178 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [1849. 



Gin-houses at Coimbatore and Aroopoocottah to 

 be placed under the Collectors for the use of the 



233 Ryots. After the departure of Mr. Finnie, either Mr. Sher- 

 man or Mr. Cuxton should be transferred to Tinnevelly. 

 Thus whilstthe gin-houses at Coimbatore and Aroopoocotfcah 

 will be under the general superintendence of the Collectors of 

 the district, each one will be in the immediate charge of either 

 Mr. Sherman or Mr. Cuxton. The Ryots should, for a season 

 at least, have the use of these gin-houses gratis, as well as 

 the use of all other agricultural and Cotton cleaning instru- 

 ments, which have been so profusely and readily supplied 

 by the Court of Directors. But I do not deem it either ne- 

 cessary or desirable that this system should be considered 

 a permanent one ; and both the Collectors of Coimbatore and 

 Tinnevelly will be expected to report to Government, when 

 they consider that the time has arrived for requiring from 

 the Ryots a trifling sum for the use of the Government in- 

 struments and machinery. The sole occupation of Mr. Sher- 

 man and Mr. Cuxton in their several districts, will be to 

 overlook the proceedings of the East Indian lads ; who, it is 

 assumed, will be fully qualified to take charge of the Cotton 

 cleaning apparatus. The Revenue authorities will, on their 

 part, be most careful to guard against any one of the 

 assistants or employers from receiving, on any pretence 

 whatever, the smallest private gratification or present for 

 work done with the public machinery. 



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234 Unfounded complaint of the Manchester Associ- 

 ation: the Manchester Merchants ought to help 



themselves. I have observed that the Manchester Com- 

 mercial Association has recently stated, that it has been sa- 

 tisfactorily proved that New Orleans Cotton can be pro- 

 duced cheaply and profitably ; and that if the same amount 

 of encouragement had been afforded in Coimbatore, as had 

 been given in Dharwar, far greater quantities would have 



