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of the present, and also the condition of
the prows or boats which conveyed the
docras from the shore to the ship. A
photograph of the Apollo Bunder and
its approaches can alone give a fair
idea of the state of things. Bombay has
been so vastly transformed during the
last half a century that even the older
generation are apt to miss the old sites
and identify them.
So no more attempt will be made to
describe the non-existence of adequate
facilities for the shipping of one of the
most valuable products of the Presidency
six thousand miles away. But here is
an informing extract on the subject from
the report of the Chamber for 1860-61.
" Recent events in America have invest-
ed the Indian Cotton question with
unusual interest in Lancashire, and it
is now found that Dharwar saw ginned
American can be profitably employed
in the English Mills." They had
the prows or boats which conveyed the
docras from the shore to the ship. A
photograph of the Apollo Bunder and
its approaches can alone give a fair
idea of the state of things. Bombay has
been so vastly transformed during the
last half a century that even the older
generation are apt to miss the old sites
and identify them.
So no more attempt will be made to
describe the non-existence of adequate
facilities for the shipping of one of the
most valuable products of the Presidency
six thousand miles away. But here is
an informing extract on the subject from
the report of the Chamber for 1860-61.
" Recent events in America have invest-
ed the Indian Cotton question with
unusual interest in Lancashire, and it
is now found that Dharwar saw ginned
American can be profitably employed
in the English Mills." They had