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Retirement of Dr. Wight : Final Despatch of the Court of Directors 

 1853.. >.. . 213 



CHAPTER VI. 



PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COTTON CULTURE IN THE SEVERAL 

 DISTRICTS OF THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. 1853-62. 



Stage of the Cotton experiment, 1853-62 217 



Survey of the present Cotton cultivation in the Madras Presidency. . . . ib. 



1st, NORTHERN CIRC ARS, four Districts.. .. .... ..,.218 



(l)Ganjam: produce inconsiderable but easily increased by money 

 advances .... ib. 



(2) Vizagapatam : Cotton grown insufficient for home consumption 

 and not remunerative .... . . . . *b. 



(3) Godavari : Cotton supply larger but insufficient for the wants of 



the District .... .... .... 219 



(4) Kristna : large Cotton supply .... ib. 



2nd, EASTERN PLAIN OF THE CARNATIC : eight Districts. .. .... 220 



(1) Nellore: a grazing District .... .... 221 



(2) Madras : Native Cotton not grown .... .... ib. 



Experiments in Foreign Cotton : Mr. Shubrick's successful cultivation 



of the Egyptian variety .... ib, 



Experimental culture of the Brazil or Pernambuco variety by Dr. 



Mudge 222 



(3) North Arcot : Red soil, and consequently no Indian Cotton .... 224 



(4) South Arcot : inconsiderable quantity of Indian Cotton .... ib. 



(5) Trichinopoly : quantity of Cotton inconsiderable : mode of cultiva- 

 tion. .... .... .... ib. 



(6) Tanjore : Soil not favourable without irrigation, and with irriga- 

 tion the cultivation of rice is preferred .... .... 225 



(7) Madura : detailed report from the Collector .... 226 



Soil .... ib. 



Geology and topography. , ., .... 227 



Climate ib. 



Seed used and whence obtained .... .... ib. 



Character of the Cotton Plant. . , 228 



