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CHAP. House, Gins, Press, and Driving Machinery. (157.) Price of land : fluc- 



IV. tuates with the price of Cotton. (158.) Minimum price at which American 



~" Cotton could be produced, four pence per pound. (159.) Prospects of India : 



labour in America and India compared. (160.) Reduction of the Indian 



Land-tax on Cotton grounds would neither benefit the Eyot nor extend the 



culture. 



(161.) Mr. Finnie's second season, 1846-47 : planting operations succeeded 

 at Courtallum but failed at Sevacausey. (162.) Mr. Finnic is disappointed 

 as an Agent. (163.) Mr. Finnie's second year's operations with the churka, 

 thresher, and gin. (164.) Sale of two gins to neighbouring Zemindars : 

 their failure. (165.) Cotton Brokers rather than Zemindars should be in- 

 duced to adopt the Gin. (166.) Mr. Finnie's proposal for erecting a Gin- 

 House and Cattle Driving Machinery in Tinnevelly. (167.) Purchase of 

 Cattle Driving Machinery sanctioned : relative c ost of cattle labour and 

 manual labour. (168.) Change in Mr. Finnie's views as regards the Cattle 

 Driving Machinery. (169.) Mr. Finnie's explanation of his apparent incon- 

 sistencies. (170.) Mr. Finnie's general objections to the gin discussed by 

 Dr. "Wight. (171.) Mr. Finnie's proposition for erecting a gin house of two 

 stories : the lower one for the Driving Machinery and the upper one for the 

 gins. (172.) Hire of a temporary gin house at Aroopoocottah. (173.) Erec- 

 tion of three gins and a thresher : their effect upon the Natives. (174.) 

 Testimony of the Brokers that dirty Cotton was more profitable than clean 

 Cotton . 



MR. EINNIE'S NOTES ON THE PECULIARITIES OF COTTON TRADE IN TINNEVELLY. 



(175.) Systematic adulteration of Indian Cotton : transactions between 

 the Ryots, the Brokers, the Chetties, and the European Agents. (176.) 

 The Ryot : improvident and helplessly in debt. (177.) The Broker : adul- 

 teration of the Cotton by the " Devil's dust" system. (178.) The Chetty : 

 tricks played with the European Agent. 



(179.) Conclusion of the season of 1846-47, difficulties in the way of con- 

 ducting the ginning operations at Aroopoocottah. (180.) First, High prices 

 demanded by the Eyots for their seed Cotton. (181.) Second, Heavy 

 expenses of ginning. (182.) Necessity for improving the construction of 

 the gin. (183.) Third season, 1847-48 : stage of the Cotton experiment in 

 Tinnevelly. (184.) Planting operations : successful culture of American . 

 Cotton in the Courtallum valley. (185.) Unsuccessful culture at Sevacau- 

 sey, Virdooputty, and Aroopoocottah. (186.) Agency operations : Mr. 

 Finnic requests permission to proceed to England to consult with the Cot- 

 ton Manufacturers. (187.) Operations with the churka, thresher and gin : 

 meeting of Cotton Brokers of Tinnevelly. (188.) Cost of cleaning with 

 the thresher and churka as compared with that of the gin. (189.) Cost 

 at which clean unadulterated Cotton might be supplied. (190.) Recom- 



