1847.] VIEWS OF THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE. 167 



and is only about one foot high, evidently kept back by the CHAP, 

 heavy monsoon." As regards the alterations you made in the ' 

 gins, they were not small matters as you represent. The 

 position of the brush pulleys was altered ; and the result was 

 that one gin revolved the wrong way, whilst the other re- 

 quired six men instead of four to work it. In fact, you in- 

 jured their working properties, and then complained of their 

 inefficiency. 



General opinions of the Madras Government and 217 

 Court of Directors upon the Experimental Culture. 



The foregoing correspondence was forwarded to the Madras 

 Government by Dr. Wight; but by this time the whole 

 question of the advisability of continuing the Cotton experi- 

 ment in any form, was being brought under the consider- 

 ation of the authorities. The whole cost of the experiment, 



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which in 1847 had reached two lakhs and a half, or ^25,000, JJSJ^ 8 " 

 had now in 1849 reached to very nearly four lakhs or ??"%- 

 40,000 ; though from this sum total must be deducted pTsg. } 

 about half a lakh, or 5,000, for money received as the sale 

 proceeds of Cotton shipped to England, and the value of saw 

 gins, and other machinery. At the same time, though much 

 information had been obtained, it did not appear that many 

 practical results had been obtained. The action of Govern- 

 ment upon the matter, can be best understood ; first by noti- 

 cing the recorded opinions of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and 

 the remarks of the Court of Directors thereon ; and, secondly, 

 by bringing forward the views of Sir Henry Pottinger, 

 which led to the temporary abandonment of the experi- 

 mental culture in this Presidency. 



VIEWS OF THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE. 



Minute of the Marquis of Tweeddale in 1847: 1st, 218 

 To relinquish the Experimental Farm in Coim- 

 batore. Ib has already been seen that either the Marquis 

 of Tweeddale had adopted the views of Mr. Finnie, or 



