Cotton Hand-Book for BengalReprint of the original, first published in 1862. |
Contents
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERState of Indian Cotton trade116 | 1 |
PART I | 28 |
PATNA DIVISION | 55 |
BHAUGULPORE DIVISION | 68 |
RAJSHAYE DIVISION | 74 |
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