116 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [2ND. SEASON. 



CHAP, pany's order for six thousand bales. For this object, a gin 

 ' house was necessary in which to work his gins, and to ob- 

 tain this was a work of time. Meanwhile he had a second 

 object in view ; namely, to induce the Natives to engage in 

 the business. Accordingly it will be advisable to review, 

 first, his efforts to persuade the Natives to use the gin ; and 

 secondly, his efforts to obtain a house for the working of 



the gins. 



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164 Sale of two gins to neighbouring Zemindars: 

 their failure. As regards the former measure, he appeared 



^ r ; n. 1111 " i n the first instance to have achieved a great success. He 



me'sDiary, 



1846 Pari' ^ a ^ actually prevailed on two Zemindars of villages to 

 ?i857)p.339. purchase each a gin; he, on his part, agreeing to take all 

 Sie's letter" the Cotton they ginned at a fair price. The gins were 

 isle. Part set up in houses not exactly fitted for them ; but still the ex- 

 (1857) p. periment was tried, and Mr. Finnie had the pleasure of sub- 

 sequently reporting that the gins were a failure. Their 

 working he said, was both imperfect and expensive. The 

 saw wheels did not project sufficiently through the grates, 

 and the staple was only partially separated from the seed. 

 Again the gins moved so heavily, that the people employed 

 to work them, refused to turn the wheel after the second day. 

 Mr. Finnie thought that coercion might do them good, but 

 remembered that they were free men. Next he thought of 

 employing cattle labour, as we shall presently see. At a 

 later period however, he discovered that the coolies had been 

 either forced to work, or had been only half paid. Conse- 

 quently their inability had been assumed. 



165 Cotton Brokers rather than Zemindars should be 

 Mr, Fin . induced to adopt the gin. Mr. Finnie then expressed 

 mh le De the opinion that Cotton Brokers rather than Zemindars, 

 Ketum ' should be induced to adopt the gin. The two Zemindars who 



(1857) p. 



346 ' had bought the gins paid little attention to business, 



