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   other institi!tions, as well as not a few other individuala, amougst whom I must not, from a feeling of justice, omit to mention with honour, the Commission of Agriculture and Pasturage for Sicily, and Barons Filippo and Giuseppe Maio-r ina, who have proved so useful in the inquiries relating to Sicilian cotton.
   No one in England, previous to the Exhibition, suj)posed that cotton could be cultivated in Italy. Now. on the contrary, Italy is spoken of in the following terms, in the report recently made by order of the Manchester Cotton Supply Associo-tion, on the samples of Cottoli in the International Exhibition:
   « Italy deserves especial attention and encou-rngement.
   « I was surprised to find that the Italian commissioners are well prepared with a practicai and very business-like comprehension of the preseli t position of cotton cultivation; that tlio new Italian Government are, by earuest and judicious means, preparing to revive cotton cultivation on an exteusive scale in many parts of Italy, wliere they have proved it can be grown profìtably. Their country possesses many facilities  an extensive coast line, several railways already made, others in course of construction, and others surveyed and ordered. They liave a vast amount of land available and suitable for cotton culture,
   without disturbing any land now devoted to other crops.
   « They have a large population wantino- ein-P oyment, and the tests which have been made
   abonf * C°tt0U caa l)r°fitably be produced at Parlici i??PenCe t0 SÌXl)ence Per VoxixtA. I was wliich th 1 Tf Stl Uck Wltl1 tlie practicai manner in P®niasiiia D Governmeiit l^ve ha