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EAsr lsna CorToN.-Iho area Of India is one.
third larger than that Of Europe. excluding Russia,
Norwa, aud Sweden. In other words, II embFa-
ees ,!s7 900 SQUARE miles lis population Is
about l0,n00,O0O. OF this territory. Engla
own. 6l1.siJ square miles, having population Of
9l.2gO,O01.


The people are almost entirely clothed IN cot.
ton. The dress Of a male lindoo requires ai1
yafds, (which the iurban alone oouiains l25.-
The weiehi Of III. whole dress Is but n lbs. The
dress Of an ordinary female requires bat yards,
weighing Il lbs. TIE garments are Of a hmsy
texture mus, be washed frequently, aud last only
abaui siA months. The quantity OF the clothing
thus worn Is estimated at 35n,OOO,0uU lbs per
anumn Cotton Is also used ia India ioI beds, pil.
lows, cushions, awnings, dflpare. aud hangings,
carpets, screens, curtains padding, tents, ropes.
aud other articles Ia similar amount, making IN
the whole. 100 900, 600 Tbs.


la IslI and isis, owing 10 the high prices In.
dm exported to England l39.9l9,6sg lbs II d
estimated hy English economical writers, that
there are 900 square miles Of that country on
which Cotton might be raised, and that five hun
drcd times the quantity which England wants,
could be produced BY the people Of India.


II isasked why then does not Cotton become
the rfra, staple Of the coun,ryi The reason Civ.
en-, are the difficulty Of getting il clean. the heavy
land ias, aud the absence Of roads The trans.
poriaion from the interior Is by means Of ea'il',
aud the expense s abou, cd. per ton, per mile


IL paragraph written by Gen. Bnggs, he
states his opinion, that more Cotton Is even now
raised In India than America, but that II is required
for the home consumption.


At bombay, the article properly cleaned, aud
pu, up ia bales, Is said TO be worth ~ per ID.


We prrsume among other diiliculics IA the
way u competition. on the part Of the Cotton
growers OF India. are tiesc--ihc actual nieiiuf,y
of their products 10 The American staple: aud the
expense Vi transportation by long and difficult
voyage 10 Eaglind,