more than common justice that Mr. Waghorn should be reimbursed those expences, to which he had been put by the non-fulfilment of the public pledge, he did not doubt that a sufficient fund might easily be obtained by a new subscription, commencing with that of Sa. Rs. 1000, so handsomely pledged by Capt. Johnstone; and indeed be considered that a surplus would remain which might be de voted to the further promotion of an immediate attempt by the way of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Greenlaw concluded by observing that he need not take up the time of the Meeting by further urging his Resolution, which would speak for itself; but with respect to a remark which had been made as to what was to be done in the event of the subscription not amounting to the expence of Mr. Waghorn, he would only say, that he felt assured, that Mr. Waghorn would be perfectly contented with whatever might be done.

Mr. Greenlaw then proceeded to read his Resolution as follows:

That, as it appears that the failure in the attempt arose out of the non-remittance of the balance of the original Steam Fund, and that in consequence Mr. Waghorn, besides being disappointed in carrying into execution a project of the first public importance, has been put to personal expenses which otherwise he would not have incurred, it is but just that he should be reimbursed such expenses; for which purpose, and for the further promotion of the project, a fresh subscription be entered into, and that the former Committee be constituted a Committee for the purposes of this Subscription, with power to pay to Mr. Waghorn such sum as may be considered equitable."

Mr. Bruce seconded the Resolution.

The Hon. J. E. Elliot observed, that he considered the Resolution placed the more important object of the meeting which was the encouragement of Steam Navigation with England in the back ground, and advanced that which was secondary; and he would therefore propose an amendment, modifying the terms of the Resolution, though keeping its objects as effectually in view.

In a proposition of this nature Mr. Elliot was seconded by Mr. Hamilton; and on the amendment being read, Mr. Greenlaw observed, that although he still considered the terms of the Resolution, as proposed by him, best calculated to obtain the desired end, which was an increased Subscription, and altho' he thought there was no better way to encourage Steam Navigation with England than by saving those harmless who devoted themselves with disinterested zeal to accomplish it, yet as the proposed amendment recognized the claim of Mr. Waghorn to reimbursement of the restricted expences-as he was desirous on such a subject, that the Meeting should be unanimous; and referring to the support which the proposition would receive by being introduced by a gentleman of Mr. Elliot's character, and station in society, he would willingly withdraw his Resolution, and second the amendment.

Mr. N. Alexander suggested, that Mr. Waghorn's expences should be defrayed out of the fund already subscribed.

Mr. Waghorn said, he must disclaim the idea of having any portion of the original fund appropriated to the liquidation of any expence he might have been put to in consequence of the money not having been forwarded to England as promised. He considered every farthing of that fund pledged, as he himself was pledged, to the presidencies of India; the colonies of Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope; the Court of Directors, and his Majesty's Government. This was a delicate subject for him to speak upon, and he would therefore leave it to others, but if he received any thing in the shape of remuneration, it must come through some other channel, but whether remunerated or not, he would still persevere in his plan. (Applause.) Mr. Elliot then moved the following amendment which Mr. Greenlaw seconded. "That a new subscription be raised for the furtherance of Steam Navigation; the fund arising from which to be placed in the hands of the old Committee who are to be a Committee for this new subscription and that that Committee be empowered to appropriate such a sum out of the subscriptions as may be considered sufficient to reimburse Mr. Waghorn for the expences which he has incurred owing to the non-remittance of the Funds formerly promised."

This resolution having been considered to finish the business of the meeting.

Mr. Waghorn begged to be allowed to return thanks to the meeting for the kind attention with which they had heard the little he had to say, and for the alacrity with which they had again come forward, and the zeal with which they had supported his projected plan. He would at once proceed to England when he hoped in a short time to sail for India, and on the 70th day of his voyage to present himself again before them, which would be to him the proudest and happiest day of his existence. (Much applause.)

The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Smith for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair and also to Commodore Sir John Haves for the zeal and ability he had displayed in forwarding the cause of Steam Navigation between India and Eng. land and requesting him to continue Chairman of the Committee.

Note 1. The Reporter of the above is aware, that he may in some parts have omitted much that fell from various speakers, and that he may not have recorded the proceedings in the exact order in which they occurred, but he begs the confused manner in which the meeting was conducted may be remembered, and also that there were at one period, no less than three motions or amendments before the Meeting, regularly, or rather irregularly proposed and seconded, to all of which the different speakers addressed themselves and frequently more than one at a time.-Bengal Hurkaru andChronicle, June 26.

Note 2.-The Reporter at first stated that he did not conceive it to have been unanimously allowed that the right to vote rested only with the Original Subscribers to the Steam Fund, nor can he understand how such could be ascertained, as the sense of the Meeting was not taken upon it; he however has adopted the words now used upon the authority of the Chairman and others, but does not pledge himself to their correctness as they have been suggested to him, but he has no doubt they might in the confusion that existed have escaped him, and he will only say, that he did hear something of the kind fall from Mr. Smith but that he did not see it put to the vote or by any means understand that such was " unanimously allowed.”—Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle, June 28.

Note 3.-Several respectable persons having assured the Reporter of the Hurkaru, that previous to the putting of Sir John Hayes, motion seconded by Mr. Bruce, the Chairman Mr. Smith took the sense of the Meeting for the purpose of determining who were eligible to vote, and that it was carried by a show of hands, that none were save subscribers to the old fund, he is willing to suppose, that it must have been so, and that it escaped his observation in the general confusion which prevailed.

The Reporter in adopting the corrections which were suggested to him, did not in the least mean to deny, though he did not wish to pledge himself to the accuracy of that which he did not himself perceive to be regularly carried and which, judging from what he heard from some of those around him, he did not suppose was gene rally understood, particularly when he knew, that under the same circumstances, others were as liable to be deceived as he was. Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle, June 29.

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA.

At a Meeting of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, held within the Town Hall, on Wednesday Evening, the 23d June, 1830.

Sir Edward Ryan, President, in the Chair.

Mr. Minchin, in the name of Sir Robert Colquhoun, proposed Colonel Gardner, of Coss Gunge, as a Member of the Society.

Mr. Calder seconded, and that gentleman was duly elected.

Mr. Minchin proposed Mr. Currie, of Howrah, Mr. Calder seconded, and Mr. Currie was duly elected.

Captain Francis Jenkins having resigned as an ordinary Member of the Society, it was moved by Mr. Minchin, and Resolved, that he be elected an honorary Member. The President informed the Meeting that an answer had been received from Go vernment, to the Letter of the Secretary dated 21st April last, approving of the scheme of premiums proposed by the Society, and that these had been published in all the papers of the Presidency, both English, Bengalee and Persian.

Read the following letter from Mr. W. H. MacNaghten, Deputy Secretary to Government, dated 18th May, 1830:

To C. K. ROBISON, ESQ.

Secretary to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Calcutta. SIR,I am directed by the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council to transmit to you, for the purpose of being submitted to the Society, the annexed copy of an extract from the proceedings of Government, in the General Department, under date the 27th ultimo, together with the papers (No. 3 to 7), in original, which accompanied the same, and to request that they will furnish Government with their opinion as to the best mode of making the experiment with the Cotton and Tobacco Seeds adverted to in the Hon'ble Court's Dispatch.

2d. The Committee are requested to state whether they have invited communications from Individuals who may be disposed to undertake the cultivation of Cotton Tobacco and other raw products suited to the Home Market, as suggested in the 11th paragraph of the Government Resolutions under date the 29th of December last, and which points do not appear to have been adverted to in your letter under date the 21st ultimo ; and if such invitation has been made, whether any, and what individuals, replied to it.

3rd. Should the Committee be of opinion, that the design of making an experiment in this species of cultivation by means of Individual Agriculturists is hopeless, and that success cannot be anticipated from any plan without the assistance of Government, to be afforded in the manner and on the principle described in your letter of the last mentioned date, His Lordship in Council would wish the Committee to ascertain where a piece of ground is to be had to the extent of 500 beegahs to be farmed or purchased on reasonable terms, and which may be favourable to the growth of the superior articles of raw products which it is intended to introduce.

4th. The seeds will be forwarded to you on their arrival, but a portion (if they are sent in sufficient quantity) will be reserved for transmission to Bundelkund, as determined in the 5th paragraph of the Government resolutions dated 29th December last.

5th. The Mint Committee has been requested to instruct Captain Forbes to place himself in communication with you in order that within a reasonable period after the arrival of the Saw Gins, sufficient for the purposes of public inspection, that officer may be prepared to have them set up in any situation pointed out by the Committee. 6th. You will be pleased to return the original papers with your reply.

I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,

(Signed)

Council Chamber, May 18, 1830.

W. H. MACNAGHTEN,

Offg. Depy, Secy, to the Govt.

(No. 356.)

Extract from the Proceedings of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council, in the General Department, under date the 27th April 1830.

Extract from a Public General Letter from Hon'ble the Court of Directors, dated the 9th December, 1829.

2. Our letter of the 8th July has acquainted you with the measures we are taking for obtaining from the United States of America, various kinds of Cotton Seeds, as well as the most approved Machines used in the Southern States of North America for clearing Cotton Wool from its seeds and impurities.

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3. We have received the first supply of American Cotton Seeds, which have been drawn from the Crop of the year 1828. This supply comprises of the species known as Upland Georgia Cotton and Seeds of the Cotton of Louisiana known in Commerce as New Orleans Cotton, both being of the description called by the planters green Seed Cotton, the Wool of which adheres to the Seeds with a considerable degree of tenacity fully as much as in the common Cotton of India. These are the kinds of American Cotton, which are most extensively used by the Manufactures of Britain. We have also obtained a supply of the Seeds of Sea Island Cotton (which are black) the wool of which is much esteemed for the fineness and length of its fibre. We have likewise received six of the Machines for cleaning Cotton, called Whitney's Saw Gins, two of which we shall transmit to your Presidency with the Cotton Seeds. We have desired our agent to send us a description of the method of using the Saw Gins in North America, and you shall be furnished with a copy as soon as it comes to hand. It is sufficiently clear from an inspection of the Machine that it is put into motion by manual labour by means of a wheel and winch with a revolving strap upon the small pulley-wheel that forms part of the Machine itself, as shewn in a sketch drawing that will be found in the Packet. The large wheel or first motion is very simple, upon which account we suppose it has not been transmitted to us from America with the Machines. A wheel of this kind can, however, be readily constructed in India.

5. We have caused a trial to be made in our presence of the working of the Saw Gin upon a small quantity of India Cotton happening to be in our Warehouses, which had been very imperfectly, if at all divested of its Seeds, and although this experiment was made under the disadvantage of the Cotton being old, very dry, and much pressed together, the result seemed entirely to establish the merit of the invention.

6. The Whitney Machine which it is our desire to introduce into India has been noticed in the Parliamentary Papers of the year 1828, in a report of an American Committee of Commerce, where it is said to be so simple in its construction, and so easily worked and managed, that the Negroes in the Southern States are employed to work it. We cannot therefore entertain any doubt of the Saw Gins being suitable to the process of cleaning Cotton by the natives of India. We also conclude that the Indiar workmen will be competent to fabricate such Machines for general use, but in order to facilitate the bringing them into practice, without loss of time, it is our intention to send you some separate sets of the circular Saws, which are of iron (not stee!) as the only part of the Machine, in the making of which there can be no diffi culty. These detached Saws will also be useful as patterns for native Smiths, for the guidance of whom we propose also to send a complete set of all the other parts of the Machine, which are of metal.

7. You will receive with the beforementioned articles a small quantity of Cotton Seed of the growth of Demerara in South America, which, although it is not unknown in India, we are desirous should be planted as a renewed experiment. It is of the Black Seed kind, like the Sea Island, of which the wool readily parts from the Seeds and probably will not require the application of a Saw Gin. This kind of Cotton is cultivated with great success in the Brazils.

8. We shall also send a case containing twenty-five pounds of Maryland Tobacco Seed which, w are informed, will be sufficient for cultivation upon a large scale, and it may therefore be tried experimentally in a variety of situations.

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We transmit in the Packet the following Papers, having reference to the culture of Cotton and Tobacco, viz.

I. Remarks on the culture of Cotton in the United States of America, which we have received from our agent with the Cotton Seed.

II. Paper on the culture of Tobacco in Virginia received in like manner.

III. Statement of the best method of cultivating New Orleans Cotton received in like manner.

IV. Extract of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in North America, so far as regards the cultivation of Cotton; but we must remark that this author's statement of the mode of cleaning Cotton by what he denominates Whitney's Saw Gin, is not appli

cable to the Machines now about to be sent to you, but evidently refers to another American Gin, probably like that which we sent to India several years ago.

10. We are strongly impressed with the opinion, that nothing but attention and perseverance is required to make Indian Cotton Wool a productive article of Export, and there is no Commercial object conuected with our Indian possessions of greater national importance. We desire therefore, that the arrival of the Saw Gins in India be made matter of general publicity, and that such Extracts from the Papers now sent in the Packet as you may consider likely to be useful to the general cultivators be published at intervals in the Newspapers.

11. We have prepared the like supply of Machines and Seeds for consignment to our Government of Bombay.

Ordered, that a copy of these paragraphs be sent with the enclosures therein referred to, in original, to the Territorial Department that measures may be taken in that Department to make the experimental cultivation ordered by the Hon'ble Court with the Seeds transmitted.

Ordered, that the Engineers of the Calcutta New Mint be instructed from the Territorial Department to set up the two Saw Gins mentioned in Para. 4, of the Hon'ble Court's letter, and to send one of them to the Town Hall for public inspection. The other Machine with the Saws expected from England will be forwarded thro' the Board of Trade to the Commercial Resident, at Etawa and Calpee, for his report upon its usefulness in this country.

(Signed)

(A true Extract.)

Territorial Department, 18th May, 1830.

(Signed)

H. T. PRIN SEP, Secy. to the Govt.

(A True Copy.)

W. H. MACNAGHTEN, Offg. Deputy Secy. to the Govt.

No. 1.

Remarks on the Culture of Cotton in the United States of America.

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The preparation of Cotton land requires most particular attention; it must be repeatedly ploughed and frequently harrowed, say twice, or thrice, until it is fully pulverised. Drils 4 feet a part, in some instances 3, are then made with a plough, into which, if the soil be poor, old well-rotted stable manure is placed; and at a distance of 1 to 2 feet, a hole, not exceeding 1 inch to 1 in depth, is made with a hoe, and a handful of Seed is dropped therein which must be immediately covered with the soil. The planting generally takes place between the 20th April and 10th May-the earlier the better, that the Cotton may be matured before the appearance of the fall of frosts. The richer the soil, the larger and better the crop, as with every vegetable. When the plants are about 1 inch above ground, they are thinned with the band, leaving 4 only at a later period, and when all danger from insects &c. is well over, they are again thinned, and two only are left to bear from these by having or ploughing the weeds must be kept clear, until the bowls are perfectly ripe and begin to open, which occurs during September and October; as they expand freely, the Cotton must by hand be picked clean from the bowl, and, being a little damp, exposed for a day or two in a dry situation to the rays of the sun. The quality, of the Cotton first picked is always the cleanest and best-to save trouble, it is customary with some Planters to defer picking out any of the crop till the whole of the bowls be ripe and have expanded and become dry by the influence of frost or cold weather. This plan is to be deprecated: for the bowls opening most irregularly, those first expanded are left to be injured by raius, dews, and decayed leaves, &c. When the crop is picked from the bowls, it is spread over the floor of a room (should the Cotton be damped) till it is dry, and is then sent to the Gin where the Seed is extrac ed from the fibre.

During the first week in August, some Planters, where the crop is not too extensive, top each plant to the first eye, leaving only 6 branches to bear. This encreases the quantity and quality, but forces the plants to throw out suckers, which are most difficult to be kept under.

Stiff clayey soils require more Seed than light sandy ones; the plant being very delicate, requires the united efforts of several shoots to force its way through the surface, which often becomes packed and hard. Where Seed is abundant a large

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