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operation at Aroopoocottah, 173; their 

 transactions with the Ryots, Brokers, 

 and Agents, 175 ; their tricks with Eu- 

 ropean Agents, 178,213. 



Chingleput, 298. 



Churka, description of the, 25 ; American 

 saw gin used at Coimbatore in its place, 

 45 ; Mr.Finnie's opinion upon, 126 ; his 

 first year's proceedings, 141 ; second 

 year's proceedings, 163 ; its unntness 

 for American Cotton, 170 ; Mr. Fin- 

 nie's third year's operations, 187 ; Mr. 

 Finnic pronounces in its favor, 205 ; 

 cost of cleaning Cotton, 208,254. 



Churka, Mather's, description of, 244. 



Circars, 4 ; districts of, 9 ; establishment 

 of two Cotton Farms, 34 ; its extent, 

 290. 



Cochin, 9,363,368. 



Coimbatore, 7,9 ; description of the soil, 

 16 ; one of the principal Cotton Dis- 

 tricts, 17 ; introduction of Bourbon 

 Cotton, 33 ; Establishment of a Cotton 

 Farm, 34 ; removal of the Planters to, 39 ; 

 Dr. Wight's tour through the district, 

 44 ; mode of sowing Cotton seed, 50 ; 

 experiment made by Mr. Wroughton, 

 66 ; Madras Government propose the 

 abandonment of CottonFarms, 86 ; Dr. 

 Wight's new Cotton Farms, 90 ; loca- 

 tion of the Farms, 103 ; respective prices 

 of Cotton in the Market, 124 ; Mr. Fin- 

 irie's tour from Courtallumto, 137; trial 

 of cattle labour and manual labour by 

 Dr. Wight, 167 ; sale of some damaged 

 American Cotton, note to 177 ; Mr. Fin- 

 nie refused permission to extend his 

 operations, 209 ; favourable report of 

 theAmericanPlanters, 211 ; Dr.Wight's 

 system of purchase, 213 ; suggestion to 

 relinquish the Experimental Farm by 

 the Marquis of Tweeddale, 218 ; by the 

 Directors, 223 ; Dr. Wight ascribes the 

 failure of the Cotton crop to the want 

 of humidity, 229 ; Sir H. Pottinger 

 directs Dr. Wight to break up his 

 establishment, 232 ; Dr. Wight resumes 

 his office, 241 ; the gin house sold 

 to Mr. D. CampbeU, 255 ; Mr. Wrough- 

 ton' s collectorate Farm at, 257 ; the 

 Eyots, successful culture of Ameri- 

 can Cotton, 264; failure of the ex- 

 periment of Egyptian Cotton by the 

 Collector, 298; the Collector's report, 

 354 ; of soil, 355 ; geology and topo- 

 graphy, 356 ; climate, 357 ; seed, 358 ; 

 character of the Cotton plant, 359 ; 

 method of cultivation, 360 ; manure, 

 361 ; diseases, 362. 



Colaba Press, 61. 



Company. East India, three object* 

 sought by, 3 ; three improvements re- 

 quired in the Indian Cotton, 19 ; their 

 efforts upon Cotton cultivation, 226. 



Coomptah, Cotton imported from Bellary, 

 330,364. 



Coorchee, a Cotton Farm established at, 

 46 ; description of the soil, 65. 



Coorg, 299. 



Coromandel Coast, description of, 4 ; its 

 distance from the Eastern Ghauts, 5 ; 

 season for sowing Cotton, 97 ; Mr, 

 Lees' experiment of Cotton cultivation, 

 279,281. 



Corrie and Co., Messrs., 202. 



Cotton, better varieties of, 20 ; six leading 

 varieties of, 21 ; method of separating 

 and cleaning, 24 ; experiment of treating 

 the plant as a biennial, 64 ; fluctuation 

 of the price of land, 157 ; estimate of the 

 Brokers upon dirty one, 174 ; adulte- 

 ration by the devil's dust system, 177 ; 

 price of the unadulterated, 189 ; difficul- 

 ty of separating the seed, 277; exported 

 to Vizagapatam from Calcutta and Ma- 

 dras, 292 ; to Godavery from Kristna, 

 293 ; to Tanjore from Madura and Tin- 

 nevelly, 303 ; diseases, 312,325; Cotton 

 exported from Bellary to Madras, Ban- 

 galore, Wallajapet and Coomptah, 330 ; 

 from Kurnool to Madras, 339 ; improve- 

 ments in the quality required, 341. 



Cotton cultivation, Hand-book to, 1 ; rate 

 of assessment, note to 15 ; better system, 

 of 23 ; memorial drawn by Mr. Rundall, 

 34 ; prevailing opinions in the Madras 

 Presidency, 36 ; introduction of the Ame- 

 rican system, 44; Dr. Wight's notes, 

 49-54 ; early preparation and sowing 

 required, 69 ; its cost, 74 ; extension of 

 the improved method, 84 ; five practical 

 suggestions required, 112; proposition 

 for reducing the assessment of lands, 

 121 ; Mr. Finnie explains to the Ryots 

 the improved method, 136; Mr. Finnie's 

 notes, 143-160 ; capital required, 149; 

 uncertainty of weather, 154 ; expense, 

 155; method of improvement, 219,220; 

 Dr. Wight's trial by irrigation, 242; 

 Colonel Lawford's, 256 ; Mr. Lees' cul- 

 tivation, 259; general survey in the 

 Madras Presidency, 289 ; mode of, in 

 Trichinopoly, 302 ; in Madura, 310 ; in 

 Tinnevelly, 328 ; in Bellary, 336 ; in 

 Cuddapah, 350 ; in Coimbatore, 360. 



Cotton Districts, 17; statistics of, 18; large 

 experiment in early sowing throughout, 

 105. 



