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Twenty-four Cottage saw gins received by the Madras Government, 



1849 .... 189 



Report of the Madras Chamber of Commerce : the working of the Cot- 

 tage saw gin unsatisfactory % .... ib. 



Expense of the Cottage saw gin an insuperable bar to its employment 



in India 190 



Dr. Wight reports favorably of the Cottage saw gin ib. 



Prices of the Cottage saw-gin to Natives and Europeans .... ib. 



Favorable report of the Collector of Tanjore : subsequently reversed. . 191 



Favorable reports on the D bar war Saw- gin .... ib. 



Dr. Wight compares the working of the Dharwar gin, the Manchester 



Cottage gin, and the large Hand-gin .... 192 



Relative cost of labour on the Churka, the Manchester Cottage Gin, 



and the large Hand-gins .... 193 



Three year's progress in the Cotton experiment, 1850-52... . , . . ib. 



Colonel Lawford's cultivation by irrigation in Tatijore .... 194 



Mr. Wroughton's Collectorate Farm at Coimbatore .... 1 95 



Mr. Thomas's opinions upon the best method of inducing the Ryots to 



cultivate American Cotton ib. 



Cotton cultivation by Mr. David Lees in Tinnevelly : discussion con- 

 cerning the Right of Chayroot renters .... .... .... 196 



Discussion respecting the purchase of American Cotton on Govern- 

 ment account from the Ryots of Tinnevelly 198 



Authority for the purchases refused by the Madras Government. ... 199 

 Completion of Dr. Wight's report, May 1852 z'6. 



DR. WIGHT'S FIXAL REPORT. 



Stage of the Cotton experiment in 1849 .... .... ib. 



Improved prospects during 1850-51 and 1851-52... . 200 



Previous reluctance of the Ryots to cultivate American Cotton con- 

 nected with the existence of the Cotton Farms .201 



Ryots encouraged by their own success to extend the cultivation il. 



Large results in 1850-51 and 1851-52.... .... ...... 202 



Ryots adopt Dr. Wight's practice .... 203 



Refutation of the theory that the climate and soil of India are unfitted 



for American Cotton .... .... #. 



