition the scivicca of Mr. Ellis Jones at present as the Lancashire Indian Cotton Committee had thoir Cotton Commissioner in India who was aratlable for consultation here. 3. Complaints regarding watering of cotton, mixing and incorrect marking of bales and action taken thereon were considered and recorded by the Sub-Committee 4. At its meeting held on the 15th March 1935, the Sub-Committee considered a letter from Messrs. Volkart Brothers, Bombay, stating that shot steple haar from Rajputana was being imported by rail into Khandwa for purposes of my with the superior local cottons. A report was made to the Director of Agriculture. Central Provinces, who requested the Local Government to declare the distrito of Nimar and Hoshangabad as protected areas under the Cotton Transport Art The Local Government have since issued the necessary notification du laring the above districts as protected areas under the Cotton Trensport Act 5. The Standards Sub-Committee at its meeting held in January 1914 derided that in so far as Kumpta cotton was concerned, the number and definipe on of the standards should be "Good," " Fully Good," and "Fine" At the meeting of the Standards Sub-Committee held on the 10th September 1935, Rao Bahadur B. L. Patil, representative of the cotton growers of the Kumpta tract, suggested that the standards for Kumptas should start, as in the case of other cottons, from "Fully Good " instead of from " Good" This suggestion together with a note on the subject from Rao Bahadur B L Patil was considered by the Sub-Committee but as the proposal was thought to be una orkable it was not Accepted 6. The Sub.Committee considered a letter from Mr. GCR Coleridge regarding the unfair treatment of Indian cotton of 15/16* staple as a result of its exclusion from the new Liverpool Hedge Contract for Outside Growths and decided that before any action was taken on the letter the opinion of Sir Richard Jeckson should be obtained The reply recen ed from Sir Richard Jackson was considered by ent meeting and it was decided that furiber be postponed till the reply of the President, recensed to the communication addressed to 7. Other subjects which engaged the attention of the Sub-Committee were (a) Bill to amend the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1935, in its application to the Presidency of Bombas. Central Provinces Cotton Ginning and Preiving Factories (Amendmeid! Ball (c) Juring of mill fly in Khandesh cotton. 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Samples Lots. Counta. 1st June 1st June 1 lst Juno 1st June 1st Juno 1st Juno 1935 1934 1935 1931 1933 1934 to 31st to 31st to 31st to 31st to 31st to 31st October October October October October Oi tabor 1935 103+ 1935. 1934. 1935. 1931. Bombay 31 42 31 120 95 Punjab 35 34 35 34 111 103 United Provinces Madras 31 58 31 58 93 174 Central Provinces. 5 15 Miscellaneous 5 19 5 49 15 147 Total 118 172 118 172 360 519 Standard 7 14 2 82 12 Trade Tests 33 27 33 27 88 70 Technological Tests 31 24 49 46 194 27 Grand Total 189 224 214 217 724 857 Tha t... - test yea nat offic Ang ., 104 during the pn.- - Pau ulluer review on these sar reports, TZ issued during lue period under reriet together with the corresponding figures of www.livution of the reports TABLE III, last year Ist June 1935 to 31st October 1939. Ist June 1934 to 31st October 1934. Spinning Test Reports Fibre Test Reports Yarn Test Reports 57 6 9 Total 67 70 ·60 It will be seen that the number of spinning test and yarn test reports was the same as issued in last year but the number of fibre test reports is slightly less. As a rosult the total number of reports issued during the period under review is 3 less than that for the corresponding period of last year. These reports dealt mostly with the routine tosts on agricultural and trade samples. Among these the following may be mentioned as being of special interest A. Agricultural Samples. 1. The effect of differential irrigation on the fibre properties and spinning quality of collon. At the last meeting of the Technological Research Sub-Committee hold on the 3rd February 1935 the results of tests carried out with a view to ascertaining the influence of differential irrigation on the fibre properties and spinning quality were considered. It was decided that as this investigation had yielded intorosting and useful results it should be continued and that the results so far available should be published. Accordingly, more samples of cotton grown with different amounts of irrigation were received from Sakrand, Ganganagar, Padogaon, Coimbatore and Lyallpur, Tests on samples received from the former threo stations have already been completed, while tests on samplos received from the latter two stations are in progress. As regards the publication of the results of tho tests already completed, it was felt that the value of these bulletins rould be greatly enhanced if they contained an account not only of the technological work done on these samples but also of the field behaviour and the history of the cottons. Accordingly, the agricultural officers who supplied these samples were requosted to collaborate with the writer by sending a detailed account of the field behaviour of their samples. The bulletins on these investigations will be issued under joint authorship after the contributions of the cotton breeders liave been received. 2. T'ests on Boss III and Sea Island cottons grown at Sakrand, Sind. During the last six seasons tests have been carried out at the Technological Laboratory on samples of long staple Egyptian and American cottons grown at Sakrand. Among these the two cottons which consistently gave the best results are Boss III and Sea Island. In view of the fact that Sind is especially suited for the cultivation of long staple cottons and also in view of the growing demand for such cottons by Indian mills, it was thought that if tests on a larger scale were made on these two cottons and their performance under similar conditions were compared with an Egyptian cotton, the results would be useful in showing the potentialities of these cottons. Accordingly, samples of Boss III and Sea Island cottons were obtained from the Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind and a sample of an Egyptian cotton, Giza-7, was obtained from the local market. Carded and combed yarns ranging from Go's to 80's were spun from these three cottons and tested for strength, evonness, neppiness, etc. The results of the tests are given in the Spinning Test Report No. 632, which is attached as appendix, for consideration if any furthor action should be taken in this matter. 3. The effect of method of picking on the quality of Cambodia cotton. Two samples of Cambodia cotton grown in Salem were tested at the Laboratory during the period under review. One of these samples was picked according to the method ordinarily employed by the cultivators, while the other sample was picked according to an improved method recommended by the Department of Agriculture, Madras. The results of these tests showed that the sample picked according to the improved method gave uniformly better results in all respects. It contained a smaller percentage of immature hairs, yielded less total waste, registered fever breakages. in the ring frame and the yarns spun from it were definitely stronger, more even, and less neppy than those obtained from the other sample. In viow of the com. plaints frequently heard regarding the amount of trash in some of the Indian cottons due to defective picking a technological leaflet describing the above results has been written and is being sent to the press. B. Standard Cottons. As in the past exhaustive tests were made on standard Indian cottons and the results obtained were compiled in a Technological Bulletin, which has been sont to the press. It may be mentioned that, following the recommendation of the Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind, two cottons from Sind were included for the first time in the list of standard cottons. One of these cottons has been named "Sind N.R.” and represents the improved Sind-Bengals variety, IV.N. 27, (G. neglectum var Rosea). The other has been called “Sind Sudhar" and represonts. the improved Sind-American variety, 289-F-1 (G. hirsutum, Linn). Tho arca ·Brother set of 6812 125 2T 12 LK 15 vnt.fr 61 under their cultivation is increasing rapidly. Both have been tested at the Laboratory during the past 5/6 seasons and their performance in the Laboratory and their behaviour in the field bare been found to be very satisfactory. Furtber more, two further selections of C.P. Verum 262, named *1 431 and Late Verum" have been included in the list of standard cottons as desired to the Director of Agriculture, Central Provinces 1-434 has beez fond 10 he specially suited for areas which possess highly rarisble climate, while Late Term is for to be specially suited for breas in which the moon is het to last 1. lsie in the season. The performance of these cottons as shown by the results of Latriot tests, is in no way iniezior to that of a shio their rield end bed teleri espocially under the conditions mentioned above, make them for In more profitable for cultivation, than T-se. It is uited that in under their cultivation will fror rapids. As RTT be Faded rur: En oma grown on a commercial scale, the results is Lore were mistry in the stagon were published in the form of the police! XS Den period under review such circolars were issued a PA 4F, JOTALF JETTU and Cambodia Co C. Trase Sampler These samples are tested at the Laboratory marudazu LL LL entered into between the Indian Central Cotton Countie I ( 021 Inc East India Cotton Associat1022 Bomlar. and be BT u Lleotilbud Mulowners' Associations on the other. The res! 21-F se 4 W have so far been publisbed 13 the framed myciu int. v was felt that if the results of these tests menecer it will constitute a handy reference bedi' the waste losses, spinning perfor, er, vir con Indian cotton crop. Before Berting 0911* TE SPEED* lit. ) East India Cotton Association, Brebes, 2. SVIBUDE SMT and Ahmedabad, the Chambers of CSA in mercure to elict their optaion on the propost! Tayt 20 minit. LL ALL that such a bulletin would serve a träning under review, arrangements were abril * was Reports on Trade Varieties of 12 - Cooling wordt oºk these samples. As in the past the Labra:7 Cirsizse Lem frv1:12 which were tested oa pesa alivir Lim. Dr. period under review samping is nie zmary :7: Joen and to fibre texts. D. Tristwopics Sanita In addition to the text 150 2 above, the Laboratory has esmin on tungt. 372. progress made under this brain garrë e thje described : 1. Storage of cotton in the grese and it in Dornbus that the results obtained for this two toge ng tu da of their 501-Contriembout emis 2: Drama: 1 * 2.LH 1 there externeta je I've lost as die water quantitate to Ayam sem patient u wetug'n Imagesh19 ...Tumor * L ******** meeting them Ips 1 ir gori. the Amri - TEXT - Irak Iran 2012 m on the o: 0.00 IPA, the results of their farri Lin series of tests que contain the last 21n 24 wordt at Y -24 Jurry 3 and the tests on these samples are in me The effect of different degreu of Emotions in oli The results obtained with Superficie Ooms og mis Research Sub-Committee at its reptinerar. 13 that, if the spinning qualty of . ! Kee Son cornpression in a bele, the effect is er ng & short staple cotton. It was doon 13 of 13 tople Indian cottong sa ΙΓΟ rlor out ( wt Y ·OZ Jnyawant, Cambodin and Punjab-American 289-F have been purchased. These woro pressod to the some size, but weighed respectively 400, 300 and 200 lbs. Sninpics drawn from these boles aro under test and a report containing the results will ho submitted in due courso. f. Limit spinning tests.~The choice of suitable twists for various Indian cottons and the offect of twist on the production, strength and evenness of yarns are mattors of grent practical importanceto the mills. Some time ago the Technological Laboratory undertook an investigation on the effect of twist on two cottons, namely, Cambodin and Mollisoni. This work has now been extended to two Indian cottons, Superfino Domra and Punjab-American 4-F which have been spun into various counts with different twist multipliers ranging from 3 to 57. T'ho spinning tests and yarn tests on these samples have now been completed and n bulletin doscribing the results obtained is being written up. 6. Spinning tests on mixings of Indian cottons. This investigation forms a part of the programmo of work approved recently by the Indian Central Cotton Committee. The object of this investigation is to find out the particular fibre properties which are responsiblo for tho mixing quality of various Indian cottons. For this purpose, samples of Surat 1027 A.L.F., Khamgaon, Superfine Oomra and Punjab-Ainorican 4-F have so far been obtained and the mixtures made from thom in various proportions have been spun into suitable counts. Simultaneously with this, an Oxhaustive oxamination of the fibre properties of these cottons is being carried out ns will be described under the head "Research Laboratory." Moro samples of Indian cottons will be obtained and treated in the like manner. This investigation is in progress. 6. Effect of storage of secd-cotton prior to ginning. The results obtained for Punjab.Amorican 289.F, Punjab-American 4.F and Mollisoni were considered at the mooting of the Technological Research Sub-Committee held on 17th August 1935. It was decided that these experiments should be repeated on the Punjab cottons and oxtonded to some other Indian cottons with the period of storage increased from 1 month to 3/4 months. Accordingly, arrangements have been made to obtain samples of Wagnd 8 and the Punjab cottons with a period of 3/4 months intervening bettreen the dates of picking and ginning. These samples will bo tested whon the samples of the new crop are received at the Laboratory. II. RESEARCH LABORATORY, Fibre Testing Section. This section has been fully occupied with the testing of samples for fibre-properties which were sent to the Laboratory both for spinning tests and fibro tests. During the period under review the total number of samples on which fibre tests of all kinds were completed in this section amounted to 146. Mr. Hari Rao, in addition to supervising the work of this section, concluded his investigation on the effect of twist on the strength and extension of single cotton fibres. Ho has made these tests on 5 cottons, namely, Cambodia Co. l, Mollisoni, Verum 202, Banilla and Aligarh 19, and during the remaining part of the period under review has been engaged in analysing the results and writing up an account of this investigation which will be published in the form of a technological bullotin. Physics Section --Mr. R. S. Koshal continued with the analysis on the effect of distribution of rainfall and temperature on the fibre-properties and the spinning value of a cotton. In my last progress report I gave a short account of the scope of this investigation and the main results hitherto obtained by Mr. Koshal. These results have proved so interesting and in many respects are likely to be so useful to the cotton breeders that that attempts have been made to apply this analysis to all cottons for which the necessary data are available. This investigation has taken rather longer time than was originally anticipated, but it must be remembered that it covers numerous tests on standard Indian cottons and agricultural samples which have been made at the Laboratory in the last 11 seasons and that without such an analysis the full utility of these tests would not be realised. It is expected that this analysis will be completed in another two months' time, when an account of it will be written up for publication as a technological bulletin. Mr. C. Nanjundayya continued his investigation on the properties of cotton fibre at the point of rupture of yarn. This investigation forms a part of the programme of work recently approved by the Indian Central Cotton Committee. For this purpose an apparatus had been devised for automatically recording stress and strain in a yarn from the time at which tension is applied to it to the time when rupture takes place. A microscope has also been adapted to enable the ·63 workor to observe the variation in twist at different points of the yarn before it 1a broken. The properties examined which will be correlated when sufficient data are available are fibre-maturity, fibro-length, fibre-weight per inch, distribution of twist, breaking load and extension This work is in progress TI- VTCAL. JA... 1. SL --- being oxamined in great detail by Dr. Sen. It is proposed to extend this invests. gation to a number of other cottons so that it may be possible to draw conclusions of fairly wide applications, but as the results of spinning tests on mixtures INT be useful to the trade it is proposed to publish these, in ihe form of technological circulars or leaflets, without waiting for the final analysis and correlation ant! the results tral abec of The 20: Or pressure of work on the testing staff of the Laboratory It has no beer tassium to continue this work after Mr. Son's departwe, byt se soul a« tu tc the testing staff is relieved, it 13 hoped to continne their restorati va of one of the Junior Testers. Dr. Thoma, who wR3 appointed 19 8 se prost o Encer. Il CIES the possibility of sinshort steple Ladien customic Leren sīk continued his intestization the TCU - elasticity of films prepared from east Imam rage, lintas, esc Fort pour eum.20 D - films prepared from with back we Fiori report os D:. TE's TMFE IS logical Pe Sub-Commit. Jirang Simentale TSI obsenatos oc T o infection as a nonpromo has Dy 2. I disti - 1513 - TF 9. E! Te kama wat 75 S * at th: LEITZ ? Do you time. As $57. TECH workers tas kulit for more TEL. to fibres dancimeras Io 5 cf teorogoro w it hs3 Dow beer dry! ST* Section. For the purp I: Casa attached to this entre andre interest IL HE27 Is E. During the period order the stal time of Thrones was 13, out of which 3 **trator for the trip. A for url pittums the East India Cotton Lsyriation aer causarung of the ingestigations in neposrromana "Puusent by the ·64 IV. PUBLICATIONS. It will be rocalled that at the last meeting of the Technological Research Sub-Committee the writer presented as desired by the Committee a brochure on the work of the Laboratory between 1923 and 1935. This brochure met with the general approval of the Committee and it was decided to publish it after making à fow additions which would enhance its usefulness. During the period under Toviow these additions were made in this brochure and it has now been sent to the press for publication. The following technological bulletins and circulars were issued during the period under review: Bulletins. (1) Technological Bulletin, Series A, No. 28, entitled "Technological Reports on Standard Indian Cottons, 1935." (2) Technological Bulletin, Series A, No. 29, entitled “ Technological Reports on Trade Varieties of Indian Cottons, 1935." Circulars. (1) Technological Circulars Nos. 171 to 207 inclusive, detailed as under: Date. T.C. No. Description. 174 176 179 171 Spinning Test Report No. 591 on samples of Broach cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. 172 Spinning Test Report No. 592 on samples of Jagadia cotton, 1934-35. June 1935. 173 Spinning Test Report No. 593 on samples of Punjab-American cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. Spinning Test Report No. 595 on samples of Bailhongal cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. 175 Spinning Test Report No. 596 on samples of Broach cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. Spinning Test Report No. 597 on samples of Karunganni cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. 177 Spinning Test Report No. 598 on samples of Tiruppur Cambodia cotton, 1934-35 Juno 1935. 178 Spinning Test Report No. 599 on samples of Northern Cambodia cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. Spinning Test Report No. 600 on samples of Farm Westerns cotton, 1934-35.. Juno 1935. 180 Spinning Test Report No. 601 on samples of Westerns cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. 181 Spinning Test Report No. 602 on samples of Miraj cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. 182 Spinning Test Report No. 603 on samples of Nandyal cotton, 1934-35 June 1935. 183 Spinning Test Report No. 604 on samples of Surat cotton, 1934-35 July 1935. 184 Spinning Test Report No. 606 on samples of Tiruppur Cambodia cotton, 1934-35 July 1935. 185 Spinning Test Report No. 607 on samples of African Busoga cotton, 1934-35.. July 1935. 186 Spinning Test Report No. 608 on samples of Kampala cotton, 1934-35 July 1935. 187 Spinning Test Report No. 609 on samples of Hubli Upland cotton, 1934-35 July 1935. 188 Technological Report on Punjab-American 4.F, 1934-35 July 1935. 189 Technological Report on Surat 1027 A.L.F., 1934-35 July 1935. 190 Spinning Test Report No. 612 on samples of Kalagin cotton, 1934-35 July 1935. 191 Spinning Test Report No. 613 on samples of Farm Westerns cotton, 1934-35.. July 1935.

·65 T. C No. Description Date 192 August 1935 193 August 1935, 194 August 1935 19,5 1 196 August 1935. September 1935. September 1935. 197 198 September 1935. 199 September 1935. 000 Technological Report on Jayawant (Kumpta), 1934-35 Technological Roport on Cambodia Co (Cambodia 440), 1931-35.. Spinning Test Report No. 620 on samples of Navsari cotton, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No 621 on samples of Upland cotton, 1931-35 Spinning Test Report No 624 on samples of Dholleras cotton, 1931-35 Spinrung Test Report No 626 on samples of Westorns cotton, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No 627 on samples of Surat cottona, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No 628 on samples of Tunnevelley cotton, 1931-35 Spinning Test Report No 630 on samples of Cambodia cntton, 1931-35 Spinning Test Report No 631 on samples of Karunganni cotton, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No 633 on samples of Bijapur cottons, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No 634 on samples of Bagalkote cottons, 1931-35 Spinning Test Report No 635 on samples of AR Jinja cotton, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No. 637 on samples of AR Busoga cotton, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No. 638 on samples of A R Kampala cotton, 1934-35 Spinning Test Report No 640 on samples of Kumpta cotton, 1934-35 Septernber 1935. 301 202 203 September 1935. September 1935. September 1935. September 1933. 204 203 September 1935 306 September 1935. 207 Septomber 1035. V. GENERAL Equipment -The following machines and apparatus were added to the Laboratory during the period under review (1) Leitz Polarising Attachment for use with Ultropak Microscope (2) Boach and Lomb's Fuscope with viewing camera attechurent with adjustable microscopo lamp (3) Suter Thread Carrier (4) Louis Schopper's Strength Tester with graphic recordler for work on the manufacture of artificial silk from short staple Indian cottons, (5) One Electric oven and an Evaporating Bath for the above work. (6) Loexis and Northurp Galvanometer. Staff - Mr D. L Sen, a Senior Research Assistant (Chemist), who was granted one year's study leave left on the 20th September 1935 to join the College of Technology, Manchester Mr A. B Khan, Junior Tester, resigned his post on 3rd September 1935 to prosecute with further studies. Mr. S Rajarainan, Technological Assistant, Lyallpur, completed his training at tho Laboratory on the 11th Septomber 1935 and proceeded to Lyallpur to relievo Mr. K G. Deo who reverted to his substantive post of Junior Tester at tho Laboratory ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, I have pleasure in acknowledging the loyal co-operation of the staff throughout the period under review which made the work described in this report possible. (Sd) N. AHMAD, Director, Daleel the 23rd December 1935. Technological Laboratory. 6 ·66 APPENDIX VI. SUBJECT 15.-Technological Research-Report of the Technological Research Sub-Committee. 1 5 Secretary's Note. Tho Technological Research Sub-Committee met at 10-30 a.m, on Saturday, the llth January 1936. The Progress Report of the Director for the five months, June to October 1935, was considorod. The total number of samples received for tests during the period was only 105 as compared with 219 during the corresponding period of the previous yoar, 189 samples divided into 214 lots were spun into 724 counts during this poriod as against 224 samples divided into 247 lots spun into 857 counts during the corresponding period of the previous year. 57 spinning test reports, 6 fibretost reports and 4 yarn test reports were issued during the period under report, tho comparable figures for the previous year being 57, 9 and 4 respectively. In accordance with a previous recommendation of the Sub-Committee, tests have been carried out on Sakrand, Ganganagar and Padegaon samples and tests aro in progross on Coimbatore and Lyallpur samples of cotton with a view to ascortaining the influence of differential irrigation on the fibre-properties and spinning quality of cotton. When the tests are completed the results will be published. As rogards the tests carried out on Boss III, Sea Island and Giza-7 cottons, the Sub.Coinmittee recommends that these tests should be repeated on samples drawn from ordinary commercial crops, and that the results obtained from these tosts should not be published till the results of the mill tests on the same samplos aro available. The Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind should be informed of the desirability of devoting greater attention to picking and ginning of the long staple cottons grown in Sind. The Director's proposal to transfer the routine maturity work from the Microscopy Section to the Fibre-testing Section may be approved. The Sub-Committee understands from the Director that moisture tests on cotton, as requested by the East India Cotton Association, will be taken up immediately. The Sub-Committee approved the Revised Budget Estimates for 1935-36, and provisionally sanctioned the budget proposals for 1936-37. The Sub-Committeo further recommended that a Special Sub-Committee consisting of Sir Purshotandas Thakurdas, Messrs. Kasturbhai Lalbhai, S. D. Saklatvala, Sakarlal Balabhai and Dr. W. Burns be appointed to go into the whole question of the expenditure of the Laboratory to make recommendations regarding possible economies in tho future. Dr. Nazir Ahmad will act as the Secretary to this Sub-Committee. The report of this Special Sub-Committee should be placed before the next meoting of the Technological Research Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee recorded the letter received from the Secretary, Karachi Jotton Association, intimating that a large number of covered sheds had been rected in the Thole Yard and that the major portion of the cotton now coming nto Karachi is being stored in covered sheds. In the circumstances tho Issociation thinks that no useful purpose would be served eithor by publishing the eport on the deterioration of cotton stored in open plinths at Karachi or by ending it to the Karachi Port Trust. The Sub-Committee, however, recommends hat a non-technical summary of the results of the tests carried out should bo ublished for the benefit of the public. The Sub-Committee considered (1) a note furnished by Mr. R. S. Finlow on he possibility of the manufacture of artificial silk in India, (2) a lettor from the ice-Chancellor, Bombay University, enquiring if the Committee would like Ir. Venkatraman to utilize a part of his European tour to study the production of aple fibre and (3) the report submitted by the Director, Technological Laboratory, n the work done in the Technological Laboratory, and the Laboratory of tho Cesearch Department of the Bleachers' Association, Manchester. The Sub. ommittee recommends that the term of appointment of Dr. Thoria be extondod ir a period of six months at Rs. 375 per month, and that the celluloso contont of vaan short staple cottons and high-yielding strains including those that might ikness of fibre, otc., should ·Ritchie, R G. Saraiya, S. D. Saklatvala, D McCallum and Dr Ahmad be 67 be found out. The Chemist should also try all the three methods on a selected number of cottons The publication of the results so far obtained should be withheld till the investigation is completed The proposed small spinning plant is unnecessary. As regards the proposal of the Vice-Chancellor, Bombay University, the Sub-Committee recommends that the offer be accepted with thanks Should it be found necessary that any monetary help is required by the University in this matter, it should be referred to the Standing Finance Sub-Committee for decision The Secretary should consult Mr. Fred Stones regarding the facilities for In the meanwhue, Mr Broche has promued to furnish information regarding tho relative costs and the suitability of the various processes of manufacturing artificial silk and staple fibre This might bo awaited In accordance with the rocommendation of the Sub-Committeo at ito February 1935 meeting, tho Director held in December 1935 & Conference between the Technological Assistants and the senior research staff of the Technological Laboratory The report submitted by the Director on the work done at the Conforence was recorded It was decided that any proposals regarding the purchase of new apparatus by the Technological Assistants should first be approved by the Director, Technological Laboratory The Sub-Committee considered the applications of two Junior Testers for higher pay. The Sub-Committee recommends that these applications be referred to the Special Sub-Committee for consıderation P. H, RAMA REDDI. APPENDIX VII SUBJECT 17 - Report of the Special Sub-Commillee to consider the question of a wrder market for Indian cotton. Secretary's Note. The Special Sub-Committee appointed to consider the question of a wider market for Indian cotton met at 3 pm on Saturday, the 13th January 1936 The Sub-Committee understands that though, in pursuance of a previous decision of the Committee, articles had been sent to the Times and the Manchester Guardian Commercial for publication, the former definitely refused to publish such articles The latter may publish some articles, provided they are well-written and officially sent to the Editor by the Seeretary. The Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind, and others wishing to contribute articles may therefore send them to tho Secretary to be transmitted to the Editor of the Manchester Guardian Commercial Tho Director, Technological Laboratory, will continue to send, as bcforc, articles for publication in the Textile Wecklies, and other Magazines which show an interest in these articles. to wish, the Lancashireof the Shirley Instituto rrange for definite trials al sort staple cottons in the woollen industry at Torridon As regards the small samplos of Indian short staple cottons to be supplied to bona fide consumors in Europe, who ask for them, the Sub-Committee recommends that the Director should omit V.P. and Mathia from his list, and supply only Comillas, Sind-denti, Rajputana-deshı, and Burmas. puvlication that a Sub-Committee Corgisting of the inade thresident Micheahan), Metal Appointed to meet the representatives of the East India' prepare the proposed publication. wintion and ·08 J11 Homeanwhilo lo Scorolary might circulate the said material to Directors of Agriculturo and the Ahmedabad and Bombay Millowners' Associations and the Upper Juin Chinmhor of Commerco for criticism. 'Tho Suls-Committen recordod i noto put in by Mr. H. C. Short on the Shirley Instituto Exhibition holi in Soptombor 1935. Tho Sub-Committee noted with Hiltixinetion the excellent work dono by tho Lancashire-Indian Cotton Committee to popularise Indian kotłons in the United Kingdom and passed the following resolution: ""This Coinmittro closires to record its approciation of the excellent rrork of Ore Loll? ksliro-Iulian Cotton Committco. Thic largo increase in the takings of Indian cotton in the last three years is a striking testimony to the efficiency of their organisation and propaganda.' Tho Sub-Committeo izlso considorod a suggestion from Mr. R. G. Saraiya that periodical rovicws of the stato of foreign trado in Indian cotton might bo propared by the Secretary and submitted to the Sub-Committee for consideration at its lunil.yourly rrectings. 'l'ho Sub.Committee, hovovor, thinks that this is only supliiation of work, as the samno work is undertaken by the Commercial Intelligence Doportmont of tho Govornmont of Indin. So far as the loss of trade with Germany is concernel, the Scrotary might writo to Sir Bryce Burt to bring the matter to thro notre of Governinont. p'rill in the cxports of Indian collon 10 China (Subject 43).--The Sub-Committee recommend that the lottor from the East India Cotton Association be forwarded 10) Thor (ovornirnt of India in the Commerco Department for information and such nction as is comod necessary. P. H. RANA REDDI. APPENDIX VIII. SUBJECT 19.-Report of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee. Tho agricultural Research Sub-Comınittee mot at 11 a.m. on the 9th January 1936 and divided itsolf into tlırco Sectional Sub-Committees as shown below for cletailed examination and report on tho subjects noted against each. SECTIONAL SUB-COMMITTEE I. Personnel : The President (Sir Bryco Burt), Dr. F. J. F. Shaw, Mr. W. J. Jonkins, Prof. R. H. Dastur, Mr. H. R. Stowart, Mr. J. B. Hutchinson, Dr. V. K. Badami, and Rao Bahadur G. R. Kothare. Subjects: Madras Fodder Cholam Schomom.Proposed further extension of. Proposed publication of paper entitled “A note on the hairiness of cotton." Punjab Cotton Failure Rosearch Scheme--Revised proposals form (a) Collection of Horbacoum cottons in Iran. (6) Survoy of Kathiawar cottons. (c) Arrangements to be made for growing the material obtained from the abovo survoys. Sir Albort Howard's criticism of the Committeo's work and policy. SECTIONAL SUB-COMMITTEE II. Pcrsonncl.com Mr. R. G. Allan (in the Chair), Mr. J. H. Ritchie, Mr. Mohammad Afzal, Mr. J. C. McDougall, Mr. Nizam-ud Din Hyder, and Rao Bahadur M. G. Deshpande.

·69 Subjects: Bikaner Gang Canal Scheme--Extension of. SECTIONAL SUB-COMMITTEE III Personnel -- Dr W Burns (in the Chair), Rao Bahadur D Ananda Rao, Mr F.B Richards, Rai Sahob Kalulas Sawhney, and Mr H H Pandya Subjects Punjab Cotton White Fly Research Scheme-Proposed extension of. Punjab Pink and Spotted Boll-worm Scheme-Reply of the Director of Agriculturo, Punjab, on the observations made by the Committee at its last meeting Proposed publication of paper entitled “The Seasonal activities of B gossypiperda, the Whito Fly of cotton in the Punjab" Madras Pemphercs and Physiological Scheme-Proposed all-India tour of Parasitologist The main Sub-Committee again mot at 11 am on the 10th January 1936 and considered tho subjects on the agenda in the light of the reports which the Sectional Sub-Committees made. A RETORT OF TIE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE ON New AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SCHEMES At its last meeting the Committee noted in connection with the examination -41 - 1 should be asked to put up proposals for making a comparative study of Indian and Iranian herbaceum cottong In pursuance of this decision Mr Hutchinson has now submitted the following proposals - (1) Collection of Herbaceum collons in Iran --It is proposed to send a member of the staff of the Indore Institute to Iran to collect samples of lapas from Iran. travelling expenses and contingencies only as the Indore Institute of Plant Industry will meet the salary of the Assistant who tours (2) Surrey of Kathawar Cottons -A survey of Kathiavar cottons has been undertaken by the Institute It is believed that both in the case of Mathio and Wagad cotton crossing with Iranian cottons offered an avenue of improvement (3) Arrangements to be made for growing the material oblained from the abore surveys -Tho Sub-Committee considers that the breeding work on the Kathanar cottone must be carried out in Kathianar and that possibly tho Bombay and Barola Departments of Agriculture could arrange facilities at Viramgam and Amreli, Mr Hutchinson nught recertain whether one or both these statioire Are required for the projectel work, B. REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESCATCH SUB-CO3IITTIT ON E TEVSIONS OF OLD SCHIFMES (1) Bilaner Gang Canal Scheme (No.21).-At its last mceting the Sub Committee considered the proposals submitted by Jír. Hutchinson for the extension of the scheme for a period of five years at a total estimated cost of Rs 97.120, and it was agreeil that if Mr. Hutchinson wanted a sub-station in t} 110 ·70 his work in genetics he might be provided with one either at Raya Farm or Dellsi or Ganganagar whichever was the least expensive. In view, however, of the later memorandum submitted by Mr. Hutchinson the Sub-Coinmittee is of the opinion that: Ale seen. (a) definite steps to improve the quality of Bengals were necessary, (0) Bengals could be effectively grown at Ganganagar, (c) the objects intended could be achieved effectively at much lower cost at this centre than if a fresh station was opened in another tract, as apart from the new costs involved the buildings and capital sunk by the Indian Central Cotton Committee would, if this station was given up, revert to the State and the general assistance at present freely rendered by Bikaner would be withdrawn, and (d) the estimates were definitely moderate. For the above reasons the Sub-Committee recommends that the schomo be accepted. It is also suggested that samples of all materials of any value resulting from the present survey in Rohilkhand and Bundelkhand should be supplied to this contre, and Mr. Hutchinson should be invited to propose a new name for the scheme. (2) Punjab Cotton Failure Scheme (No. 22).-Prof. Dastur in the course of his work in this scheme has discovered serious defects in the metabolism of Desi and American cotton plants in which the characteristic “ crop failure” conditions The further presence of a micro-organism in the seed, and in the roots of such plants has led him to believe that the defective metabolism is probably caused by the infection of this organism. The Sub-Committee is of the opinion that before a research on the scale suggested in the proposals is taken up, another year's work should be undertaken to establish that the causal organisin is the baotcria observed in the diseased plants. This work should be on the lines recommended in Dr. Shaw's note. The Sub-Committee also recommends :- (a) that Dr. Verma be kept on for the full term of the scheme as he has been trained specially at the expense of the Committee for this type of work, (b) that his pay should be Rs. 300 per month from the date on which ho returned to his duties in September 1935 and increments be allowed to him as usual under the rules, and (c) that he should not be subject to the 15 per cent, cut as he was already in his present grade when the cut was instituted. The Sub-Committee recommends that the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, bo asked to depute an experienced clerk in the grade of Rs. 40-90 to carry out tho clerical work of the scheme. The small increase in cost occasioned by this appointment will depend on the position of the man selected in the scale of pay. The Sub-Committee agrees that one peon on the usual Punjab scale of pay should bo sanctioned. Consideration of the proposal for the appointment of additional Assistants in other centres is postponed pending the results of the next year's work but the Indian Central Cotton Committee should invite other cotton botanists to co-operate with Mr. Dastur so far as their resources permit. It is also recoinmended that the Assistant in the Punjab Agricultural Department, who, as has been proposed, will be asked to help in the bacteriological work in addition to his own duties, be given a personal allowance of Rs. 50 per monsom, It might be made clear that this allowance is granted only becauso it is a work, additional to his ordinary duties and involving overtime work. This kind of allowance is not admissible to officers in charge of the Committeo's sclomcs. Punjab Collon White Fly Research Scheme (No. 231... This schomo started work in April 1931. Out of the total grant of Rs. 56,087 for two years a saving of Rs. 8,560 is now anticipated. The Sub-Committee recommends the extension of this schemo as applied for by the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, The latter stated that the final roport would be submitted at the end of that period and no further extension would be required. Madras Fodder Cholan Scheme (No. 35) .This scheine has been in operntion since 1931. The total cost of the scheme sanctioned by the Cominittee up to the 14th June 1936 is Rs. 17,700. The Sub-Committee recommends that the scheme be extended for a year as a The Sub.Committee year was lost last year owing to the failure of the monsoon. recommends a grant of Rs. 4,210 only as the leave and pension contributions linve to be waived by the Local Government, ·71 Hyderabad Punk and Spotted Boll-torm Scheme (No. 40) -The sanctioned period of this scheme expires on 31st May 1936. As the proposals for its extension wero received too late to be considered at this meeting of the Sub-Committee it recommends that pending the examination of these proposals at the next meeting, an interim extension for 4 months may be granted to this scheme at a proportional cost. Khandesh (Banilla) Seed Distributron Scheme (No 32) - The Sub.Committeo after a lengthy discussion decided to recommend that this scheine be continuel for one year only so as to enable the Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, to put the position before this Gos ernment and to enable him to make effectie arrangements to carry on the work of Stages III, IV and V. The Sub-Committee felt that in an extension of this kind the principle laid down earlier, that local Governments should undertake a fair proportion of the cost of the extension, should be adhered to. The Sub-Committee is of the opinion that a contribution covering Stages I and II might be regarded as a fair demand on the Indian Central Cotton Committee, but that this shoukl only be forthcoming if the Local Government concerned would undertake the cost of the remaining stages of expansion Hyderabad Seed Distribution and Extension Scheme (No 41) —The proposals for the extension of this scheme, which is to terminate on the 29th February 1936 will bo considered at the next meeting of the Sub-Committee as they were received too late to be considered at this meeting. The Sub-Committee therefore recommends that this scheme bo granted an interim extension for six months, at a cost proportional to the current year's estimate с REPORT OF TRE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH STUDENTS. Tho Sub.Committee considered and recorded the progress reports on Meesrs. Sant Singh Verma, GB Patel and Nazır Ahmad for tho year 1934-35 forwarded by the High Commisioner for India, as well as a report submitted by Mr Patel on the work done by him at the University of Cahfornia from June 1935 to November 1935 Foreign Scholarship and Training Grant - The Sub Committee recommends tha annlanation of T. Kla. Noth Tahn in - Pran - A wy WALU LULUILLOW Uvuvu ili pulngraun - Ollie Director ul Agriculturo's letter of the 6th December 1935. Mr. P Abraham's request for training grant also may be granted. The total grant requiresi 18 only Rs. 120 GENERAL. Punjab Pink and Spotted Boll.worm Scheme-Reply of the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, on the observations made by the Committee at 118 last meeting (No 20) - The Sub Committee recommends that the explanation of the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, be accepted as regards the reasons for not carrying out on large scale practical control measures in the current season. Any proposals Iny lum for the future can be dealt with when they are presented Priblication of Papers (1) * The Seasonal activitios of B. gossypiperda, the Whito Fly of cotton in the Punjab," by M. Afzal Husainetal. (2) "A Note on the hairness of cotton" by Mohammad Afzal. (3) "A Noto on the water conducting capacity of the wood of cotton plant at Lyallpur with special reference to irrigation" by Mohammad Afzal t these papers should first be offered to the ence and that this should be the normal papers describing "work financed by the should be offered to the Indian Journal of Agricultural Science without waiting for a meeting of the Sub.Comnnttee but ·72 should be forwarded to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research through the Secretary, Indian Central Cotton Committee. A list of such pripers should be reported to the Indian Central Cotton Committee at each meeting. Madras Pempheres and Physiological Scheme-Proposed all-India tour of Parasitologist.The Sub-Committee understands that likely parasites of Pemphere's are not known to exist outside India. The Sub-Committee is therefore of this opinion that after a thorough survey has been made of the distribution of Pempheres in the Madras Presidency with such information as may be gained concerning its parasites and predators it would be desirable for the Parasitologist to examine outside Madras such areas in India or Burma as are likely to be of 18€.mThis tour should be undertaken in 1936-37. The programme prepared by the Director of Agriculture, Madras, in consultation with the Parasitologist should first bir circulated to Dr. W. Burns and Messrs. P. B. Richards, J. B. Hutchinson nm Mohammad Afzal for approval, as a general tour all round India without reference to the occurrence of Pempheres or its parasites is not desirable. Rs. 1,600 (or travelling allowance would remain as part of the budget of this scheme. The Sub-Committee recommends that the Directors of Agriculture may be authorised to sanction the tours of specialists outside their provinces, provides there is budget provision. The Standing Finance Sub.Coinmittee need he approached only in case a re-appropriation is necessary. Appointment of a Sub-Committee to work out details for holding a conference of scientific workers on cotton.-A Sub-Committee consisting of the following momtiens was appointed for this purpose :- The President, Mr, Mohammad Afzal. Mr. J. B. Hutchinson, Dr. W. Burns, Dr. F.J. F. Shaik, Mr. P. B. Richards, Rai Saheb Kalidas Sawhney, Mr. W. J. Jenkins, Dr. Nazir Almad, and The Secretary. Sir Albert Howard's criticism of the Committee's work and policy (190.493.-Ilir Sub-Committee recommends that the craft of the summary report on the liscussion on this subject be approved. After approval it may be sent to Sir Albert Howard and the Press. Bengal Comilla Cotton Improvement Scheme.mod note on the work of this scheme submitted by Mr. Hutchinson was considered by the Sub-Committer. x it appears that the Bengal Agricultural Department has misunderstood thin ohjeet of the scheme, the Secretary might write and explain to the Diretor of Agriculture'. Bengal, the Committee's object in financing this scheme. It the same some Mr. Hutchinson also will writo to the Director of Agrimuiture regarding the suitable method to be used for comparative yield tests on steep hills. P. H. RU Rap). Extension of the Gang Canal (Bikaner) Schrine of collon investigation..?? original schemo tras sanctioned lay the Committee in July 1936. Uross Capital grant of Rs. 14,500 and a Rerusting grant of Rs. 7,610 nuinunlly, fur live years were made to His Highness's Government. The Capital expenditure forske been Rs. 8,585 on buildings (Lnlvoratorsofline, etc.), and Rs. 3,713,1 M R (N180st gin, engine, implements and Inboratory couipment. Current expendituer * averaged Rs. 4,7811 a year. Taking past netunls with the current yrar's lulieren Estimate the total savings will be about Rs. 15,450 nt tlu oli ofelir Solun. The scheme actunlly started on Janunry Ist, 1931, and terminira on Derulis 31st, 1935.

·13 The attached résumé* describes the progress made in its first four crop years the cotton crop on which the fifth year's work is based 13 in the ground and should be harvested by the close of the year. - AL-nl If, however, as seems likely, the steady tendency of trade demand for longer staplo cottons 19 sustained and increased it is the growers of the Bengals class who will suffer first and most from & weak market and the improvement of variety for those growers 1$ a pressing problem which it is now proposed should be attacked under an oxtension of the Gang Canal Scheme The area of such cottons in Rajputana and the Southern Punjab States 18 about half-a-million acres and Bongals form about one fifth of India's total production An improved variety to replace this very large block of Bengals of low spinning quality in YW India obviously cannot be developed by the Institute of Industry at Indoro but Ganganagar which already forms part of that block 18 admirably suited for the purpose in its climate and soul and in the existence of an experimental farm with laboratory and other accommodation built and equipped at the Committee's expense, under the exocutive control of a State Agricultural Officer who is an old Cotton Committee Scholar and of the excellence of whose work the Committee is already aware The Arrangement under the existing scheme whereby the administration is in the hands of the Bikaner Government and the scientific control is entrusted to the Institute of Plant Industry as worked smoothly and efficiently A programme for the proposed extension of the scheme should include three lines of attack on the Bengals improvement problem for Rajputana and the Southern Punjab States region in particular (1) Selection in indigenous cottons of the Bengals tracts Recent preliminary work in other parts of Rajputana has clearly shown there is a good deal of scope here though a cotton to spin "at least 25 counts" could perhaps hardly be expected (12 Amelioration of the plant's environment the physical condition of tho soil, its moisture supply, manuring, rotation, fallows and windbreaks to make a safer Punjab-American crop possible, or at any rate, so to improve tho yield and quality of desi types (This work should be baseil-as it has been-upon laboratory, pot-culture and lysimeter work at Indore) (111) Exploitation of the quality genes known to exist in Garboreum v. neglecta from Assam and W Burmna by crossing with Cwn 520 and Hollison. (Afzal et Lyallpur has already shown the value of Chinese cottons as parents) Items (1) and (10) are safe and obvious Lut item (111) is a task of far grenter magnitudo and cufficulty If the attack is to be sufficiently comprehensive to cnsure adequate erploitation of the material now available a large range of crosses will have to be grown This will involve tho elaboration of means of testing the relative potentialties of these crosses in an early stage before the mass of material bocomes unmanageable. Such methods have indeed already been outlined in discussions and correspondence between Mr JB Hutchinson (Geneticist and Botanist at the Institute) and Prof. Fisher, and it 18 expected that thoy will make possible such preliminary judgments in the early stages Mr. Hutchinson says: ** It is my opinion that to make such a test upon a number of crosses with fine quality cotton afin by carrying would form Bengals cotti methods for E * Xot printed.

·74 It will probably roquiro nt longt five years for tangiblo rosults to appear from than third line of attack which in some respects is likely to lead to the greatest II in cotton improvement. Any oxtension of the present Gang Canal Sofirm on the lines proposed should therefore be sanctioned for five years and the estimated yearly costs for that period are as follows: Yrir. Rs. 11:30 5,142 1037 5,233 5,324 1939 5,415 6,006 Orgay of loller No. 3397111ā, sareil the 13th August 1937, from the Director, Institute of Plant lustry, Inulore, to the Secretary, Indian Central Cotton Committee, Bombay. SUBJECT:--Bikaner (Gang Canal) Scheme. In continuation of my lettor No. 9528/1/5, dated July 28th, 1935, I have the honour to infort you that as the inermler of your Committee representing the States in Central I mlin and Rajputann. I am now authorized by telegram by the Government «fllis Ilighness the Mahnraja of Bikaner to say that they are agreeable to provide Facilities on the State finrm at Sriganganagar for the extension of the present reston Jwestigation Scheme for a further five years after its expiry on December 37N, 1935. To this enlum further authorised to make a request on their behalf to the Indian Central Cotton Comunittes for a grant totalling Rs. 27,120, spread ser i liv«.your period, Ist January 1936 to 31st December 1940, towards the 1944 of works extension on the lines lnil down in the Memorandum enclosed with iny letter unor reforme), (which has been considered by the Bikaner Government) MIHI 118 door top same conditions as attach to the current scheme. py of the Bullget Estimates covering the proposed period of extension is (nrlasel. Thesr lavniniso been under consideration by the Bikaner Government but their comments, if any, on the details of the Estimates will doubtless be sent by post.

·Proposed Budget Estimates for extension of Bikaner (Gang Canal) Schemo for five years, from 1936 to 1940. 1937 1936 1938 1939 1940 Grand Total (A) Establishment Rs. Rs Ro Rs Re Rs Rs Rs Rs. Rs Rs 1,440 1,500 1,560 1,620 1,680 390 414 396 138 396 462 396 486 396 1. Pay of Cotton Assistant at Rs 120.5-140 2. Pay of Fieldman at Rs.32 p.m. from 1.1-36 and at Rs 34 p m. from 5.10-36 (Grade Rs. 30 2.50) ". Junior Clerk at Rs. 33 p.m. 1. Saloratory Assistant at Rs. 25 1.111 », l'invlilent Fund contribution. , Puhelmi for pay in lieu of VA Finkien liefore Decem- 1 lit 19141 396 300 211 300 218 300 225 300 232 300 239 2,737 2,828 2,919 3,010 75 500 3,601 15,095 1,000 () Outingueiro * AMUWI NI MALININ for non nom MINI plant 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 . 430 50 00) 70 1. Hiss of winny ANNI DI a la formatny Build 430 50 50 70 430 50 50 70 430 50 50 70 430 50 50 70 11 2 1:30 130 130 130 130 % 1,730 250 1,730 950 225 200 1,730 250 225 200 1,730 250 925 200 1,730 250 225 200 8,650 1,250 1,125 1,000 221 roma por 200 1,112 .. 5,233 5,324 5,415 6,006 27,120 ·70 MEMORANDUM. I'round ralension of thor Bikaner (Gang Canal) Schemc of Cotton Investigation. 1. I love now mon and considered who paprrs concerning the proposed continution of the linnganngar Scheino. . Pihe imilin Central Cotton Comınittee appear to have misunderstood the proposals en simpprorud points. In the first place, I am not asking for a sub-station in the Bengals tract. I have one, namely Ganganagar, and I put up to you the Full time that it might prolitally be contimel. I am still of that opinion. Whether or not it will be profitable to start an ontiroly now scheme at another Wallpiu ir l'airgo diferent inattor. I am quite certain it would be more expensive, PSI Molino that I consider it would be a waste of time to claborate alternative Olonne unless the committee aro prepared to spend doublo the amount asked for foss (Insugar. As I understand the papers before mo that rules out any alternative place. it. I miller yutlier that the Committee thinks that I am anxious to expand sy work in the Birnkuls tract. I am not, it is iinmaterial to me whether my work in concentrateri ot more or to some oxtent distributed. Presumably the members atra* Wara list Infora sailketing stroniewal you enquired of the Secretary whether vir 1100 else (mitcop sou wislı it. In the absence of any opinion on the part of the Secretary. One unturally supposed the Committco would not wish their interest in the buildings at Canganagar to lnpse without considering proposals fror their utilizntion, 1. With regard to the suitability of Ganganagar for the purpose, since the mode strippssful enricty in tlır (iang Canal Colony at present was bred at Cawnpore, I tvil est propo wilayani cotton should not be brod at Ganganagar suitable to U.P. Bengals tracts. Spurt from that, what I live proposed is a rescarch scheme, the products of which should properly become tho raw material for local breeding schemes, and woull nint nerpssarily be suitable for immediate distribution. 65. kinnily, hmy I draw attention to the urgoncy of this matter? If the scheme flors pour process and linnganagar, it will have to be recast, and there is little or no leape of cling this and arranging for its prosecution elsewhere in time for next Plic material occato already collected will be wasted, as I have no other sutable locality in which to grow them. I returned to India in the expectation of visiting finngangur within a month in order to nitange future work. Unless !!!! erily decision is made the completion of the curront season's work in accordance writli tliescheme will be impossible. (Sa.) J. B. HUTCHINSON, Geneticist and Botanist. SVII. Dules le 10 October 1935. Rerisce Proposals for the Punjab Cotton Physiological Research Scheme (Cotton Failure Scheme). --- At its incoting in August 1933, the Indian Central Cotton Committee sanctioned srliome of research, according to proposals submitted to it, in connection with tlio periodir partia) failures which have bofallen the Punjab-American cotton crop sisco 1919, As rotton research was already being conducted from the breeding, ontomological and agricultural aspects, the scheme proposed to investigate the failuro problem on physiological and biochemical lines. Its cost, as sanctioned by the Commitice, amounted to Rs. 1,06,530 spread over a period of five years, whilst in ad lition the probablo nocessity of providing a further Rs. 40,000 for a greenhouse, whore tomperatures, humidities, etc., could be controlled, was rocognised but the provision of funds for it was deferred until the Physiologist, to be appointed under the scheme, had examined the question further. In order to obtain a suitable experienced Physiologist it was subsequently found necessary to pay a higher salary than that provided in the scheme, the cost of which was, thereforo, increased to Rs. 1,48,833 for the five years. Effect was given to this scheino in March 1935. The preliminary investigations carried out by the Plant Physiologist on this scheme during the present cotton season (May to December 1935) have led to cortain very important, striking and uniquo results, which indicate the probable ·79 (4) Microscopical. (a) Miroscopic examinations of the commonly grown varieties of American and Deri cottons will be made to determine tho time when the disease first appears and to see if correlations can be established between thə appearance of the disease and the resultant yields (6) Examinations of different varieties and strains of American and Deri cottons grown by the Cotton Research Botanist with a view to cuiscos cring disease resistant stroins (c) Examination of plants grownunder para 3 above (Agricultural) Sections (b) and (c) (11) Examination of old roots of cotton plants of tho previous season and of tho ronts of other Rotational crops. Microscopical examinations will be made every week and is one of the most important items of the programme. (5) Further investigation on the internal discare alreadly discovered — It would (6) Jucroscopical Examination of cotton plants at different centres in India Mirroscopical opaminntion of different strains of indigenous and exotic cottons grown at Indore, Surat, Dharwar, Coimbatore, Mysore, Nagpur and Sund in order to determine the time of incidence of the "discaso" And to discover resistant stroins. Copy of letter No D 6106/35 A, dated the 23rd December 1935, from the Ofy. Agricultural Expert. Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, to the Secretary, Indran Central Cotton Committee, Bombay Mr. Burt and myself had before us recently tho report of Mr. Taat on fun11.- . But in progress to determine if the nutritional disorder is calised by deficiency of minerals These experiments are not yet completed and their results must be awaited The author has however clearly established that there are abnormalting in the histology of leaf, stem and root in rottan nants : In the case of the leaf wtarch in the leat whintpre cot the ярс U ve U 1091 lereases in area and the lear upcomes curled. This is somewhat reminiscent of what happens in a very obrrure trouble of tobacco in Bihar of which the cause at present is unknown. In the roots, the harstology 19 alsn abnormal doscribes the first Prosumably thaga TNT - - 1018 deposit Which Uly rays and the xylem parenchyma In this way all the conclucting channels for the translocation of plastic material become filled IL14

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·81 be an advantage if you can have a few copies of this letter cyclostyled and placed before the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee when the subject 19 being considered Punjab Collon White Fly Rescarch Scheme---Proposed eclension of Secretary's Note. The attached letter togother with proposals for the extension of thọ Punjab Cotton Il'hite Fly Scheme for a poriod of six months up to the 30th September 1936, received from the Director of Agriculture, Punjab, is for consideration These proposals, which have been approved by the Punjab Provincial Cotton Committee, do not involve any additional grant as the estimatod expenditure of R$ 2,830 during the extension period of the scheme can be met from savings under the schotne The lute Fly Scheme was sanctioned by the Committee in December 1930 for a period of three years at an estimated cost of Rs 34,500 and it started work in April 1931 It was extended in January 1934 for a further period of two years at an additional cost of Rs. 21,587 Out of the total grant of Rs, 56,087, it is anticipated that there will be a sating of about Rs 8,560 and the proposed expenditure of Rs 2,850 can be met out of those savings without utilizing the savings under the Punjab Spraying Trials Scheme, as suggested by the Director of Agriculture, Punjab. PH RAMA REDDI Copy of letter No 103/37-23611, dated the 7th December 1935, from the Director of Agriculture. Pungah, Lahore, to the Secretary, Indian Central Cotton Commillee, Bombay SUBJECT --Punjab Cotton White Fly Resarch Scheme With reference to the correspondence endng with your letter No. 370, dated the 18th September 1935, I have the honour to submit herewith proposals made by the Entomologist to Government, Punjab, Lyallpur, for a brief extension of the Cotton White Fly Research Schome in the Punjab The Cotton White Fly Scheme was started originally for a period of three years and came into effect from April 1931. It was subsequently extended for a period of warm..1 Laboratory statt may be retained for a further period of six months to complete the work It is not intended during this period to carry out any new research and the field staff will, thereforo, not be required T. CBI an SCA a 1 the start which it is now proposed to retain for the White Fly Research Scheme will deal also with the spraying operations although certain additional help will have to be guen As stated by the Entomologist to Government, Punjab, the present proposals can be financed from savings in the grants already made by the Committee for these achomes The proposal bas been considered and approved by the Punjab Provincial Cotton Committee and I have the honour to request that it may be considered at the meeting of the Indian Central Cotton Committee to be held next month TVHITE FLY RESEARCH SCHEE. have the honour to submit herewith & very brief scheme for the extension of the period of the Winte fly Investigation Scheme by six months only from April to September 1936. In this connection, I may also point out that there are two schemes with regard (2) tho Spraying Trials Scheme, and both of these are supervised by the namn taff. 0 ·82 Dotnils about onch of these schemes for which extension is requested are submitted hclow:- I. Whitc-Fly Rescarch Scheme. 1. The investigations and the routino work connected with the programme of work ndopted for tho year 1935-36 will be continued till about the end of March 1936, 2. The work on one of tho most important items on the programme, i.e., the relationships of Nitrogen and Carbohydrates in cotton plants with the white-fly infestation to estimate tho nature of damage, is in hand. In all about 600 samples of cotton plants under different white-fly infestation have to be analysed chemically arhich undoubtedly will be carried over, long after March 1936, for analysis and compilation of the data collected. 3. Obsorvntions are being recorded on 160 plants under field cages and 880 plants in experimental plots under rarions treatments of manures and infestation, etc. 'l'heir flowering, shedding and yield records including, of course, ginning, otc., will have to be correlated with the white-fiy infestation during the SOAson. The intorprotation of these results, horrever, will only be possible after the data for ench set of experiments have been compiled. 1. Obsorvations on the rolative infestation of the white-fly during the year on tho plants under various treatments and its after effects thereon are supplemented by a lot of planimeter work to estimate the lcaf area examined. Besides, it may be stated that ordinarily the compilation of one year's work for submitting the Annual Progress report only takes about three months after Jarch. It is quito evident, therefore, that some additional time will be required for compiling the accumulated data of the last 5 years. II. Spraying Trials Scheme. The progress report of these trials for the year 1934-35 was considered by the Indian Contral Cofton Committee in their last meeting held in August. According to their instructions conveyed in their letter No. 3312, dated 19th February 1935, and in tho interest of the investigations and the public in general, the results of these trinls extending orer two years 1933-35 are to be compiled in a suitable form for publication. As these experiments were conducted at three different centres in the Province, and various types of machinery and a number of insecticides were tried, tho compilation of this prork alone will take a considerable time. Under these conditions, primarily when a definite problem is yet under investigation and good bit of analytical work still remains to be finisbed, and secondly when the data of 5 years' investigation on the trhite-fly scheme and years' work on the spraying trials are to be compiled and their results interpreted without which the whole of the work is of no value, it is requested that the Indian Central Cotton Committee may kindly extend this scheme for a further period of six months only up to tho 30th of Soptember 1936, with the reduced strength of the staff and other exponses as detailed belonin Staff. Rs. Rs. 1 Asstt. Cotton Entomologist 325 1,950 I Field Assistant .. 78 402 less 15 per cent, cut 1 Clerk 204 less 15 per cont, cut 28 168 1 Fieldman Total 2,724 . . 126 Contingencies, postage, etc. 2,850 Grand Total Approximate savings from the schemes im 1. Spraying Trials Scheme 2. Thite-fly Scheme 2.200 1,680 3,850 Total The Committee shall not have to incur any additional expenditure and even after the expenditure there shall be a balance of approximately Rs. 1,000.

·83 Madras Fodder Cholam Scheme-Proposed further extension of. Secretary's Note. The attached letter roceived from the Madras Government forwarding proposals for the extension of the Madras Fodder Cholam Scheme for a further period cf at least one year from the 15th Juno 1936 at an ostimated cost of Rs 4,610 is for consideration. It will be seen from the attached proposals that provision hag been made for loave and pension contributions on behalf of the Additional Assistant and the Laboratory Attender, amounting to Rs. 400 As the Committee has decided at its 27th meeting held in August 1933 that the recovery of leave and pension contributions on behalf of the officers lent by local Governments for work on the Committee's schemes should be waived by the local Governments concerned, the grant for the extension of this scheme, if sanctioned, will be reduced by Rs 400. This scheme was originally sanctioned in July 1930 for a period of three years And it commenced work in January 1931. In August 1933, it was extended for two years and five months up to the 14th June 1936. The total cost of the scheme sanctioned by the Committeo amounts to Rs. 17,700. The Agricultural Research Sub-Committee at its Special Meeting held in June 1934 decided that this schemo mght be allowed to continue till the end of its sanctioned period only. P. H. RAMA REDDI. Copy of letter No 1804 (118 ), dated the 20th December 1935, from the Secretary to the Government of Madras, Development Department, Aladras, to the Secretary, Indian Central Cotton Committee, Bombay. Madras Fodder Cholam SchemeFurther Extension, I am directed to forward the proposals of the Director of Agriculture, Madras, for a further extension of the Madras Fodder Cholam Scheme for at least a period of one year from the 15th June 1936 and to request you to be good enough to obtain the sanction of the Committee and of the Government of India. EXTENSION OF THE MADRAS FODDEE CEOLAX SCENE Mihre echo 1 M...1 L UUUUvalluany 1931. 2. The investigations, during this period, brought to do in o zmit ETE CATWA and very suggestive facts. To mention & fer- (a) The growing of leguminous foddses lite stimmt mit miris JE horse gram (ploseolus vifioras), is in 5* i Ivar the yield of cotton by nearly 49 person. Seega obtained is reduced by at least on (6) The ill-effects of folder cholam are sure to win to set as If, on the other hai* 2- stage, the rurtesting cotton gjºja4 #2:S: but by this change in the ti É a pán** 19 dimio: hai ly about 49. Enzo Em freakthraíax tts are stimo E*R" North-east toit (c) The low sielts ***mete a mi in the montagem (d) The jur rosta Ersat that to XS ere kosten ·84 Atin 197111 moting link in August 1933 the above findings were scrutinised and then continuanon of thin scheme was found necessary. An extension of two sonra on five month or granted and the following points of investigation were prepare for study:- (1) Trints of various combinntions of pulvenni fondor with a vion to determine the most suitable mixture. (2) Other poesilile ameliorntivo measures including pot.culture studies. () 1 sudy of typirni poil profiles and of tho nature and oxtont of soil colloids in this Timmilly soils wlien cropped with Cholam, Cumbu and Cotton. Work on llir aliovo linny Hills rammettred ourly in 1934; but tho unexpected rointeu 111111HS and the Internes and subsequent iniluro of tho south-tv'est monsoon in 1913! lone sported to prosinal koil conditions with tho rosult that the data of field potporimonta nastrout in the first your after the extension hund to be declared as not repisovspusst istisna od insourire. Non if the schemo is to be torminated by the With J1111 1131, nccariling to le decision of tho Committee, it will bo loft with only otin yoriu din to truly upon oven presurning that 1935-30 vrill turn out normal. It is fpesullnet to point out that such a state is rather not clesirabic. in buriling it in be found ont, Bk a result of cropping the black cotton mavile of the Tinirefly listrict with cholam, significant changes are induced in the 31811887 am puxtant r soil palloils. '10 rutinnic composition becomes richer in Hesslintos mundos vartu undrairnlife constituent for hcary' soils. Thorc is also an increase in ton ring rainfant. T)ir*** findings explain to a cortain extont the reduced porronomiilies of the rholna soils sur their clofcctive texture. It will be necossary in find out funt exortly thesis changes are lisought about and in what manner they ar r***8*11* fall with thin multivation of Inckler cholam, moro particularly with the p*r***smit in il, of some formating, hunfore tho ameliorativo mensures that nre being irinci are rationaliwirl. f. 16 will in merinnen frun the foregoing account that a further extension is *writint for the completion of the programme of 1033. It is, therefore, requested that the boog?ye bye Habitinnred for a porini of at least one year from 15th June 1936. 7. "13r probabile expenditure needed for this period is furnished in the appended Montonant. (Sd.) S. KASINATE, for Colton Specialist. Tatrd Ihr 20ch d'olymbre 1935. Khamlesk (Barilla) Sredd Distribution Schemc-Proposed extension of. Secretary's Note. The attached proposals, received from tho Director of Agriculture, Bombay Providency, for the extension of Kiliandesh (Banilla) Cotton Seed Distribution Srilaisire are for ronsidnrotinn. For 5 years from Drtober 1926, ilio Committee financed at scheme in Khandesh al a totni cost of Rs. 20,573 to onable tho Agricultural Department to give & Through test to some of tho Bani.Comilla crosses made by the Department in 190s. As a result of these tests, it was found by the end of the year 1930, that onn of these crossos, Bonilla, which had sproad on its own merits over a lakh of Arres, star, in spite of its decreasing spinning performance from 20's to 14's and it 4 nuisceptibility to wilt, moro paying to the grower than N.R. or the local mixture. Thin Coinmittee, therefore, sanctioned a sced distribution scheme in December 1930 for tho ostonsion of Banillo in tho Khandesh tract. The following extract from the Roport of the Agricultural Research Sub-Committee will show that the Committeo looked upon Banilla only as a typo just good enough to fill the gap between thon and tho timo rhon a more suitable and better type for the tract would bo available :-- Tho Sub-Committoo considers that tho grower will benefit considerably if this variety is distributed so as to replace the existing ones even though Banilla may be roplaced later by a better variety." In Appendix II* to tho proposal is given a statement showing the changes in tho original schomo that would be effected under the proposals now put up: A copy of tho original proposals is therofore attachedt for purposes of comparison. * Not Printed. † Not Printed. 60 ·80 The following comments may, however, be made on the two schemos Pay of Staf.--The annual pay of staff has increased froin Rs. 12,708 to R$ 15,507 as under - Average of 3 years. Stages I and II -I. Pay of Establishment Rs. 4,054 Stages III, IV and V (part) I Pay of Officers Rs. 5,980 II Pay of Establishment Rs. 5,473 Total Rs. 15,507 The annual increments of the staff and the higher cost of the Cotton Superin. tendent, Amalner, appear to be the reason for the increase. Travelling Allou ance --This has been raised from Rs. 1,500 to Rs 1,700 Contingeneues - Considerable reduction has been effected in this item as a result of the experience of the past five years and the transfer of the seed stocking transactions to the Personal Ledger Account of the Director of Agriculture, so much so the expenditure undor this head has now been brought down from Re 37,860 to Rs 9,900 Roguing Charges-Roguing charges are calculated at the rate of three annas per acre It is not known why these charges should be so high in this scheme while in the Jayawant and Tiruppur schemes they are only at half anna per acre. Receipts.--Against the estimated receipts of Rs 22,000 per annum on the average, the actuals were only Rs 9,468, according to the figure quoted by the Director of Agriculture The Committeo 18 not entitled to get receipts in Stages III, IV and V (part) because the seed stocking and selling part in the scheme will be undertaken by the Director of Agriculture from his Personal Ledger account funds Finance-Share of the Committee The estimated total cost of the Extension Scheme for three years 19 Rs 81,921. The Committee will not, howover, have to bear the whole of thus expenditure, since a sum of Rs 18,000 may be expected by way of receipts from the sale of farm produce The net amount, the Committee is being asked to bear, 19 therefore only Rs 63,921 The Director of Agriculture suggests that this amount can easily be met from the balance available from the original scheme What that balance should be 19 a moot point As in the scheme now under consideration, the original scheme was also based on the expectation of receipts covering a part of the gross expenditure, as shown in Coluran 2 below. Original estimate eg sanctioned by the Committee in 1930 Revised estimate shown in the Savings (+) Director of Agricul. Deficit ture's letter (2) Re. Ry Rs. А Gross expenditure 2,70,340 1,70,464 03,870 1,10,000 B. Receipts Not cost of the scheme. 28,601 - 81,439 1,60,340 1.47,003 + 12,437 * Recepts advised up.to-date. It is for consideration whether, as ruggrated by the Dirty tor of Agri * the savings under item A can ho carro1 furward and utiliw-l for thin *** of the schemo Bince the savings under item C sta giot sufficient correeponding estimated net cost of R: 63,921 for the extruxit, ·86 Finance--Share of the Bombay Government. In February 1935 the Committee laid down the principle that in order to relieve the burden on the Committee, Provincial Governments should accept increasing financial responsibility for such schiomes as at tho end of their sanctioned periods were found to have produced rosults of dofinito value. And in accordance with this principle the Committee decided that in extending the Punjab Botanical Scheme the Committee should offor to pay only half tho cost of the scheme, after deleting the cost of all supplies and sorvices. Also at the August 1935 meeting in sanctioning the Jayawant Seed Schome the Committeo stipulated that the Bombay Government should bear 25 por cont. of the cost of the scheme. In pursuance of the above-mentioned policy of the Committee, it is now necessary to docido what part of the total expenditure on the scheme should be borne by the Bombay Government. The proposals under consideration do not make this point cloar, though it is stated that the seed stocking part of the scheme will be undortakon from the Personal Ledger Account funds of the Director of Agriculture. P. H. RABIA REDDI. Copy of leller No. S-36.P.y, dated the 19th December 1935, from the Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, Poona, to the Secretary, Indian Central Cotton Committee, Bombay. SUBJECT : -Khandesh (Banilla) Cotton Seed Distribution Scheme Extension of the. In inviting reforence to your letter No. 2396, dated 10th January 1931, sanctioning the above scheme, I have the honour to state that the sanctioned period of five years of this scheme will expire at the end of April 1936. The Deputy Diroctor of Agriculture, N. C. D., Nasik, has submitted proposals (copy enclosed) for the oxtonsion of the period of this scheme for a further period of three ycars at a total cost of Rs. 81,921. The object of this extension is to cover with Banilla cotton a suitable tract in the Tapti valley talukas in a compact block. It is also expected that by the end of this period the new long-stapled Verum cotton selection will be available for spread and the seed multiplication and distribution organisation proposed for this Banilla extension work, will then be available for the new cotton. 2. In this connection, I may state that there will be an unspent balance of about Rs. 93,876 at the end of the current five years' scheme which expires at the ond of April 1936. This is as detailed below: Rs. Rs. Sanctioned grant of the scheme 2,70,340 Deduct total expenditure up to 31st March 1935 1,27,089 Probable expenditure during 1935-36 and April 1936.. 49,375 1,76,464 Approximate balance at the termination of the present sanctioned period of five years 93,876 I, therefore, propose that the above balance may be made available for meeting the total expenditure of Rs. 81,921 of the proposed extension period of the scheme so that the Indian Central Cotton Committee will not require to make available any fresh amount on this account. Moreover the Deputy Director of Agriculture, N. C. D., estimates total receipts amounting to about Rs. 18,000 on the basis of actual receipts so far obtained since the commencement of the scheme, and if this amount is deducted from the total cost of the extension period of the scheme (Rs. 81,921) the not cost of the scheme will be Rs. 63,921 for three years and this amount can be easily met from the balance available in the original scheme. 3. I would, therefore, request that you will be so good as to place these proposals before the Agricultural Resoarch Sub-Committee of the Indian Central Cotton Committee at the ensuing meeting to be held on 9th and 10th January 1936 for consideration.

·87 BANILLA COTTON SEED DISTRIBUTION SCHEME IN KETANDESA. Proposal for Estension The Scheme.—The introduction of Banilla cotton into general cultivation in -COA nnon cotton fetched a premium of Rs. 2 to 3 per maund of 168 lbs of seed cotton over the local cotton. As there was a great public demand for Banilla cotton and as there was no alternative improved type immediately available, a Seed Distribution Scheme for Banilla Cotton in Khandesh was launched by the Indian Central Cotton Committee in May 1931 for a period of 5 years, pending further research aimed at producing a cotton superior to Banulla in respect of spinning performance and roeistance to wilt disease. This period will expire by the end of April 1936. It is now proposed that the scheme he extended for a further period of 3 years. The total cost for the extended period is estimated to be R$ 81,921 against which the total receipts will be Rs. 18,000, the total not cost thus being Rs 63,921, 1 e., Rs 21,307 per year. Brief retrew of uork done “As laid down in the original scheme pure seed of Banulla cotton was annually multiplied through four successive stages at the end of which the seed was distributed for general cultivation. Under Stogo I "selfed" seed was produced on the Government Farm at Dhula For Stage II a farm of 206 acres was rented at Bhadgaon (East Khandesh district) Stage III was oporatod in a small group of villages in the Amalner Taluka of East Khandesh District. Under Stago IV tho seed multiplication areas were organised in five talukas, viz, Amalner, Erandol, Pachora and Chalisgaon of the East Khandesh District and Shirpur Taluka of the West Khandesh District. A sixth centre on a small scale in the Malegaon Taluka of the Nasik District was subeequently added. The following two statements show the areas organised for the multiplication of the pure seed under the different stages and the quantities of seed produced during the past five years (a) Seed mull plıcalıon areas AREAS Year Stage I Stage II 'Stage III Stage IV Total Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 6} 61 1931 32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 93 102 101 107 106 871 1,012 1,359 1,852 2,089 1,909 3,449 11,355 14,020 13,900 2,8791 4,569) 12.8245 15,991) 16,114 12 10 o l'unitug of pure seeil prorfuced. Quantities an lb Year. Stage 1 Stage 11 Total Stage III. Stago IV. Lbs 1,0)3 1931-32 1932 33 1933.34 1934 3.3 1935-36 Lloy Lbs. Llys. 10920 99,570 145,740 14090 407,478 625,353 1410 | 1,957,810 (1,453,315 4111 11,619.314 1,907,062 1138 Cunut ·88 The above figures indicate a satisfactory progress of the scheme. The seed distribution was mainly done in the five centres of the scheme. Small demands from othor talukas vero also met. The area now grown under Banilla cotton is estimated to bo 130.000 neres representing nearly 10 per cent. of the total area undor cotton in the Khandesh tract. The accompanying map shows the distribution of tho aroa under Banilla in the various talukas of the Khandesh tract. This area, Necessity of extension of the scheme. It has been stated above that the area covorod indor Banilla cotton is at present about 130,000 acres. lowover, is sproad over a wide range in the various talukas. Experience of the past five years has indicated that Banilla cotton gives more satisfactory yiold and better quality of staple in the black soil area than in tho lighter descriptions of soil in Khandesh and further that the black soil tract freo from wilt and situated in the Tapti belt in the talukas of Shahada, Nandurbar, Shirpur, Chopda, Sindkheda, Amalner and Erandol is more favourably adapted for the growth of Banilla cotton. The extent of such a tract is about 300,000 acros. It is for covering up this area in a compact block that the scheme nocds oxtonsion. Tho original Banilla Scheme was started pending further research of superior type of cotton. Success in tho research is well within sight. Some promising strains of Vorum typo have been isolated on the Jalgaon Farm and have been found to bo highly wilt resistant and to possess a staple length of 9/10th of an inch capable of spinning 30's and over. The progress made so far in the isolation of these strains warrants the hope that one of them is likely to be found suitable for general cultivation in Khandesh. The trials of these new selections for yield porformance and staple quality under varying soil and climatic conditions will be undortakon from the coming season. These trials shall have to be carried on for a period of two or three seasons before finally deciding the suitability of the type sosired for Khandesh. The rapid production and distribution of pure seed of tho prospectivo cotton would need the whole of the organisation of the Banilla schomo. future line of work.---All the four stages of the multiplication of pure seed at presont in oporation will also be required in future and these, as modified to suit the work in the proposed compact block will be as underia Stago. Where located. Character of work to be done. 1. II. III. A small group IV. Bhadgaon Farm 1,000 lbs. of selfed seed to be produced. Bhadgaon Farm Seed multiplication on 100 acres. of villages in This will be the inner reserved area on Amalner taluka. which seed multiplication will be made on 1,000 acres. Amalner and Shirpur talukas.. This will be the outer reserved area on which seed multiplication will be made on 8,000 acres. Six centres, viz., Shahada, Seed distribution for an area of 60,000 Shirpur, Chopda, Amalner, Erandol and Nandurbar. V. acres. Stage I for producing selfed seed and Stage II for the multiplication of the selfed seed will be carried on at one place, viz., Bhadgaon Farm with a view to control the work more efficiently at reduced cost. The lease of the Bhadgaon Farm will be renewed for a further period of three years. Under Stage III the same group of villages in the Amalner taluka will be retained; whereas under Stage IV it is intended to concentrate the work of seed multiplication in the two talukas of Amalner and Shirpur only on an area of 8,000 acres. Thus at the end of Stage IV about 1,500,000 ]bs. of pure seed will be obtained annually which will be enough for covering an area of about 60,000 acres. Staff.--The prosent staff employed will continue. In Stage 1, however, only one Kamgar will be retained instead of three owing to the shifting of the selfing work from the Dhulia Farm to Bhadgaon and his post will be converted into that of a counter, ·89 .11.-a.anand manat Director of AgriculturG WH adveno londy lul' tue puluhabu ul DULU as "Uuu the incidental expenditure of recoverable nature in connection with the stocking "pots, transport, etc. hould provide funds he egtunated annual 307, 1e, Rs 81,921 Rs. R9. 600 I II Non-recurrent for Stage II Recurrent Stages I and II. Pay of Establishment Travelling allowance Contingencies 12,162 600 22,500 35,262 .. Stages III, IV and V (part) Pay of staff Travelling allowance + Contingencies 34,359 4,500 7,200 46,059 • Roguing Rent Office expenses Rs. 1,700 360 340 Rs 2,400 per year. Total 81,921 The receipts against this expenditure will be the income of the Bhadgaon Farm under Stage II which are estimated to be Rs 6,000 per year, 1e, Rs 18.000 for three years. The net cost of the scheme during the extended period will thus be Rs 21.307 per year, 1 , Rs 63,921 for three years Conclusion —The superiority of the Banilla cotton over the local in point of its ginning percentage and quality of staple cannot be gain-said. It has obtained & premium, ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 16 per Lhandy of 784 Iba over the local The cotton is found to have a ready sale in the local markets of Amalner and Dhulia and in favourable localities, it has maintained its capacity to spin 14'8 to 16's counts In view, therefore, of the consumption of this cotton to the extent of 15,000 bales in the local mills, the desirability of extending the period of this cotton seems all the more necessary pending its replacement by a still superior and highly wilt-resistant type of cotton To sum up (1) The Banilla Seed Distribution Scheme should be extended for a further period of three years (2) The area of its operation should be concentrated in the Taptı salley. (3) The whole of the present staff with the exception of the two Kamgars of Stage I should continue (4) The scheme 19 estimated to cost gross expenditure of Rs 81,921 against the gross receipts of Rs 18,000 The net cost would be Ra 03,921 for the period of three years (5) There has been a balance of about Rs 93.876 with the Indian Central Cotton Committee from the funde 33160 toned for the nal five-year scheme. This balance may be made availble tu ost extension scheme.

·90 APPENDIX IX. SUBJECT 24.-Report of the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee. Secretary's Note. The Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Committee met at 3 p.m. on Thursday, tho 9th of January 1936, and considered the following subjects which are also on tho ngonda of the full Committee Reports of Enquiries into the Village Consumption of Cotton (Subject 26). Central Provinces and Berar Report.-In view of the explanation offered by the Director, Land Records, regarding the unreliability of figures of past censuses of cotton carts to verify village consumption figures obtained from the enquiry, tlio Sub-Committeo rocommends that the Central Provinces and Berar Report inay now be approved. United Provinces Report.--The amendments to the Report put forward by the Statistician to the United Provinces Government may be accepted and the Report approved. In general, it is, however, necessary to check consumption figures for the districts of one province with those for the adjoining provinces, when available. Sincl.As no non-cotton-growing district of Sind was investigated during the onquiry, the Sub-Committee recommends that the consumption of cotton in the villogos of Larkana district be investigated. Bihar. The proposals made by tho Director of Agriculture may be approved. Madras.-Tho Director of Agriculture has agreed to find out what happens to tho cotion brought into non-cotton-growing districts. Tho Sub-Committee further recommends that Madras, Sind and Hyderabad authorities be requested to send in their rospective reports in time for discussion at the next meeting of the Sub-Committee. Posl-Mortem Examination of Cotton Forecasts of 1934-35 Season (Subject 25). Sin. The under-estimation noticed in Sind crop forecasts is probably due to the low norinol yield at present used for computing the crop of Hyderabad and Nawabshah districts. The Sub-Committee, therefore, recommends that the normal yield of these two districts be revised in the light of available information. Thoro is a largo discrepancy between the commercial crop of 448,379 bales accounted for in the block, "Sind and British Baluchistan (including Karachi)," and the not-export of pressed and loose cotton amounting to 344,065 bales from the blocht Sind and British Baluchistan (excluding Karachi )." As Karachi grows no cotton, it is to be inferred that this discrepancy is due to the variation in trado stocks reported from Karachi being incomplete. This point should be further examined. United Provinces and Bombay... Jf village consumption is ignored the total quantity of ginned cotton is very near the forecasted crop, and the difference This is between the commercial crop and the forecasted crop is also small. satisfactory Punjab. In the case of the Punjab, further efforts to improve the accuracy of the States' forecasts should be made by requesting the Government of India to draw the attention of the States to the need for compiling their forecasts with greater care. Central Provinces and Central India. The position with regard to these two crops appears to be very satisfactory. Madras.The under-estimation of the crop does not appear to be much, but until the question of the total amount of cotton that is annually used for village consumption is settled, it might be premature to make any further comment on this crop. Rajputana.-The Sub-Committee understands that some of the States in Rajputana are not bestowing as much care on the preparation of cotton forecasts as they should. It is, therefore, recommended that the States who are mombors of the Institute of Plant Industry, Indore, should be approached through tho Board of Governors of the Institute to do the needful. The Deputy Director of Statistics will supply a list of the States concerned.

·91 Nizam's Territory --The Director of Statistics thinks that the discrepancy is probably due to the export of cotton by road, and has, therefore, agreed to examine this point. Cotton Crop Forecast Improvement Scheme in the Bombay Presidency-Proposed permanent relention of the Staff or extenston of Scheme for three years (Subject 27). The Sub-Committee recommends that this schemo bo extended for a period of shoull continue the work at their own expense; the provincial officers concerned might include other crops as well in their investigations Crop Atlas of Indian Varietal Cotton Map (Subject 44) The Sub-Committee recommends that a varietal cotton map of India based on the Revised Scheme of Trade Classification of Indian cotton should be incorporated in the new edition of the Crop Atlas of India. The attention of the Bombay and Madras Governmenta, who have not yet replied to the enquiry of the Director-Goneral of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics should be drawn to tho fact that the preparation of this map is being held up for want of their replies. The Şub.Comraittee recommends (1) that the request of the Director of Agriculture, Contral Provinces, may be agreed to, (2) that item IX (2) in the Revisod Scheme may be rotained, (3) that Şırony, Chhabra and Pirawa Parganas of Tonk, and Jhalawar and Partabgarh States may be included under “Central Inila," (4) that, in the Varietal Mar, Bengals, Oonras, Hyderabad, Gaoranı, Central Locle, Broach, Surti, Dholleras, Southerns, Tinnevellies, Salerk, Comillas and Burmas may be shown by distinctive colours relation between Oomras and Central India crops and between Broach and Surti crops can be brought out by a suitable choice of like colours or different shades of the same colour, (5) that Americans, Verum, Banilla and Cambodias may be shown in their respective tracts by hatching, (N B...Sub.classes such as Malvi and short-staple Dholleras need not be shown in the map ) and (6) that the sub-classes United Provinces Deshi, Punjab Desh, $ind Deshi, Rajputans Deshi, Berar Oomras, Central Provinces Oomras, Nimar Oomras, Khandesh Oorras, Barsi-Nagar Oomras. Hyderabad Ootoras, Gujerut Dholleras, Kathiawar Dholleras, Cutch (Dholleras), Kumpta and Upland, Bijapur and Bagalkot Jowarl, Westerns, White and Red Xorinerns, Barangal and Cocanadas and Chinnapathi may be demarcated by boundaries and named The P, H RADA REDDI APPENDIX X. SUBJECT 28 --Report of the Standing Finance Sub-Committee. (a) Balance Sheet. (b) Financial Statement. (c) Revised Estimates, 1935-36. (d) Budget, 1936-37. Tel Auditors' fees. Secretary's Note. Committee in August 1935. Ser mit Du mere, heldung remizor le has plant na it* Three montings of the Sub-Committes were held since the last meeting of the ·92 Sub-Committee was taken by Mr. A. A. Sarantides, who succeeded the former on the Committee. 2. At its meeting in September 1935, the Sub-Committee sanctioned an additional grant of Rs. 42,303 for the Punjab Cotton Failure Scheme, thus raising the total grant to Rs. 1,48,833. The additional grant sanctioned as required as the Plant Physiologist was appointed on a higher scale of pay than that originally provided for and also on account of the payment of leave and pension contributions on his account. 3. The Sub-Committee sanctioned the appointment of an additional Junior Clork in the Statistical Section of the Secretary's office on Rs. 60m3.-90. 4. In pursuance of the Committee's decision in January 1934, the Sub-Committee considered the question of placing in order of priority for starting schemes extended and those sanctioned by the Committee at its meeting held in August last, and decided that the Scheme for Survey of Cottons in Rohilkhand and Bundelkhand, United Provinces, should be continued and that the Scheme for the extension of B.D. 8 cotton in Broach District should be started as early as possible. As regards tho scheme for the distribution of Jayawant and Gadag No. 1 cottons in the Southern Division of the Bombay Presidency, the Sub-Committee decided that action should be delayed till the Vice-President had a consultation with Dr. W. Burns, Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, on the return of the latter from leave and that in the meanwhile the Government of Bombay should be asked for their share of the cost of the scheme. 5. The Sub.Committee considered a request from Rai Saheb G. R. Dutt, Entomologist to the Government of the Central Provinces, for the grant of an honorarium and a monthly remunerative allowance for supervising the Central Provinces and Berar Entomological Research Scheme financed by the Committee. In view of the Committee's decision that the practice of granting personal allowances to officers serving under Local Governments should be put an end to, the Sub. Committee was unable to grant the request. 6. The Sub-Committee considered and refused the request of the Director of Agriculture, H. E. H. the Nizam's Government, for a revision of the scale of pay of the Ist and 2nd Assistant Cotton Research Botanists working on the Hyderabad Botanical Research Scheme.' 7. In pursuance of a resolution passed by the Sub-Committee at its meeting held in October 1932 fixing the basic pay of the Secretary of the Committee at Rs. 1,600.50.1,800 plus Overseas pay of Rs. 300 plus House Rent Allowance of Rs. 250 per mensem, the Government of India were addressed by the President. The proposals were, however, not accepted by the Government of India. 8. At its meeting in March 1935, the Sub-Committee decided to apply the Government of India Madel Leave Rules, 1934, as for officers on contract, to its own employees engaged on its schemes sanctioned for specific periods and this decision was confirmed by the Committee at its meeting held in August last. As it was thought that the application of the new rules might adversely affect those employees of the Committee who under the rules to which they were previously subject had accumulated leave in excess of the limits laid down in the not rules. the Sub-Committee approved of the suggestion made by the Secretary that such employees should be permitted to add to their leave accounts the excess leave earned by them over the limits prescribed in the new rules, but to debar them from earning any further leave until the excess had first been wiped off. 9. The Committee at its meeting held in August last considered proposals for the extension of the Bikaner Gang Canal Scheme for a period of five years and decided that if Mr. Hutchinson wanted a sub-station in the Bengals area for his work on genetics he might be provided with one either at Raya Farm or Delhi or Ganganagar whichever was the least expensive. The above decision was communicated to the Director, Institute of Plant Industry, Indore, and the views of Mr. Hutchinson forwarded by him together with proposals for the extension of the Bikaner Scheme for a further period of five years were considered by the Sub-Committee. In view of the fact that the scheme was due to terminate on the 31st December 1935, the Sub-Committee decided to extend it only up to the 31st March 1936 and to leave the question of its further extension to this meeting of the Committee. This subject is dealt with under a separate item on the agenda.

·93 TI tot.. ---add the meant nn of thnnnnnintment of auditors that Messrs S. B the year 1936.37, 1) A Balance Sheet of the audited accounts of the Committee's funds and of the Provident Fund as on the 30th September 1935 and also the Financial Statement as on the 30th November 1935 are attached for information. R$ 14,60,793 0-9 of the Committee's securities are invested in Government paper and Rs. 6,13,010-10-0 in long-dated Corporation Bonds The market value of the Committee's securities, as will be seen from the Financial Statement, has Appreciated by Rs. 4,54,225. To finance all the schemes, which are to be put in operation, it will be necessary in the near future to sell some of the sex urities. 12 Revised Estimates of Recerpts and Expenditure for the current financial year are submitted for approval Receipts from the cess up to the 31st March 1936 have been estimated at Rs. 6,50,000 against the original estimate of Rs 6,00,000 and interest at Rs 1,24,000 against Rs. 1.16.017 in August last. Under Miscellaneous Receipts Rs. 2,01,000 have been shown against Rs. 2,10,116 in August last. Out of this sum Rs. 1,96,787-13.7 represents profit on sale and conversion of securities. The total expenditure for the current year is now estimated at Rs 12,01 741 as against Rs 12,92,600 in August last, the decrease of Rs. 90,859 heing heefly due to savings as detailed in the Revised Estimates. The closing halanır (excluding recoverable loang amounting to Rs 12,083-12-10) at the end of the current year will remain at Rs 24,13,193-11-5 As compared with Rs 26.37 099 11 : at the end of last year 13. The draft budget for 1936-37 is also submitted for approval Tha estat of receipts for cotton cess are the same as budgeted last year, viz Rs IH IHMI The figure under interest has been reduced from Rs 1,16,000 to RM 1 ) view of the necessity which is likely to arise for the sale of some of their The budget will need revision when final decisions are arrived at ini. proposals under consideration at this meeting of the Comfort Miscellaneous Receipts, the usual provision of Rs 4,000 has been nade 171- does not take into account any profits that may be realised if neruritorin the course of tho year 14 The Sub-Committee requests that it may be empowered to the administrative changes that may be necessary in the Serretan the suns to the appointment of Deputy Secretary being held in abes ant ts then of India aftay consideration of a report by the Secretary on the mother the present arrangerera. 15. 4 Selertion sub-Committee consisting of the folderung members *** appointed to splat a eserlidate for the post of Biochem-t in the Prinjal . Failure (Physiol skal) Pesearch Scherne rendered vacane hat the non$2** the present content on the ground of ill-health- The President, The Vice-President, Mr. S. D. Saklatvala, Mr. H. R. Stewart, Dr. " Burns, Dr. T. S. Wheeler The Government of India have, in combattere with the (unumieters ordens fated by them sanctioning a pas of Rs. 13-1.14 botten comma 1,100 for the publicationicer in milimetron of the previous 17. At the request of tho Imperind Council printment of Dr. Nazir Ahmad, Director, T Bulag of the Soil Science Committee of the Cou curch the ·94 APPENDIX XI. Si'sirlag bl.a Lancushiro-Indian Cotton Commillclmm}l'ork of Sufr by Mr, 1. C. Shorl, Catlon Commissionct. Secretary's Note Nr. II. (. Short, I'otton (omnissinnor, Lancashiro-Indian Cotton Committee, 1111* forwarded then aftarlend 19tr giving a short account of the work of that I'mittee P. H. RAMA REDDI, Xorz:. The work ni Ilok 1,1muljjr. Juiss Cotton Committee continues to show good prosrps. Through the medium of meetings, extensive propaganda and personal 1918 og visusin tlor STAR"}rncing any spinners to 1160 Incliani cotton, who havo 1888 trirsi il Prefaire, In Septorilor, in temporosis () sequest from the Committec, the British Cotton (1911-18 1 ***preili Asuintion orgonjer for the benefit of its members a display Voll Volls noul morth and in whole or in part from Indian cotton. The counts ramited (ron S'xtos flis, and the clomonstration included straight Indian cottons arusnirings of Disn ond Imorirnni cottons, "Privs athibition 18014 ntioned by large numbers of firms and great interest was Onlin resurn from Indin Ur. l. C. Short lind numerous interviows tith spinners mwvl 1141034facturers in clifferent parts of Lon'nshire, the object being to help then with any dificultirumi thay inny ni'n" (*Moscross and to discuss tho different varieties of Infins constantemeloruss to which they might bo put. Mr. S. Puylos. one of the principal linison officers of the Shirloy Instituto was apparinted during there your to interview manufacturers and spinners on behalf of il lor has hunc considerabin experience in Indian cotton at the Shrirlanga 1948 1893ds, lon hins buiperd lo enlve any technical difficulties which have boyuttaneerauntsoul. Intra-iso routroli work on Indian anttons continues at the Shirley Institute 75018 19:31) pros fript, au 50 per cont, of their timo is now devoted to this 11 in narornging to note thint spinnors are taking inuch more interest in Indian poliure *iupini cottons tim was fórinorly the case and imports of this cotton are dily inrriving. I'm 1.1121020-hirr. Bowlins (ission Coinmitten havo decided to again participate in the British Inrirnirinn fuis in London in 1930. APPENDIX XII. SANJH1T 1.mir tfberi llorard's criticism of the Committee's work and policy. Secretary's Note. Thrifturlied extract from a lecturo delivered by Sir Albert Hopard before the Real Sowjetr' of arts on Yoromber 22nd 1935, is for consideration. It is girlontly the strong conviction of Sir Albert Howard, in the possibilities of tho indore netliod of making compost, that has been responsible for his sweeping critirism tnt “The funds of this body aro non largely devoted to matters of only secondary importanco." Having been out of touch with the Committee for the past four years, Sir Albort does not probably know that out of the 42 lakh rupees so far spent by tho Committco on agricultural research no less than 14 lakh rupees Imve gone to the Indoro Instituto where tho process so highly commended by him has licon crolved. A third of the expenditure on agricultural research must, therefore, orcn according to Sir Albert, not fall in the category of “matters of only secondary importance.' Although his criticism of the past and present research policy of the Committee is merely an oxpression of an opinion, which may not be shared by most of the ngricultural ocors and research workers on cotton in India, his long connection ·05 with India and this Committee almost makes his opinion appear as a statemont of Accepted truth This is borne out by the fact that a trade member of the Committee, who has been this criticism, has even suggested that Sır Albert's criticista might be made a reason for reviewing the past activities of the Committee and the future policy-a measure which the Committee thrice undertook on its own accord in the past, once in 1925, then in 1930 and again in 1934. Though it 18 true that the Committee has not so far financed any purely koil or ynanurial research scheme as such, in many of the botanical and physiological scherpe of the Committee this aspert of the successful growing of cotton has Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, increasing attention has also been naid in thiq arhiant 10ml Ca'anana T.41 I. Indian 80118, and the preparation of cheap synthetic Ipadure from town refuse and waste naterals All the work on soils that is still in progress in the different parts of India shows that Sir Albert's opinion is not the last word on the subject of the improvemont of the fertility of Indian soils When so much work is already in progress, there 19 perhaps no need for this Coromittee to take up a work wheck affects all crops, as so many probleins affecting cotton remaja to be studied. P. H. PAXA REDDI. Extract from a lecture dolored by Su and Homer, C1E, A. Lome 1. Prona Sorty of rum Sorbat, 1975. III. THE ADOPTIOS OT TEE: (SUOZ: Pas 0 PV73 1927. The spread of the Iceme paysa Lema 151 - tropical countries 13 gothicz like we': ** in that has been made in the plactats 413 Form why this is 60. The plantat1033 tres z W27/MET are often Arranged in large groopa rata 23L/**. consideration of any new propres A) Fax.4 xy + Empre 19 quickly undertake, and a dar2032: ArirangLOT *** where things happen, even 54 82Tutust. In peasant agriculture there is a siar 252Y..txt:7 "* decisions over Wide Breas. 1}} lat 13 illustri! influence, so that a number of contrs are rol water and propaganda of a new prvipla la pri tsp. kra! ** exort their influence on the countryside. A large portion of the money spent on working at tt Torre y Fit contributed by the cultivators of India in the form of 8 Almo, which cess is administered by a body known as the Iron Curl ( Committee. The cotton crop is not the...' .... KHU Bludy of the yield of vrton in bigband to ISUUTh the supremo importance of OrgaTu maites in cotton fuerir.. 11, results can be seen in every villana yield good eropa ol fine healthy cotton plants are, hy compariso wery wet na ons teen differentces are work fotos *INU . La ruthcuit هاي لا ·(11 !ling allarinin ni Nistehs. Ismail Inulin, n similar limiting furtor occurs. Here vi!!!! 84 1993's!! m!!y "o irrivistinss, «fii!ht rustike the soil particles lo pack, and 18 de ***$$*** this point, quantirilarly Aspiran varieties, slow by their growth siin! Ilir 1988* sfechos quita 11! Horose, Il list ofta inil to functiori ibora priset 245** thanble for you! u full f'prijs of pevale le ripening period is uoduly properly. 12- andili" alissa fuscle sitting, tality and life. Thir Cillise ni{ this trouble 19 :438* quote Vilstrulis, sliefs appears 1731 disqot. Hoils to lead to a vory mild alkali 78116, 111!11831, pref*11n feraftan smp from algorbing kuifficient water !!... 12n? tenint morbuls of preventing this packing of the so 11!!! 3o3si los mappily essayngu ni mia. Hir.Saltwallpoint Stution, Mr. W. J. Jonkins, the Chief Agricultural t"? 18. 1 din 1: 38 (}y of thori tisul in inrlin tonelongst thin Indoro method, has aliri sira iliust 11111111803 in potlor gror41 value in lineguing the nikali condition ***V*, 114 1:1417127mn: Ilse liesslth n thin option plans and in increasing the yield * ¢o 11:llilan gosenna** i" osallo-Borul roji all tlim Gorrrnincnt farms ,!! Sokiessful. fratosple, mm lenne ilm 1,251) rnrelonde as the finished Dvornis! 174 or Boorops stud 111 11031.31.) írom Windo mnatorinlti suri ng cotton fialks and orgs gan irtina 1 grad, odizoof trailing lai. 1935, Mr. Beskilja writesle po altruit aderirlesailly "sirferit from in ge411814 nhenind at Sakrand and *'r: **!*"? it's time to profit uproste thin! ilor sr iontilie utilisation and neeguate **** ' larmer • 11317-4 play an 1981portant post in the ultimate solution **!**!! !! ! ! ??!amın sin ostility issued pisarenting the accumulntion of T7ira shindarla: l'irr ming in Sinud linnu sous proud from the Ciovernment 4411!. los llir sl.(+134.91**7c1109057"}", sich non rutinence on the shore system by !!!prir,r:!ron transmety. 180.811 ilde 19180.spute Mble>$* hy these cultivators, it is soint;"****!!! 14 wale a qesong joint of time fofore the inlore system becomes well m!),,mrli18th Billion 1:"sali; ;!r***!!!Ik prieste 20163*pBrevin obored lig Colonel ('ole, ('.B., C.M.G., :*! ***** anilor Moresor issory Diatrict of the l'arrijnls, where a compost factory (bin ltr. ila" ne tline Punisento o l'innt Trusert. Indore, was established 1. astra 197314 this prisitar el nemuintile mostrou are regularly coinposted. The !!!! atinrtly forfitted by the dressings of burnus; the quality of t!!!!, 14 ingred; bhris fitirante being obinined; the irrigation water ******? rad sme liris odlochored from us clienti at uyl tos lin. 'The neighbouring estates havo <!! poronprintins', an inquire about the proress are being received from I!...ritissimis in de formarliod. i giorni lastnik. therefore, Ionu buren mnd in the romoval of tho factor => 176, 3. in finding the violelonil imporwaing the quality of Indian cotton. It is ***!!!!!21:55 for tlak sulitude of small cotton growers in India that tho resources s! ftitu terlinn ('ngilia (sten (mitirme are not being onergetically employed in fordium than 11.sep Juriwmiw taken up all over the country. The funds of this body non ?: *** Tantri donntart to start of only secondary importance. Largo bums oprolonjesit nyent yrity' year on entomological scheines, from which the men who Ons bributa ilta rritfress *** Happy ne likely to derive nny gent benefit. For too ???13,13 56$osition in tseisis puid in plant lireeding and to the distribution of seed. I! in treger elint, 1158 11. linternment iuris nnd in areas of high fertility, improved 100poetry of rutles boiser clona somnarkuhly well, but it should be borne in mind Ilia sot tyff the plant forrador to find a variety which will withstand the 11172487Ustron of is rolluisul mondition on the black soils and an incipient alkali plinaire post the allusion is to make the impossiblr. To achieve any lasting and pertani ft"??! improsoment in the production of cotton in India, the incts must be *:}10:n anal bitly (nerul. The fnctor limiting growth, namoly, poor soil Arisalirti, 1174 first be reproved so that the work of ilie plant breeder can produce ita full-livel. It is only dog' tlir combination of better soil conditions with improved Parinting alone thin cotton growers of India can materinlly benofit from agricultural romanchi. Press l'ommuniquc as amended by the Committee. Thin rritiriann by Sir Albert Howard of the work of the Committee in a lecturo which bin delivered at a inecting of the Royal Society of Arts in November 1935 kung ronsidered by the Indinn Central Cotton Committee at its half-yearly meeting looked on the 13th January 1930. Tho subject of the lecture was The manufacture of Ilumus by the Indoro Procoss," and in tho course of it Sir Albert Howard roforred to the success nchioved in the convorsion of agricultural waste products ·97 into humus by means of a process worked ou, by him at the Institute of Plant Industry, Indore, and the effects of thus humus on the fertility of the soil. He 11 pl. - ontributed to attention was The Indian Indeed has, on several occasions, gone out of its way to ins ite it but Sir Albert Howard does not give a true picture either of the Committee's obligations or work. In the LUHURULU uliu Agricultura Departments alike and Sir Albert Howard's lecture unfortunately betrays a lack of knowledge of what has been done 6ince he left India. The maintenance of soil fertility and the raising of it to a higher level 18 a fundamental agricultural problem and not a special problem of cotton cultivation 'ntal part of the work of Agricultural Departments; 1t 18 not peculiar to the cotton problem and the Indian Central Cotton Committee has deliberately concentrated on problems connected with cotton in preference to propaganda on a subject which 18 common to the agriculture of all crops in all parts of the country Sir Albert Howard's statement reading tho entomological schemes undertaken by the Coromittee is a travesty of facts. Two completed entomological schemes financed by the Committee, one in the Bombay Presidency and the other in the United Provinces, now show fubstacial benefits to the cultivators, and as these results were obtained since Sur AI- Howard's departure from India, they strikingly demonstrate that the 21st possessed by hum regarding the achievements of the Indian Central Cotton Carter and used by him for his lecture was singularly out of date In 1934 tŁCapita held a special meeting of... position of cotton resea yield and quality of c absorbed an undue pro first importance as it put morley into the pockets of the crimeTAinto the mills Incidentally, varieties of cotton hare wyt t-ra for! wh tolerate the colloidal condition on the black snils" a3dai tyr- of Fird cotton now do very well in the incipient alkab 2 12 2. TL- Indian Central Cotton Committee is in complete agrpiny TELSE 12-T: Howard: observation that it 14 only by the combination <!* Kuenetinct wités improved varieties that the cotton Towers of ID 25 any caf: first agricultural research which indeed is acrentut." "pot! 12.1.7. APPENDIX XIIL SUBJECT 41-C'mp dulu of Indi l'orysal Com Ulap. Secretary's Bete In pursuance of 8 request rec-ired from the Dipertua dirawal of Commercial Intelligence and Statisties for medis- A 1-3, trade laxification the ree W ·98 classification of Indian cotton which would be acceptable to the cotton trade in gonoral. Accordingly, the Committee nominated Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdes funci Dr. W. Burns to servo as its representatives on this Joint Committee. 2. This Joint Committee formulated in due course a scheme of trade classification, and the East India Cotton Association in forwarding it to the Director-General of Coinmorcial Intelligenco and Statistics in November 1933 remarked that the preciso colimitation of areas recommended may be left to the Directors of Agriculture of Provinces and States. By precise delimitation they mean a (lescription of area by States (where a complete State is included), Districts (where 11 comploto district is included) and Talukas (where a complete district is not included). Units less than a Taluka should not be used." The Association further suggested that Government should prepare a cotton map showing the classifications and districts as recommended by them. 3. At their meetings held in January 1934, the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub-Comınitteo and the Indian Central Cotton Committee approved the proposed Achome with minor inodifications, the question of suitable specific names for the sub-classes under “Oomras” boing left to be decided in consultation with the Directors of Agriculturo of Bombay, Hyderabad and Central Provinces. This was done in consultation with those officers and the East India Cotton Association, and the classification was sent to the Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics in July 1934. 4. In the meanwhilo, in answer to an enquiry made regarding the classification of S. M. C. States and Satara Jagirs under Westerns and Coompta and Uplones" in the now classification, the Director of Agriculture, Bombay, put forward a classificntion for the cottons grown in the Southern Division of the Presidency, which was slightly different from the one already approved. This proposal was considered at the August 1934 meeting, and it was left to Dr. Burns to discuss tho matter with Mr. Haridas Madhardas and come to an agreement. This was done. 5. In Novombor 1934, this offico sent to the East India Cotton Association an exact delimitntion of tho areas according to the accepted Revised Scheme of Classification. The Enst India Cotton Association carefully examined it and vignified their approval on the 28th March 1935 subject to a few minor changes. Tho Rovised Schemo of Trado Classification as finally approved and sent to the Director-Goneral of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics in April 1935 is given in Enclosure I. 6. The Director.Gonoral has since been referring the new scheme to the l'espective forecast authorities in the provinces and States for criticism or ratification, and to say whether it would be possible to supply figures for the last ten years on the now basis. The objections so far received in answer to this enquiry are the following: Punjab.-(Items I (2) and II (2) in the Revised Scheme). 7. As there is no change in the existing classification, the Director-General asked only for the exact delimitations of the Deshi and American varieties by districts and talukas. The Director of Agriculture has accordingly furnished a statement showing the acreage during 1934-35 under American and Deshi cottons in each of the districts included in the four cotton growing zones of the Punjab. So far as British Punjab and Punjab States are concerned, there exists, therefore, no difficulty in making an exact delimitation. 66 C6 North-West Frontier Province. (Item I (2) in the Revised Scheme), 8. In this case the Director-General wanted to know whether the change from the existing trade name Bengal-Sind Sind-Punjab to the proposed name Bengals-Punjab Deshi was acceptable. In reply, the Revenue and Divisional Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province, has replied that the proposed trade name seems suitable. He has, however, forwarded a representation from a leading cotton merchant in Peshawar requesting that Peshawar cotton should be classed "Oomras," and allowed to be tendered against Oomras Contract or at the most Rs. 10 per candy below the Oomras standard.” This is a matter for the cotton trade and, if approved, this representation may be brought to the notice of the East India Cotton Association without any comment from the Committee. No change is necessary in the Revised Scheme. as ·9 Sind-items 1 (3) and 11 (1) in the Reria Steel 9 As in the case of the Punjah the Dive Cestit ** 4* delimitation of deshi and fryrius. aslider ike License AS Khairpur State. The Chief Agricultural User Lassiek inforination Central Prorinces and Berar.-Items III (1) tolithFeria S. 10 The Economic Butanist for Cortor cixis to the cric T crop under CP. Berar, and Simar on the presies TL Oomra, crops of these tracts, the Trade aknee to 3.5 Fri which forms the bulk of Serum crop. 85 Sve:2 i TIC P. Tersua! thug depress the price for Berar Yerum T-Dixit with this view so far as C. P and Berar Verors are end is SE Verum he considers that it should be shown sepat: exetes! * 90-called Nimar Verum is Bun mixed with Team Add Oak The Dr. Land Records, has agreed to supply information regard. Der (1191on by districts and talakas if the point and in the Dar10 res letter 19 settled. Figures for the past ten years cata: te sorria 11 The point raised by the Director of Agricultre is for conside]: would be far easier. and probably advisable too. to remote the moderaan if any, about the quality of Berar Serum than to dear tt-Trod. Laluc: the quantity of Verum cotton grown in Berar, what they hare and fre. Ilyderabad Items III (10) IT, IX (?), IX (4) (part) and IT (C) (part) is ik Retico Scherpe The ocly doubtful point in this clasification is what it is alately necessary that item 1X (?) should be shuan aparat-ly from itam IX (1). *71.. Last India Crtton Association is not at all partxules alot it. sad thay * Agreed to it berause the Director of Azryulturr, Hyderated, sama it. Toit Director General of Commercial Intellizasy Porn Stetutri' mir tŁ Dis 10 of Statistics, Hyderabad State, has not ronfirmed the Disting of Azruler-> Views, on the ground that Par hur Kumpta and plant iv maputi toll- Kumpta and Upland." 13 The Director of Statistirs appears to Urdung stinypTWITI. Item IX (1) comprises Cadag. I apud Jayawant CALOID ZICH in and around Flute and Garag as well as ordinary Kumpia and plant. Pastrar kurie / Upland would not therefore low anythura try ban luxe with talena AUTO- Had there barn a separate clos for Gadar au Jai**a wn in Paris Presidency, ani Rauchur Gadaz.1 an Jayawasit lamang, lure with Vanley Tordinary Kumpta and I'plami, the objartoon of the Dintor Wali reasonablo 18 19 therefore in consideration whether serta stan IX (2, necessary. Baroda ---(Items VI (part), VII (part), VIII (1) (part), VI (2) (*), VIII % (part), VIII (4) (part) in the Rain Shee). 14. It 1.9 Tery set infartory to note that th, Thirutust v Amurr tun simplified the problem of delimitation by swigning the whole of this dixtri under item VIII (1) and the whole of Amrlı destrut urulat ito VIII (41 '11,- former 19 in any (AMA NAY rroary, 8 Art oopiling to the sidsformation of the India Cotton Apriation Schikana distrut j* try to sustified ** * retortof #r under the Baroula Cotton Tranport Act. Central India.--Items I (1) (part), V (1) and (2) in the Bayiw 4 jam). 15 The Director Censoral ank) the Hon'blr the Agent to the (werjun Sonu in Central India to obtain the viv* of the statem conteftet at the mine classification, and als7 to Axertain frorn thr whether it with low miletos - report "Malvı" separately in the fufH A*th, 77 sepilson frrived wifi #18" fullns:- 10. Drar The proposal farsification in inauteriets #tu! q Cambolia, Betulta and Ameriran cotton TOWI in 2. platu now separately froin Malvi deski arul xirat deali, "Ttiese skel www. objection to the Irurime furnishing the figurine intensy in soms miese details tan, huwel erg * otok eller mulin R, WW ******* ·98 classification of Indian cotton which would be acceptable to the cotton trade in gonoral. Accordingly, the Committee nominated Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdes and Dr. W. Burns to sorvo as its roprosentatives on this Joint Committee. 2. This Joint Committeo formulated in due course a scheme of trade classification, and the East India Cotton Association in forwarding it to the Director-General of Cominercial Intelligence and Statistics in November 1933 remarked that " the preciso colimitation of areas recommonded may be left to the Directors of Agriculturo of Provinces and States. By precise delimitation they mean a description of aron by States (whero a complete State is included), Districts (where a completo district is included) and Talukas (where a complete district is not included). Units less than a Taluka should not be used. The Association further suggested that Government should prepare a cotton map showing the classifications and districts as recommended by them. 3. At thoir meetings held in January 1934, the Cotton Forecast Improvement Sub.Coinmittco and the Indian Contral Cotton Committee approved the proposed sohomo with minor modifications, the question of suitable specific names for tho sub-clausos undor “Oomras " boing left to be decided in consultation with the Directors of Agriculture of Bombay, Hyderabad and Central Provinces. This was clono in consultation with those officers and the East India Cotton Association, and the classification was sent to the Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Sintistics in July 1934. In the meanwhilo, in answer to an enquiry made regarding the classification of S. M. C. States and Satara Jagirs under Westerns and “Coompta and Uplands" in tho now classification, the Director of Agriculture, Bombay, put forward a classification for the cottons grown in the Southern Division of the Presidency, which was slightly different from the one already approved. This proposnl was considered at the August 1934 meeting, and it was left to Dr. Burns to discuss tho matter with Mr. Haridas Madhavdas and come to an agreement. This was done. In Novombor 1934, this offico sent to the East India Cotton Association an oxact delimitation of the areas according to the accepted Revised Scheme of Classification. Tho East India Cotton Association carefully examined it and signified their approval on the 28th March 1935 subject to a few minor changes. Tho Reviso Schemo of Trado Classification as finally approved and sent to the Director-Gonoral of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics in April 1935 is given in Enclosuro I. (i. Thc Director-General has since been referring the new scheme to the respective forecast authorities in the provinces and States for criticism or ratification, and to say whether it would be possible to supply figures for the last ten years on the now basis. The objections so far received in answer to this onquiry are the following: 19 Punjab.Items I (2) and II (2) in the Revised Scheme). 7. As there is no change in the existing classification, the Director-General askod only for the exact delimitations of the Deshi and American varieties by districts and talukas. The Director of Agriculture has accordingly furnished at statoinent showing the acreage during 1934-35 under American and Deshi cottons in each of the districts included in the four cotton growing zones of the Punjab. So far as British Punjab and Punjab States are concerned, there exists, therefore, no difficulty in making an exact delimitation. North-West Frontier Province. (Item I (2) in the Revised Scheme). 8. In this case the Director-General wanted to know whether the change from the existing trade name Bengal-Sind Sind-Punjab to the proposed name Bengals-Punjab Deshi " was acceptable. In reply, the Revenue and Divisional Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province, has replied that the proposed trade name seems suitable. He has, however, forwarded a representation from a leading cotton merchant in Peshawar requesting that Peshawar cotton should be classed Oomras," and allowed to be tendered against Oomras Contract most Rs. 10 per candy below the Oomras standard.' This is a matter for the cotton trade and, if approved, this representation may be brought to the notice of the East India Cotton Association without any comment from the Committee. No change is necessary in the Revised Scheme. or at the as ·S: Sund-Items 1 (3) and II (1) in the Rerial Scheme). 9 fi in the case of the Punjab, the Director General asked for an exort delimitation of deshi and Americans, and whether the latter was being grown in Khanpus State. The Chief Agricultural Officer has since furnisheſ the necementy information Central Prorences and Berar -{Items III (1) to (6) in the Revised Scheme.) 10 The Economic Bottnan .1 crop under CP. Berar, Oomras crops of these tre which forms the bulk of thue depress the prices f with this view so far as CP and Berar Verums are concerned. As regard, Nimar Verum he considers that it should be shown separately since the bulk of the so called Nimar Verum 19 Buri mixed with Verum end Oomrar, The Director, Land Records, has agreed to supply information regarding the exact termorial cuvision by districta and talukas if the point raised in the Director of Agriculture's letter 19 settled Figures for the past ten years cannot be supplievl. 1 The point raised by the Director of Agriculturn is for annardandir. Hyderabad - (Items III (10), 11, IX (2), IX (4) (part) and IX (61 (part) in the Revieod Schemel 12 The orly doubtful point in this classification is whether it is ahandutely necessary that iton IX (2) should be shown separately from item IX (1). Thr East Indie Cotton Association 19 not at all particular about it, and they staply agreed to it because the Director of Agriculture, Hyderabad, wanted t. To ihir Diretor-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics' enquiry, the Director of Statistica, Hyderabad State, has now confirmed the Director of Agriculture's Views, on the ground that Raichur. Kumpta and Upland" is superior to the common Kumpta and Upland" 13 The Director of Statistics appears in ha "In Item IX (1) namn. - and Galego Upland wouk Hed bere bi Predana Ordine A bern si # sprate item IX ( is TexWor necess Harola --{Items VI (part), VII (part), Van () (part), VIII (9) (part), VIJ 13) (part), TIIT (4) (part) in the Resisel Scheme). 14. Its very satisfactory to note that a. Simplifier thn WAA.18 under iti Torroer 14 India undert Central Indes --{{tems I (1) (part). V (1) and (2) in the Revised Schemel 15. The Director fondo in Central India to * 40xVP classification, and al ether it would be posajlile to report "Vaki" sepa way in their forecasts. The replies spreisel so far are an follows 16 Dhar --The proposed classification 18 inadequate and requests that Camboy, Banlie and American cottons grown in the State should be shown seperately from Mali deshi and Numar deski There does not seem to be any njection to the Darbar furnishing these figures separately in Dhar forecasts. These details cas, however, be omitted from the All India forecasts, as separate ·100 figures for Dinr Sints are not nt presont shown in thom. Dhar State produces mily' juni (tror 10,000 bales, and wint is nt most seruired is a foot-note to Central Inline mothers I?follows: "urlustes......bales of Cambodia grown in Dhar State provided the proudotinn of Cambollin is more than 1,000 unlos. 17. Jasnou grows only “Malvi" cotton. No objection to the proposed casuitientian. 18. Iratiam. So oljertion to the proposed classification. 11. Situmo ulijection to the proposed classification ovon though there will be printirul difirultirs in giving rffect in it. 20. Snilann.Xo oljection but would like to have instructions regarding ifrntification of the two varieties. 1. hahn grais "Minivi." Bodin Bu “Gujerati." No objection to the propyrnuliention. . Bisturistii furows no Malvi pofton at present. No objection to the proposed klausilietimu. ::. illirujur gross Vimali Gujerathi" cotton, for which figures 1*1333 be reportex sreynsrately. 24. L'iplodo.-- Xo ohjection to the proposal. 1. Jobul krous 110 Malvi" cotton. No objcction to showing under “Central Irrlit. Oilioru" the" Berar (0110grow'11 in the Stato. : 1. Vilhena very rarely grass Malvi" cotton. No objection to the propawl. Jonin and Koralo objection to the proposal. 28. fluenc.Yo objetion to the proposa). un " Rupulandi. Item 1 (44) in the Revised Scheme). "I'lres Diretor, Institute of Plant Industry, Incore, las vritten to say that in mililition to the Central Indin States such Rajputana States as Tonk, Jhalawar ami l'urialvarli, il considerable part of whose territory lies within the boundaries Jeslin porogner should also be allowed to report "Malvi" cotton. The Dewan, Portabuntis sinte, hins also vehemently protest against the inclusion of Partabgarh enerunt uneltes " Bengals-Najpitan simply because that State happens to be included in the Rajpuan Agency for alministrative reasons. Partabgarh, anim***, LTOUS lry little corton, the total viold being less than 2,000 bales. There in 11 press, and the cotton grown in Portabgarh would naturally be taken to Jlrmlusus ir Gunlior State which is close to it, and which is a tenderable station fraudem "Central Indis." As regards Tonk, tho Durbar intimate that the Parganas of Sironj. Chhabra, Pirnira un Ximbahora, which aro situated in Central India acijoining Gwalior silouk lie transferred to the class “Central India." The trade Inny not oljert tes the transfer of the first three as they are almost within the Central Indin nrro). As Simlıhera is a tenderable station under "Rajputana," the propos minsfer inuy not be agreeable to the trade. Alwar, Dholpur, Kislangarli, Shalıpım an Siroki Durbars have no objection to the proposal. It im for consideration whether the question of the transfer of Tonk, Partabgarh anod Junknr in ('entral Inis may be referred to the East India Cotton Scintion, 30. Fross the foregoing paragraphıs it will be seen that so far as the replies rereiser to the enquiry of the Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistir's strpi commerner, the Revised Scheme does not require much change. ('rop Atlas of Indian parietal Cotton Map. 31 This Atlas is now user preparation, but in view of the fact that the Revised Scheme of Trade classification of cotton has not yet been approved of by all Provinces am States, the Commercial Intelligence and Statistics Department has, it appears, suggested that the Varietal Cotton Map might be dropped and the publication of the Atlas, which has been held up, might be expedited without this map. Sir Bryco, on the other hand, considers that such a contingency should be avoided, if possible, and that poncling complete agreement of all concerned on the proposals contained in the Revised Scheme, and the collection of necessary stutistics for past years, a provisional map should be put in. This suggestion is now for consideration.

·101 32 In the last edition of the map the following major classes or groups are shown soparately (1) Oomras, (2) Dholloras, (3) Coompta-Dharwar, (4) Broach, (5) Bengal-Sind, (6) Westerns and Northerns, (T) Cocanadas, (8) Salems including Cambodias, 19) Tinnevellys including also Cambodias. (10) Comillas, Burmas and others and (11) the districts growing Punjab-American. This means that the sub classes, viz., Khandesh, Central India, Berar, United Provincer, Rajputana, etc, of Oomras and Bengals are not demarcated in the map, even though the existing trade classification, on the basis of which the map has been prepared, contains these sub-classes. For some of these the trade name of cotton in the classification exactly corresponds with the civil division of the same name, for example, Berar, Central Provinces, Central India. United Provinces There aro, however, others for which there is no such correspondence, for example, Khandesh, Barsi-Nagar, "cthers" 33. The practical difficulties in unmediately preparing a varietal cotton map on the basis of the Revised Scheme of classification and on the lines of the latest map may now be considered with reference to each item in the Revised Scheme. I BENGALS 34 Tho Punjab, North-West Frontier Province and Sind have already intimated their acceptance of the Revised Scheme. Delhi, Bihar and Orissa, 151) Hong teen tenderahla anlar 1. n. States a suggestion has be 1 YL1 heme, as the present proposals do not 35 In the circumstances, if a decision can now be taken regariung lartabgarh, Tonk and Jhalawar, there should be no difficulty in showing Bengals as one variety under one colour in the new map. Back statistics are available for all the unit Areas of this clasa. 36. Ag to the representation of the four sub-classes under Bengals, it may be done by printing the sub.class names in distinctive type in their respective areas demarcated by bold black lines IT AMFRICANS. 37 Both Sind and the Punjab are agreeable to the proposal and have furnished the necesary information As Americans and Bengals are grown in the same districts, it follows that in a coloured map it is not possible to show Americans by another colour against & background of Bengals represented by a particular colour. This may, however, be done by hatching the American.growing tract with slanting parallel lines 111, OOMRAS. 38. As in the existing map, Domras can be treated as one variety under one rulour in the new map So far as the Central Provinces and Berar are concernel the objection raised by the Diretor of A affect the varietal cotton map should be indicated separately Domras background. The Direc ** sutulus has also agreed to furnish the necessary data. 39. As regards Khandesh Oomras, the Director of Agriculture Bombay Presvleney, inay not haze objection to the ne An not wat 1 C2 29 er ck ·102 40. It is not clear whether any difficulty is likely to be met with in the case of Bursi-Nagar Oomras arca, Statistics for Ahmednagar, Poona, and Sholapur (listricts should be readily available for back years. As regards Atpadi Mahal of Auni Stato and Manpota of Satara District it should not be very difficult to mako an estimato for back years on the basis of present figures. Since the areas concerned are comparatively small, the validity of the varietal cotton map will not in any way be affected by such estimates, 41. The proposal regnrıling Hyrlerabad Oomras is acceptable to Hyderabad authorities and if estimated figures are used for small areas for which back statistics are not available it is hoped there would be no difficulty with regard to Hylcrabni Oomras. 42. The sub-classes Berar, C.P., Nimar, Khandesh, Barsi-Nagor, and Hydersted Oomras cale indicated as suggested in paragraph 36 above. IV. HYDERARAD GAORAXI. 13. Hyelerabad. Gnorani is not shown separately in the existing map, for the reason wat Hyderabad Grorani is classed under “Oomras” in the existing trade classification. Now that it has been decided to treat this crop as a class by itself in the Roviscul Scheme, it is for consideration whether it may also be shown in the HOW aiup by a separate colour. This is quite possible as the area growing Gaorani is well definer since it is the same as the Gaorani Protected Area. CIXTRAI. IxDia. 44. Like Hyclorabad Gaorani, Central India is treated as a separate class in the Rovised Scheme. This crop may therefore be shown in the new map also by a separate colour. 15. Subject to the decision on the points referred to in paragraphs 16 and 29, the area is well clclined, and there is no difficulty with regard to back statistics for “ Central India" as a whole. 40. The next point for consideration is whether it is necessary to indicate Jalvi" growing areas in Central India. If so, this can be done by black square bloch's on Central India background. VI. BROACH ASD VII. SURTI. 47. In the existing classification Bronch and Surti form one class and consequently in the existing map both areas have the same colour. Pending the receipt of the views, on tho Revised Scheme, of the Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, and the States concerned, the Revised Scheme may be taken as the basis for the new varietal map, and in accordance with the general principle hitherto adopted Broach and Surti may be shown separately by two different colours. Both areas are trell defined, and there should not be any difficulty in getting back statistics for these areas. VIII. DHOLLERAS. 48. In the existing classification Dholleras has no sub-divisions, but in the Revised Scheme Dholleros crop is further classified under five heads. Except for the omission from the Revised Scheme of a few talukas of Kaira clistrict, there is no change between the old and ner classifications. There should therefore be no difficulty in showing the whole Dholleras area under one colour in the new map. 49. The next question to be considered is whether any indication should be made rogarding the five sub-divisions. As a matter of fact these five sub-divisions mean only three distinct territorial divisions, viz., Cutch, Gujerat and Kathiawar. So, if the boundaries of these areas are demarcated as suggested in paragraph 36 the three sub-divisions can easily be represented in the one-colour area of Dholleras, Short-staple” groin in Gujerat and Kathiawar, it can be indicated by black crosses in those States and talukas where it is grown. IX. SOUTHERNS. 50. There is no corresponding trade name in the existing classification, but the tract defined in the Revised Scheme as growing Southerns roughly corresponds with the Coompta-Dharwar, Northerns and Westerns, Coconadas and Others (Madras) tracts of the existing classification and varietal map. The main class Southerns may therefore be represented by one colour.

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Ia £1I R260 TIL 1 scenes de Iar in U12 El rey 4*- **** in the Prius T ULTS HUIVI n unit; tum ,2)." colour. TE NA ME IN EIN 10-4 **** *** and WE HUKJE TIL 11.11rtrait will 51. lol. II 21.1 namid.The se harrth * Arms Art je inaint Vrl #11r 1114114 11 3 1972, ar de agosto ~ 9XML Brynda+PIC!I * TEST + 121, IM 37') - 2700 W MatŁAE arst - 1000 11541 hal? 57. T- Penyurt de into an .. **to*y wsx> by th- Tin zaroan fr. *** 2.919 Vrst MOTIVDrit, tu **************** far, this position HIP!Hyde-***Agostoso, 1%), Dhar ( pere . 7. éva: 2,0 Tor < *****, Z'41 from 12. min vier Ju 12-31 - Trupini of the Pet Seje oz. 1922*3***, such a Art Arminira **** Hotely Si, Istra 1. zon Print: *, nes Prinzmann E.,.. , il sovrummy, t 'n orrent. (2) ratlarni arra -- PR bapbarna". (1) on this ponosze Primaries in aalwur sotterran, sarines such as A- 2Px veri. Shu Tinnetje mee. "2.36 sh supot innvan, eta 1 1 of arra, aw ·102 40. It is not clear whother any difficulty is likely to be met with in the case of Barsi-Nagar Oornias area. Statistics for Ahmednagar, Poona, and Sholapur clistricts should be readily available for back years. As regards Atpadi Mahal of Aundh Stalo and Manpota of Satara District it should not be very difficult to miko an estimato for back yonrs on the basis of present figures. Since the areas concerned aro comparativoiy small, the validity of the varietal cotton map will not in any way bo affoeted by such estimates. 41. The proposal regarding Hydorabad Oomras is acceptable to Hyderabad authorities and iſ cstimate figures are used for small areas for which back statistics are not available it is lioper there would be no difficulty with regard to Hyderabad Oomras. 12. The sub-classes Borar, C.P., Nimar, Khandesh, Barsi-Nagor, and Hyderated Oomras can be indicated as suggested in paragraph 36 above. IV. HYDERABAD GAORAXI, -433. yıleraba Gnorani is not shown separately in the existing map, for the reason tint, Hydorabnd Grorani is classer under Oomras " in the existing trade classification. Now that it las been decided to treat this crop as a class by itself in hr Revised Schemo, it is for consideration whether it may also be shown in the new map hy a soparato colour. This is quite possible as the area growing Gaorani is woll isfinci since it is the same as the Gaorani Protected Area. V. CENTRAL, INDIA. Like Hydorahad Gaorani, Central India is treated as a separate class in the Roviseul Scheme. This crop may therefore be shown in the new map also by a Arporate colour. 1.1. Subject to the decision on the points referred to in paragraphs 16 and 29, the area is well clcfined, and there is no difficulty with regard to back statistics for "Central India " as a whole. 40. The next point for consideration is whether it is necessary to indicate Malvi” growing areas in Central India. If so, this can be done by black square blocks on Central Indin background. VI. BROACII AND VII. SURTI. 47. In tho existing classification Broach and Surti form one class and consequently in tho existing map both areas have the same colour. Pending the receipt of the viows, on the Revised Scheme, of the Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, and the States concerned, the Revised Scheme may be taken as the basis for the new varietal map, and in accordance with the general principle hitharto adopted Broach and Surti may be shown separately by two differont colours. Both areas are well defined, and there should not be any difficulty in gotting back statistics for these areas. VIII. DHOLLERAS. 48. In the oxisting classification Dholleras has no sub-divisions, but in the Rovised Scheme Dholleras crop is further classified under five hends. Except: for the oinission from the Revised Scheme of a fowy talukas of Kaira district, there is no change between the old and new classifications. There should therefore he no difficulty in showing the whole Dholleras area under one colour in the new map. 49. The next question to be considered is whether any indication should be made rogarding the five sub-divisions. As a matter of fact these five sub-divisions incan only three distinct territorial divisions, viz., Cutch, Gujerat and Kathiawar. So, if tho boundaries of these areas are demarcated as suggested in paragraph 36 the three sub-divisions can easily be represented in the one-colour area of Dholleras. As to the Short-stapie grown in Gujerat and Kathiawar, it can be indicated by black crosses in those States and talukas where it is grown. IX. SOUTHERNS. 50. There is no corresponding trade name in the existing classification, but the tract defined in the Revised Scheme as growing Southerns roughly corrosponds with the Coompta-Dharwar, Northerns and Westerns, Coconadas and "Others" (Madras) tracts of the existing classification and varietal map. The main class Southerns may therefore be represented by one colour.

·103 51 There are seren subdisions under Southerns in the limjan Scheme If the suggestions made in partnyh 13 js acerpted sub-dation (3) be more in sub-division (1) and there will remain oth six sab-division, thxh are well defined areas and can be demarratal A sorrested in paragraph 3fi. Though not stated in the Rerid Scheme Hasan Shamer, Kadar sind Chittkłmic are the only districts in Ursure Stare atich Tee Korupta and pland Y TETELLIES ( NITI KUTYGANDES. XI. CAXBODIAS. XI. SULEYS. 52. In the enting classiction all the run 17 ** ]Duttin and hence no change has been made it ala Timid Sha In the runs vanplal map. Rreth otron admed 1.Sam nudine ambian and Tinnetella 126p Tulan terhadia i thay nha thot. Onthos being ike more widelt pean CL that in Madura Listradale Salern, Countetore, Srb and Snerth And Woman's 77 shown by a car, 13 T:20Pro includes Find this barons ? liyo and Sales for 1) 22. zis - One l'esmenta** Mysore Siste stima Intz] In Camhndis Find Soms and tih 1277* in de colored for Candid and 11573-212X MALAMUT of the pietan Cadis #nahr in1 trili 11. 7 - Karanzici Cernhoice for all the propria massa represen'ating Datter hjarr. XI. COXILL. XIV. Brexus. 53 In the estate 2014 Tril11:21 SITT EX 1.1. accordingly representada yeri: 17** Aira TY114 in the Rerie SET un ILP mo u TIIT* "4 cm colours. Thema deyir. LIT IL 71 en 2 1 •T-** and "Wagy," but some T-33 ? ***218771 WIL + TUT terzi 34. In the existir-I-LIIN 160ML - LIST 15 indicated by infoane - Samm ir 11 #12444 - ai cording as the cottop 2.- 37.4. 1. 2011. HM UT '11*** *** 490,000 artes or above Pix grasim ir method should be adapted is to 37. The Perimet Pris: 2 TI by nou Siem. The so fa .?", mint ami Dha mai aru, retu wujul 10 % uptir magyto ir tt from the rest, the preparation of a passió - TOP LES X ***** ****** of the Reizsed Scheme can immediatriy tils I simply flar : such a man U) cotton growing areas of India sto!! E 273 2* inlizennus x ordinary local of $£ crrt wirritar Flasfied andA Beat Dorores. General Lantis. 2 more. Sarti, Dholleras, Southerns, Carda Crot 416 Fit ** *y berriz represented hy a distiotise min. 23 Im-W to show the estent of cultnation, sub-classes oi the cottons mentioned in ({} zone.com er den boisdamas and namel, and ) on the reapartire her stands provided by tbators avanti Forh aAmerirang, Perun, Bapilla, saksi. SPAxis, at 11 Titresliga goste in the same trarts stets van het met de son supararepoitia of 1,364, date, cistles, etr, la dézs, schrif det of eterle may, it is essary, be made to host * z per,' XT & Brea, 23 Well ·104 A coinmunication has since been received from the Director-General intimating the acceptance of the Rovised Scheme by the Banswara State of Rajputana. Mowar State of Rajputana, howover, objects to being included under "Bengals. Rajputana lcshi” on tho ground that Mewar cotton is, though not equal to Oomras, comparatively superior to Bengals on account of the introduction of Cawnporo-American No. 9 cotton into the State. The State therefore requests that " Mewari Ooiras" bo sho as a separate item under "III-Oomras. It might be mentioned that tho State made a similar request in 1933 to the Trade Cinssification Sub-Committeo roferred to in paragraph 1, and that Sub-Committee did not accedo to it. P. H. RAMA REDDI. ENCLOSURE I. REVISED SCHEME OF TRADE CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN COTTON. Trade Descriptions. Tracts to be included. J. BENGALS (1) U. P. Deshi (2) Punjab Deshi .. United Provinces (including Rampur State), Delhi, Bihar and Orissa, Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand agencies of Central India, and Western Bengal (Bankura and Midnapore districts). Punjab (including Indian States except Khairpur State) and North-West Frontier Province. Sind (including Khairpur State). .. Ajmer-Merwara and Rajputana States (excluding Palanpur State). (3) Sind Deshi.. (4) Rajputana Deshi .. • II. AMERICANS (1) Sind-American (2) Punjab-American.. Sind. Punjab. III. OOMRAS- (1) Berar Domras (2) C. P. Oomras (3) Nimar Oomras (4) Berar Verum (5) C. P. Vorum (6) Nimar Verum (7) Khandesh Oomras Berar. Central Provinces (excluding Nimar district). Nimar district of Central Provinces. Berar. Central Provinces (excluding Nimar district). .. Nimar district of Central Provinces. Nasik, East Khandesh and West Khandesh (excluding Nawapur Taluka) districts. East and West Khandesh districts. Ahmednagar, Poona and Sholapur districts; Phaltan State; Atpadi Nahal of Aundh State; and Manpeta of Satara district. Aurangabad, Bir (excluding Mominabad Taluka), Parbhani, Adilabad (excluding Nirmal Taluka), Osmanabad (excluding portion included under “Hyderabad Gaorani”) and Nizamabad districts; Akalkot State. (8) Khandesh Banilla (9) Barsi-Nagar Oomras (10) Hyderabad Oomras IV. HYDERABAD-GAORANI.. The Hyderabad-Gaorani Protected Area of Hyderabad Stato comprising Nanded, Bidar and part of Osmanabad districts; Nirmal and Mominabad Talukas. Gwalior, Indore and States in Bhopal, Malwa and Southern States Agencies. V. CENTRAL INDIA. (1) Malvi (2) Central India-Others ·Trak Diri YI Beos fertili TII 112. DEUDAS 1 Gnoients. 12. GET- 2H 13 5EEVE-pas ( 4-520 Tenis | ETER ALIA * Powe 1.A (3) B. 2013 -- ( There is Ir1 r. 1- (5) W3la-tron Petr. 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