INDEX, 



Dr. Wight to draw up notes upon Ameri- 

 can system of agriculture, 48; succeeded 

 by the Marquis of Tweeddale, 67. 



Elton, Mr., 237; recommends the cultiva- 

 tion of Cotton by irrigation, 256. 



Errode, Cotton Farm established, 39. 



Experimental Farms four, established, 39 ; 

 arrangements regarding two, 46; distri- 

 bution of land amongst them, 47 ; of soil, 

 48 ;their state in!843-44,61;generalresult 

 of the four seasons, 66; their position in 

 1845, 86; new ones established in Coim- 

 bat re, 90; their results, 91; contempla- 

 ted establishment of a number of small 

 ones, 125; stage of culture in Tinne- 

 velly, 183 ; general opinions of the 

 Madras Government and Court of Di- 

 rectors, 217; suggestions to relinquish- 

 those in Coimbatore by the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, 218; by the Directors, 223; 

 Sir H. Pottinger suggests, that the con- 

 tinuance of them would be injurious, 

 226; withdrawal of the Government 

 Agency, 283 ; their state after Dr. 

 Wight's departure, 288. 



Finnic, Mr., 28; succeeds Mr. Simpson in 

 the Madras Presidency, 87 ; reports un- 

 favourably upon the Madras district, 

 89; dispatched to Tinnevelly, ib.; his 

 labours compared with those of Dr. 

 Wight, 126; his first impression of Tin- 

 nevelly, 127; requests permission to act 

 as Agent, 128; recommends the thresh- 

 er before the use of thechurka, 131 ; ob- 

 tains saw gins from Dr .Wight, ib.; three 

 points in his career, 132 ; his tour to 

 Courtallum, 133; allays the fears and 

 suspicions of the Hyots, 135 ; explains 

 the improved method of culture to the 

 Ryots, 136 ; his tour to Coimbatore, 137 ; 

 is permitted to act as Cotfon Agent, 139 ; 

 request the Madras Government to re- 

 move the restriction to ginned Cotton, 

 140 ; his first year's proceedings with the 

 churka, &c.,141; receives some queries 

 by the Marquis of Tweeddale, 142; his 

 notes on Cotton cultivation in America 

 and India, 143-160; disappointed as an 

 Agent, 162; sells two gins to Zemindars, 

 164; proposes to erect a gin-house and 

 cattle- driving machinery in Tinne- 

 velly, 166; sanctioned, 167 ; changes 

 his opinion as regards driving machi- 

 nery, 168; explains his inconsistencies 

 to the Madras Government, 169; his 

 general objections to the gins discussed 

 by Dr. Wight, 170; his proposition for 

 erecting a gin-house, 171 ; hires a gin- 



house at Aroopoocottah, 172; erects 

 three gins and a thresher, 173 ; his 

 notes on the peculiarities of the Cot- 

 ton trade in Tinnevelly, 175-178; his 

 statement of the expenses of ginning, 

 181; requests permission to proceed to 

 England, 186; recommends the intro- 

 duction of small hand threshers and 

 cheap presses, 190; invents a cheap Cot- 

 ton press, 195; forwards to the Madras 

 Government a sample of Tinnevelly 

 Cotton, 196; his letter to Government 

 note; comparison of his system of pur- 

 chasing cotton with that of Dr. Wight, 

 200; his proposed extension of planting 

 operations, 263; his matured judgment 

 against the culture of American Cotton 

 or use of the AmericanGin, 204;refused 

 permission to extend his operations to 

 Coimbatore, 209 ; his breach with Dr. 

 Wight, 210; is convinced of the folly 

 of cultivating American Cotton in In- 

 dia, 211; his correspondence about 

 growing and planting American Cot- 

 ton, 213; his proceeding's disapproved 

 by Dr. Wight, 214 ; advises Dr. 

 Wight that all his plans have been ap- 

 proved by the Authorities, 215; is al- 

 lowed to remain in Tinnevelly to 

 instruct the East Indian lads in the 

 use of the gins, 231; his departure from 

 the Madras Presidency, 237 ; his last 

 letter, 248. 



Fischer, Mr. his Cotton establishment at 

 Salem, 38; adopts the suggestion of 

 Lord Elphinstone, ib; his general views 

 upon Cotton, 39 ; reports upon the un- 

 suitability of the climate of Salem to 

 the growth of Brazilian Cotton, 299; 

 his report upon North Canara, 364. 



Fischer, and Co. Messrs. Cotton exporters 

 in Salem, 353. 



Florida, mean falls of rain, 109. 



Foot Roller, description, 24. 



Ganjam, 9; Cotton produce inconsidera- 

 * ble but easily increased by money ad- 

 vances, 291 ; the soil suited to the 

 growth of Egyptian Cotton, 298. 



Georgia, a Cotton cleaner sent to the 

 Madras Presidency from, 34; its crops 

 compared with those of India, 271; its 

 soil with Southern India, 275. 



Ghauts, Eastern, description of, 5,7. 



Ghauts, Western, description of, 5 ; heavy 

 rains upon, 7,356. 



Gin house, its state, 61; its expenses, 56; 

 Mr. Finnie's proposal for its erection 



