1 34 COTTON IN THE HABEAS PRESIDENCY. [3nD. SEASON. 



CHAP, poocottah ; merely, however, out of deference to the advice 

 IV> of Dr. Wight, and merely to prevent his opponents from 

 nie'siettei" sa y in g tnat tne experiment had not been fairly tried. At 

 ill?. pS.' the commencement of the season he expected a complete 

 0857 P . failure, but the results do not appear to have been quite so 

 Mr.' Fin- unsatisfactory as he had anticipated. At the close of the 

 jjth | pjji season he reported, that 



0857) P en pl a i ns > those in pro 

 278 and yielded some Cotton. 



' Fin 



jth | pji season he reported, that whilst the plants had failed in the 

 0857) P en pl a i ns > those in protected spots had grown very well 



186 Agency operations : Mr. Finnic requests permission 

 Mr Fin- to P roceed to England to consult with the Cotton 



^'^Manufacturers. About Christmas time, that is after the 



Kurn drU Cotton had been planted but before it had begun to ripen, Mr. 



(iss?) p. yj nn i e began to grow exceedingly disgusted with his forced 



inactivity in Tinnevelly. " Where is the necessity/' he 



wrote, " of keeping me here to look at the working of three 



miserable gins ? The gin house, which is ordered at Seva- 



causey, will not be completed for six or eight months 



longer ; and by that time the coming Cotton season will be 



over. Thus with the means at my disposal I can do but 



very little this year ; and at the same time I never shall be 



able to effect much for the improvement of the Indian Cotton, 



without I have the co-operation of the manufacturers and 



merchants at home. I am therefore constrained to propose 



to the most noble the Governor in Council, the Marquis of 



Tweeddale, to depute me to England, to consult with the 



manufacturers, and to ascertain how far they are disposed 



iett V e e r" u nth to patronize the measures which they urge on the Honora- 



Parf. Re.' ble Court of Directors." The Marquis of Tweeddale approved 



turn (1857) 



f this proposition, an( i recommended it to the favourable 

 ? f n ti ce of the Court of Directors. The Court however did 

 1848. ibid not see that any advantage was likely to accrue from such a 

 proceeding, and therefore declined to comply with it. 



