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INDEX. 



Cotton manufacturers, Great Britain, their 

 rivalry with Native weavers, 31 ; Mr. 

 Finnic requests permission to consult 

 with them, 186 ; they are ad vised to pur- 

 chase Cotton direct from theRyots,224. 



Cotton, Mr. Finnie's Tinnevelly, 196 ; Dr. 

 Wight's report upon it, 198,211. 



Cotton seed, high prices demanded by the 

 Ryots for, 180 ; process of cleaning, '206 ; 

 high demands at Coimbatore, 267 5 

 distribution of the Egyptian among 

 several Collectors, 298 ; preparation be- 

 fore sowing, 308. 



Courtallum, enjoys both monsoons, 68 ; 

 Mr. Finnie's tour, 133 ; his departure, 

 from, 137 ; Mr. Finnie's planting opera- 

 tions, 161 ; successful culture of Ame- 

 rican Cotton, 184 ; cessation of Mr. 

 Finnie's operations, 203 ; sanction ^of a 

 small model farm, 216. 



Crop, Cotton, sudden renovation, of 41 ; 

 keeping down extraneous vegetation 

 until the ripening of, 63 ; comparison of 

 those of the four seasons, 65 ; rotation 

 of, 90,148; successive operations re- 

 quired, 150 ; Indian and Georgian com- 

 pared, 271. 



Cuddapah, 5,9 ; description of the soil, 

 16; one of the principal Cotton Dis- 

 tricts, 1 7 ; trial of American saw gin, 

 34 ; the Collector reports favourably on 

 Dharwar saw gin, 252 ; failure of the 

 experiment of Egyptian Cotton by the 

 Collector, 298 ; present state of Cotton 

 cultivation, 342 ; detailed report of Mr. 

 Murray, 343 ; of soil, 344 ; weeds, 345 ; 

 geology and topography, 346 ; climate, 

 347 ; seed, 348 ; character of the 

 Cotton plant, 349; mode of cultivation, 

 350 ; manure, 351 ; diseases, 352. 



Cuxton, Mr., 232; is requested by Dr. 

 Wight to report upon the capability 'of 

 the coast to produce American Cotton 

 242. 



Denison, Sir William, his minute upon 

 the improvement of Native Cotton, note 

 to 219; his queries upon Cotton culti- 

 vation in Tinnevelly, 327. 



Devil's dust system, adulteration of Cot- 

 ton, 177. 



Dharwar, New Orleans Cotton success- 

 fully cultivated, 76 ; success of Mr. Mer- 

 cer, 80 ; Mr. Morris' tour through the 

 district, 88 ; favourable report of the two 

 American planters, 211 ; encouragement 

 afforded for the growth of New Orleans 

 Cotton, 234; construction of a gin, 252; 

 advantages of American Cotton, 278. 



Directors, Court of, 29'; endeavour to get 

 a supply of Cotton from India, 32 ; send 

 a Cotton Cleaner to the Madras Presi- 

 dency, 34 ; engage ten Planters in Ame- 

 rica, 35 ; disapprove of the plan of Lord 

 Elphinstone, 39 ; send an American saw- 

 gin, 45 ; approve the sample sent by Dr. 

 Wight, 57; the suggestions of Mr. Simp- 

 son, 81; of the Manchester Association, 

 105; order for 6,000 bales of East India 

 Cotton, 120; decide against the reduc- 

 tion of Assessment on lands under Ame- 

 rican Cotton cultivation, 123; object to 

 the use of hand gins, 168; decline to 

 permit Mr. Finnic to go to England, 

 186; large shipment of churkaed Cotton 

 contrary to their orders, 199; approve 

 the suggestion of Dr. Wight to try 

 churkaed with the ginned by English 

 spinners, 216; their general opinions 

 upon the experimental culture, 217; 

 their views concerning the experimen- 

 tal farms, 222-224; send some Sea island 

 Cottonseed, 235; their measures con- 

 cerning Dr. Wight and Mr. Finnie, 

 237,239,240; sanction the relief of the 

 chayroot renter from interfering with 

 Mr. Lees cultivation, 259 ; their final 

 despatch onCotton, 287; receive certain 

 queries regarding Cotton by Dr. Mallet, 

 304. 



Dowlashwarum, 294. 



Drill husbandry, 49,151. 



Driving Machinery, expenses of, 156; Mr. 

 Finnie's proposal for the erection, 166; 

 sanction for its purchase, 167; change 

 in Mr. Finnie's views, 168; erected at 

 Sevacausey, 207; Mr. Finnie's last opi- 

 nion, 238. 



Drought, its effects upon Cotton shrub, 

 42,70,360, 



Earle, Mr., reports upon'samples of Cot- 

 ton sent to Liverpool, 43,45. 



Egypt, treatment of the Sea Island Cot- 

 ton as a biennial, 64; irrigation em- 

 ployed, 110. 



Egyptian Cotton, 20,21 ; successfully cul- 

 tivated on the Coromandel Coast, 279 ; 

 suitability of Ganjam to its growth, 

 successful cultivation of, 291 ; Mr. Shu- 

 brick's, 298; Dr. Mudge's, 299. 



Ellice, Mr. R., 287. 



Ellore, 294. 



Elphinstone, Lord, experiments during 

 his Governorship, 28; resolves upon the 

 removal of the American Planters to 

 Salem and Coimbatore, 38; his sugges- 

 tions adopted by Mr. Fisher, ib; requests 



