184546.] MR. FINNIE'S FOUR YEARS IN TINNEVELLY. 90 



Preparations for assisting Dr. Wight in complet- CHAP. 

 ing the Court's order for 6OOO bales. During Mr. 



Finnie's short stay at Coimbatore, Dr. Wight had an oppor- 138 

 tunity of conversing with him, upon the exertions necessary Dr . wight's 

 for completing the order of the Court of Directors for 5000 July, 'me. 



Parl. Re- 



or 6000 bales of ginned East Indian Cotton. Dr. Wight turnjiss?) 

 had already despatched three saw gins to Mr. Finnie, and 

 he subsequently applied to the Madras Government that 

 Mr. Finnie might be permitted to purchase seed Cotton for 

 ginning. 



Mr. Finnie permitted to act as Agent: restricted 139 

 to Cotton ginned and prepared on the American Minutes of 



principle, August. Meantime, Mr. Finnie's request to be {JJJ' U ^ h 

 permitted to act as a private Agent for the purchase of Cot- pLi. Rel 

 ton, had been refused. The Madras Government expressed pl'fiu 

 itself fully aware of the importance of securing a local 

 market to the Cotton growers, but considered that Mr. 

 Finnie as a Government servant could not engage in com- 

 mercial adventures. Subsequently, however, the Madras Go- 

 vernment discovered, that the privilege asked by Mr. Finnie 

 had already been granted by the Bombay Government to 

 Mr. Simpson, another American Planter, on the very ground 

 urged by Mr. Finnie ; namely, that if the Planters appeared 

 as purchasers, their instructions would command greater 

 attention than would be given to mere abstract recommenda- 

 tions. Accordingly, a similar permission was granted to Mr. 

 Finnie, but under the same restrictions as those imposed at 

 Bombay ; namely, that the purchases should be restricted Aug! 1340. 

 to Cotton ginned and prepared on the American principle. tum'(i857) 



Restriction removed. Mr. Finnie appealed strongly 140 

 against the restriction to ginned Cotton. He repeated all Jie ; s 

 his previous objections to the use of the gin. He again 1846. 

 stated that what was wanted was a machine like a thresher ^| 57 ) 

 to clean the staple, before the people had separated it from 



