INDEX. 



Assessment, general rate of, 15; Dr. 

 Wight's propositions for reducing it, 

 121 ; Mr. Finnie's opinion on the reduc- 

 tion, 160; Marquis of Tweeddale sug- 

 gests remission on Cotton fields, 218. 



Atlas Press, 61. 



Bangalore, Cotton imported from Bellary, 

 330. 



Banking, mode of, 5 2. 



Bayles, Captain, is sent to America to 

 engage Cotton Planters, 35. 



Bellary, 5,9 ; rate of assessment, note to 

 15 ; one of the principal Cotton Districts, 

 17 ; trial of American saw-gins, 34 ; re- 

 commended by Mr. Simpson as suitable 

 to the growth of Cotton, 80 ; proposed 

 operations of the Planters, 86; Mr. 

 Morris dispatched to, 87; his report,88 ; 

 the Collector reports favourably on the 

 Dharwar saw-gin, 252; failure of the 

 experiment of Egyptian, Cotton by the 

 Collector, 298 ; the Collector's detailed 

 report, 330; of soil, 331 ; geology and 

 topography, 332 ; climate, 333 ; seed, 

 334 ; character of the Cotton plant, 335. 



Bengal, construction of Mather's churka 

 in, 244. 



Bezwarah, 294. 



Bhooj, 228. 



Bird, Mr., requests Dr. Wight to send 

 New Orleans Cotton seed, 260. 



Bishop, Mr., reports favourably upon the 

 Cottage saw-gin, 251. 



Black soil, description of, 6; compared with 

 Bed soil, 42 ; given to Mr. Morris and 

 Mr. Simpson, 48 ; results of the second 

 season,] <>5 ; unsuitableness to American 

 Cotton, 215 ; comparative growth of 

 the Native and American Cotton in 

 Coimbatore, 266 ; other crops grown 

 in, 315,344,355. 



Board of Revenue, solicit the purchase of 

 Dharwar gins, 252 ; support the sug- 

 gestion of the Collector of Tanj ore, 256 ; 

 approve the successful cultivation of 

 Egyptian Cotton by Mr. Shubrick, 298. 



Bombay, Cotton exported to the Directors, 

 32 ; transfer of Mr. Hawley, 46 ; of Mr. 

 Simpson, 81 ; permission to act as Cot- 

 ton Agent is given to Mr. Simpson by 

 the Government, 139; Cotton imported 

 from Coimbatore, 367. 



Bourbon Cotton, 20; its origin, 21; com- 

 pared with Indian and New Orleans, 

 22 ; introduced into the Madras Presi- 

 dency, 33; method of cultivation, note 

 to 34 ; opinion of the Ryots, 36 ; 

 growth compared, 56 ; repoxt of the 



Brokers upon the samples, 60 ; treated 

 as a biennial plant, 64 ; Dr. Wight cul- 

 tivates by irrigation, 242 ; the action of 

 the Cottage gin, 247 ; difficulty in sepa- 

 rating the wool, 277 ; successful culture 

 in the People's Park, 299 ; the average 

 height of plants in Coimbatore, 359. 



Brazilian Cotton See Pernambuco. 



Brokers, Cotton, report upon Dr. Wight's 

 Cotton, 57 ; are preferred to Zemindars 

 in the use of the gins, 165 ; visit the 

 scene of Mr. Finnie's operations at Aroo- 

 poocottah, 173; their testimony that 

 dirty Cotton was more profitable than 

 clean Cotton, 174; their transactions with 

 the Ryots, Chetties and Agents, 175 ; 

 adulteration of the Cotton by the 

 " Devil's Dust system," 177; their meet- 

 ing in Tinnevelly, 187 ; their mode of 

 purchase, 213. 



Brooke, Mr., 365. 



Brown Loam See Red soil. 



Cadell, Mr., 303. 



Calcutta, Mr., Finnie's exportation of a 

 thresher from, 131 ; Cotton yarn ex- 

 ported to Vizagapatam, 292. 



Calicoes, Indian, stoppage of demand, 31; 

 Campbell, Mr. D., purchases the gin- 

 house atCoimbatore, 255 ; dies, ib., 286. 



Canara, North, description of, 5 ; enjoys 

 theS. W. Monsoon, 7,9; Mr. Simpson's 

 report upon, 76 ; Cotton imported from 

 Bellary, 364. 



Canara, South, 5,366. 



Cape Comorin, 4 ; junction of the two 

 Ghauts at, 5 ; limit of the Carnatic, 

 295. 



Caresal soil see Black soil. 



Carnatic, description of, 5 ; enjoys the in- 

 fluence of the N. E. Monsoon, 7 ; its 

 districts, 9 ; its mean temperature and 

 mean falls of rain, 99 ; physical feature, 

 106 ; season for sowing Cotton, 107 ; 

 nature of the climate, 109 ; leading 

 principles of Cotton culture in, 275 ; 

 extension of, 295. 



Ceylon, Merchants establish Agents in 

 Tinnevelly, 162 ; a Driving Machinery 

 for sale in, 166. 



Chamber of Commerce, Madras, 197 ; con- 

 firm Dr. Wight's valuation of Mr. Fin- 

 nie's samples, 201 ; their unfavorable 

 report upon Cottage saw gin, 247 ; ap- 

 prove the successful cultivation of 

 Egyptian Cotton by Mr. Shubrick, 298. 



Chayroot, discussion concerning the 

 renters of, 259. 



Chetties, purchase Cotton from the Ry- 

 ots, 129 ; visit the scene of Mr. Finnie's 



