184849.] MR. FINNIE'S FOUR YEARS IN TINNEVELLY. 149 



since it had been purchased. The idea was to keep the CHAP. 

 three hand gins working in the hired house at Aroopoocot- ' 

 tah ; and to set up five new gins in the new gin house at 

 Sevacausey ; viz., two 60 saw gins to be moved by cattle, and 

 three 20 or 25 saw gins to be worked by hand, in order to 

 settle the question of hand labour versus cattle labour. 

 Accordingly Mr. Finnie applied for three more small gins to 

 be worked by manual labour at one end of the new gin 

 house at Sevacausey ; and for two 60 saw gins to be worked 

 by cattle attached to the Driving Machinery at the other nil's letter", 

 end. The result was that the two 60 saw gins were obtain- 1849. Pari". 

 ed and set up ; that the Driving Machinery was also set up ; 057> p. 

 and that twenty bullocks and drivers were obtained from 

 the Commissariat department. The three hand gins how- 

 ever never appear to ha-ve been forwarded to Sevacausey. 



Relative cost of the Churka, the Hand-gin, and 208 

 the Cattle-gin. But though Mr. Finnie had not been Mr Fin _ 

 able to set up both the hand-gins and the driving machine- mh sl s"pt'. 

 ry in the same house, he was still enabled, a few months af- Return 

 terwards, to furnish the following table of the relative cost 373? 

 of the churka, the hand-gin, and the cattle machinery. 



Cost of separating the staple from a Candy of clean Seed 



Cotton. 



R. A. P. . s. d. 



By the Churka 4-14- 8 = 0- 9-10 



By the Hand-gin (contract).. 6-14- 4 = 0-1 3-9 

 By the same (hired labour)... 10- 3-10 = 1- 0-5| 

 By Cattle machinery 8-13- 6 = 0-17-8J 



Mr. Finnie pointed out that, according to this table, the 

 hand-gin, even when worked by contract, was more expen- 

 sive than the churka ; without taking into consideration the 

 original outlay, or the cost of wear and tear. Then again the 



