136 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [3RD. SEASON. 



CHAP, churka cleaned Cotton ; and this process cost Rupees 1-5-9, 



L_ or 2s. 8f d, per candy of clean Cotton. But then, on the 



other hand, he thought that the gins might be worked at 

 one-third the amount stated, if they were properly construct- 

 ed, and if the coolies would work at the ordinary hire for 

 daily labour, instead of insisting upon three annas, or four 

 pence half penny, per diem. 



189 Cost at which clean unadulterated Cotton might 

 be supplied. Mr. Finnie estimated the actual cost of the 

 pure unadulterated Cotton, first quality, at 52 Rupees or 

 D 4s. per candy. To this was to be added the beating, 

 which cost 2s. 8 \d. per candy ; and the carriage to the ship- 

 ping port, which cost 2s. 10J<i per candy. Total, ^5 9s. 6f d. 

 To this was also to be added the Brokers's profit, which 

 was never fixed but depended on the fluctuations of the 

 market. Altogether, he calculated on the whole, that he 

 should be able to insure a supply of the first quality 

 of Cotton, at from 5 10s. to ^6 per candy of 500 Ibs. 

 delivered at the shipping port. 



190 Recommends the introduction of small hand 

 Threshers and cheap Presses. Mr. Finnie still reiterated 

 that the dirty condition of Indian Cotton was not the effect 

 of carelessness, nor of the inefficiency of the Native appliances 

 for cleaning ; but that it was the result of a deliberate de- 

 sign and systematic procedure. The Ryots brought their 

 best article as clean, and as free from dirt and trash, as the 



J majority of American planters. But this best quality was 

 never seen by the European ; but was all consumed by the 

 Native merchants in their domestic traffic. The Cotton 

 taken by the independent Native states, was far supe- 

 rior to any that the European merchants could get at 

 the price at which they expected to obtain it ; whilst 

 the refuse of that which was used for domestic ma- 



